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Author: ruben
Date: 2016-12-02 01:16
I see, with sadness, that Donald Montanaro has left us. He was with the great Philadelphia Orchestra for years and taught at the Curtis Institute. He also designed mouthpieces and barrels and was really a great influence. I'm sure there are people on our board that actually associated with him and can speak much more eloquently about him than I can.
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Author: seabreeze
Date: 2016-12-02 05:06
As a kid, Donald was the first classical clainetist I heard in a live performance when he was with the New Orleans Philharmonic in the 1950s. He was one of a succession of symphony players, including Olando Tognozzi, Ron deKant, John Genovese, and Larry Combs, that played in New Orleans before moving on. His chamber music recordings are all worth getting--excellent musicality and clarinet artistry.
http://www.rharl25.wixsite.com/clarinetcentral/donald-montanaro.
Post Edited (2016-12-02 05:10)
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Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2016-12-02 05:12
I liked the guy so much! What a shame. I thing he was at Temple University as well. He had only friends. a Great loss. Dam...
Designer of - Vintage 1940 Cicero Mouthpieces and the La Vecchia mouthpieces
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Author: ruben
Date: 2016-12-02 23:55
In the New Orleans Symphony, there was also the oboist John Mack, the wonderful player of Szell's Cleveland Orchestra.
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Author: Ed Lowry
Date: 2016-12-07 07:23
Olando Tognozzi, mentioned in the first post, spoke often and warmly about Donald. Olondo (known to us simply as "Tog") spent his last years in Sacramento, and I enjoyed playing weekly with him and several other clarinetists. He died in December 2014, and I spoke at his funeral. I feel remiss in not posting his passing on this list. He didn't have the stature of other well known clarinetists, devoting his professional life primarily to teaching -- but he was a marvelous clarinetist as well.
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