The term "to play second fiddle" is commonly taken to indicate inferiority. There was certainly nothing inferior in the playing of Siegmund Nissel, who was second violin in the Amadeus Quartet, the ...

The cellist Martin Lovett, who has died aged 93 after contracting Covid-19, acted as the musical conscience of the Amadeus String Quartet. When the playing of his three colleagues – all of whom were ...

LONDON (JTA) — Martin Lovett, a British cellist and the last surviving member of the world renowned Amadeus String Quartet, died in London on April 29 after contracting COVID-19. He was 93. The ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The outpouring of recognition, condolence and grief that the death of Siegmund Nissel, second violinist of the ...

After the disbanding in 1987 of the celebrated Amadeus String Quartet, in which he played second fiddle, the violinist Siegmund Nissel said: "What brought us together was the absolute love for this ...

For 40 years, the British cellist performed with the Amadeus Quartet – one of the leading chamber ensembles of the 20th century. British cellist Martin Lovett, best known as a member of the Amadeus ...

One by one the members of the Amadeus Quartet arrived at the North London home of their colleague, Siegmund Nissel, to talk to me about the background and life of the world's most popular string ...

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The English cellist Martin Lovett, best known as a member of the Amadeus Quartet, has died aged 93. Lovett was born into a musical family; his father was a cellist with the Hallé and the London ...