UK quartet mourns a violist
mainMessage from the Coull Quartet, based at the University of Warwick:
It is with great sadness that we report the death yesterday, 7 July 2020 of Gustav Clarkson. Gustav had a distinguished career playing with many prestigious ensembles, and we were fortunate to have him as our viola player in the Coull Quartet from 2004 until 2010. As well as being a wonderful musician and devoted family man, he was our dear friend from student days, and we will miss him enormously.
My sympathies to his family.
And great sadness here too: a top player in a top quartet!
Heartfelt condolences from the Fitzwilliam
I have only just learnt of Gustav’s death, many months later. A wonderful guy. Cultured, intelligent, fine player and great company. We had many a conversation about ground-source heat pumps.