The term "to play second fiddle" is commonly taken to indicate inferiority. There was certainly nothing inferior in the playing of Siegmund Nissel, who was second violin in the Amadeus Quartet, the ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The outpouring of recognition, condolence and grief that the death of Siegmund Nissel, second violinist of the ...

Siegmund Nissel, 86, a German-born violinist with the Amadeus String Quartet, a much-recorded and admired chamber group that played both sides of the Atlantic for four decades, died May 21 at his home ...

For 40 years, the British cellist performed with the Amadeus Quartet – one of the leading chamber ensembles of the 20th century. British cellist Martin Lovett, best known as a member of the Amadeus ...

LONDON (JTA) — Martin Lovett, a British cellist and the last surviving member of the world renowned Amadeus String Quartet, died in London on April 29 after contracting COVID-19. He was 93. The ...

Mr. Lovett played cello in the celebrated ensemble, which performed together for 40 years. He died of complications of the novel coronavirus. By David Allen The Amadeus, a string quartet of ...

Lovett was the youngest member of the Amadeus String Quartet, whose other players were all Jewish refugees from Austria. LONDON (JTA) — Martin Lovett, a British cellist and the last surviving member ...

The English cellist Martin Lovett, best known as a member of the Amadeus Quartet, has died aged 93. Lovett was born into a musical family; his father was a cellist with the Hallé and the London ...

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