David Soyer obituary

David Soyer, who has died aged 87, was known to audiences the world over as the sonorous-toned cellist of the Guarneri Quartet for almost four decades. As a young man he studied or worked with such great musicians as Emanuel Feuermann, Pablo Casals, Rudolf Serkin, Broadus Erle and Alexander Schneider, and by the time he retired from the quartet in 2001 Soyer enjoyed the same status.Born in Philadelphia, Soyer was from an unmusical but distinguished family – his father, Moses, and uncles Raphae...

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