Michel Schwalbé has gone

[mahalo]

www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/titelgeschichten/michel-schwalbe-gestorben/

It is my memory that he played in front of myself as the concert master of BPO with Karajan in 1979.
He behaved as the true leader of the virtuoso orchestra.

[David]

Thank you Mahalo for passing on this sad news.

My memories include two Heldenlebens and an autograph obtained at a chamber concert in the North of England 43 years ago.

Additional articles have recently appeared on the websites of the Strad Magazine and also the VPO –

thestrad.com/Article.asp?ArticleID=2404

www.wienerphilharmoniker.at/index.php?set_language=en&cccpage=news_detail&set_z_news=1062

A very great master of the violin ……… RIP