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Andrew Hugh Michael Maguire (2 August 1926 – 14 June 2013) was an Irish violinist, leader, concertmaster and principal player of the London Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Symphony Orchestra (1962–1967), leader of the Melos Ensemble and the Allegri Quartet, a professor at the Royal Academy of Music, and violin tutor to the National Youth ...
Aug 2, 2013 · Hugh Maguire was a most accomplished and respected violinist with an outstanding reputation as a soloist, orchestral leader, chamber musician and teacher. Combining a rare...
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Gallagher, Niav. Maguire, Hugh (1926–2013), violinist, orchestral leader, chamber musician and teacher, was born Andrew Hugh Michael Maguire on 2 August 1926 in Dublin, one of four boys and two girls, to Elias 'Bunty' Maguire, principal of the Inchicore Model School, and his wife Rose (née Gillell). From an early age the Maguire children ...
Sad News | British violinist Hugh Maguire has passed away – aged 86 | Maestro Maguire served as Concertmaster of the London Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Symphony Orchestra - and held a distinguished teaching position at the Royal Academy of Music
Jun 16, 2013 · The Irish-born violinist Hugh Maguire, who led symphony orchestras and chamber groups including the Allegri Quartet and the Melos Ensemble, has died at the age of 86.
Jul 29, 2013 · Hugh Maguire, honorary President of IAYO and the founder of the National Youth Orchestra of Ireland and ConCorda, passed away recently aged 86. Hugh was a violinist of huge talent from an early age, growing up in a musical Dublin family.
Irish violinist Andrew Hugh Michael Maguire was born in Dublin on 2 August 1926. His father was a schoolteacher with a remarkable gift for music. Hugh began violin lessons at six, and had won all the major Irish music festivals' prizes by the age of twelve. He won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music in London, winning prizes for violin ...
