German violinist and conductor Rainer Kussmaul has passed away - aged 70. A graduate of the Stuttgart State Academy of Music, where he studied with Ricardo

American violinist and pedagogue Lynn Blakeslee has passed away. A student of Efrem Zimhalist, Ricardo Odnoposoff, Franz Samobyl and Sandor Vegh, she served as 1st violinist with the Streichquintet Mozarteum for 15 years – and on faculty as Professor Emerita of Violin at the Eastman School of Music from 1987 until her retirement in 2013.