A Klemperer leader has died
RIPThe Colombian violinist Carlos Villa, appointed concertmaster of London’s New Philharmonia Orchestra in 1967 by Otto Klemperer, has died in Medellin at around 80 years old.
Carlos became artistic director of Bogota’s Orquesta Filarmonica de Colombia in 1980, and was still playing in the orchestra until quite recently.
He featured prominently on the Barenboim-Du Pre recordings with the Philharmonia.
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