British violinist Neville Marriner died on 93-m to year of life – TASS

LONDON, October 2. /Offset. TASS Maxim Ryzhkov/. World-famous British violinist and conductor Neville Marriner died at the age of 92 years. This was reported by the music Academy of St. Martin in the fields, the founder of which was late. In fact, the Academy referred to the famous chamber orchestra, named after the Church of St. Martin in the fields in Trafalgar square, London, under the arches where the choir gave its first concert in 1959).

“the Academy is with deep sorrow inform about the death of Neville Marriner, its founder and President for life. Neville quietly died in the night of 2 October”, – stated in the message.

Mariner was the artistic Director of the famous orchestra from 1958 to 2011. Before this period he played in a string Quartet, which was part of the London Symphony orchestra, and then decided to create his own chamber orchestra, composed of the best musicians of the British capital.

One of the most famous recordings of the Academy of St. Martin became famous for the soundtrack to the Milos Forman’s film “Amadeus” (Amadeus, 1984), which is the filmed biography of Mozart.

the Creative activity of Marriner not confined to the Academy. He collaborated with the outstanding Maestro of the twentieth century, including Arturo Toscanini, Leopold Stokowski, Pierre Monte, Herbert von Karajan and others, and was directed by renowned music ensembles, including the Symphony orchestras of Minnesota and the Stuttgart radio, and the chamber orchestra of Los Angeles.

In 2014, 90-year-old Marriner became the oldest conductor to perform at the annual London festival of classical music Proms (“Proms” or Promenade concerts”).