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William Pleeth

cellist

From: London, United Kingdom
Active: 1916–1999
Releases: 6

About

William Pleeth OBE (12 January 1916 – 6 April 1999) was a well-known British cellist and an eminent teacher, who became widely known as the teacher of Jacqueline du Pré.

From William Pleeth on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Member of

Allegri String Quartet 1953 cello

Discography

Albums 5

Quintette à cordes en ut majeur 1966
Schubert: String Quintet in C / Mozart: Adagio and Fugue, K. 546 1988
Piano Quintet Op. 34 / String Sextet Op. 18 1993
Turangalîla-symphonie / Quatuor pour la fin du temps 2005
Quartet for the End of Time; Chronochromie 2008

Live 1

Mozart: Clarinet Quintet / Franck: Piano Quintet / R. Strauss: Prelude to "Capriccio" 2001

Parent

Anthony Pleeth 1948–now

Teacher

Joseph Koos 1957–1962
Julius Klengel now
David Cohen now
Hai-Ye Ni now
Michael Sanderling now
Conradin Brotbek now
Carmen Picard now
Felix Schmidt now
Kathryn Price now
Dorothea von Albrecht now
David Watkin now
Natasha Brofsky now
Colin Carr now
Robert Cohen now
Frans Helmerson now
Anthony Pleeth now
Sophie Rolland now
Martin Rummel now
Andrew Shulman now
Neil Johnstone now
Jacqueline du Pré
Tony Hinnigan
Mats Rondin
Jennifer Kloetzel
James Tennant
Anssi Karttunen
Kristin von der Goltz
Paul Watkins

Also known as

William Plitt

Identifiers

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