Robert Retallick

Australian classical violinist. Born in 1935 in Sydney, Australia - Died in October 2021. He first learned the piano before taking up the violin. He studied at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and was a member of the first Sydney Youth Orchestra and later The Sydney Symphony Orchestra. He then studied in the Netherlands and played in the Utrechts Symfonie Orkest, moving to London in the early 1960s and working as a freelance musician. In 1964 he was engaged to play with the London Symphony Orchestra on the first World Tour. He was offered a permanent position and joined three years later as a member of the First Violin section from 1967 to 2001, when he retired.