Hungarian Cello Virtuoso Janos Starker Was Born On This Day in 1924 [ON-THIS-DAY]

Hungarian-American cello virtuoso Janos Starker was born on this day in 1924.

Maestro Starker served as a former principal cellist of the Budapest Opera, Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Dallas Symphony, Chicago Symphony and New York's Metropolitan Opera - and held a distinguished long-term teaching position on faculty at Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music.

He passed away in April, 2013 - aged 88.

JANOS STARKER | DVORAK CELLO CONCERTO IN B MINOR | ANDRAS KORODI & BUDAPEST PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA