Robert Retallick

Robert Retallick

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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 Sydney Youth Orchestra and later the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. He then studied in the Netherlands and played in the , moving to London in the early 1960s and working as a freelance musician. In 1964 he was engaged to play with the 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.