Person in history
John Georgiadis
John Georgiadis, English violinist and composer (born 1939)
Life at a glance
- Died
- 2021 · January 5
Their story
Who they were
John Alexander Georgiadis was a British violinist and conductor. He was twice Concert Leader with the London Symphony Orchestra during the 1960s and 70s, a member of both the ensembles London Virtuosi and the Gabrieli String Quartet as well as conductor for both the Bangkok Symphony Orchestra and the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, and as Director of Orchestral Studies at the Royal Academy of Music.
Why this date
John Georgiadis appears on our January 5 calendar for 2021 as a death entry.
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January 5 2021.
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