Youtube lament for a Met musician, 67
RIPFriends have complied a beautiful tribute to Ira Weller, a violist for 30 years at the Metropolitan Opera, who died last month.
He was also the founding violist of the Mendelssohn String Quartet.
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I am so sad about this. He was a wonderful violist and a great person. We played often before he joined the Met. So friendly, so professional, AND, he taught me to tie my bow tie.
Always sad to lose a talent.
RIP old friend ….. sorry we could not reconnect before you left us.