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Robert Retallick

Australian classical violinist. Born in 1935 in Sydney, Australia - Died in October 2021. He first learned the piano before taking up the violin. He studied at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and was a member of the first [a=Sydney Youth Orchestra] and later the [a=Sydney Symphony Orchestra]. He then studied in the Netherlands and played in the [a5519749], moving to London in the early 1960s and working as a freelance musician. In 1964 he was engaged to play with the [a=London Symphony Orchestra] on the first World Tour. He was offered a permanent position and joined three years later as a member of the First Violin section from 1967 to 2001, when he retired.