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Irvine Arditti

British violinist, orchestra leader, and violin teacher. Born 2 August 1953 in London, England, UK. Founder of the [url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/645741-Arditti-Quartet]Arditti String Quartet[/url], creating the group in 1974 whilst a student at the [l527847]. He joined the [a=London Symphony Orchestra] in 1976 and, after two years, at the age of 25, became its Co-Concert Master. He left the orchestra in 1980 in order to devote more time to the Arditti Quartet. Violin teacher at the Accademia di Musica di Pinerolo. Husband of [a=Hilda Paredes] with whom they have a son, the counter-tenor [a=Jake Arditti].