Richard Taylor (2)

Flute & recorder player, and Professor of Flute. Born in 1930 in Wimbledon, London, England, UK - Died 11 August 2014 in Worthing, West Essex, England, UK. He studied at The Guildhall School Of Music & Drama and the Royal College of Music, London. He spent a year in The Sadlers Wells Opera Orchestra before being invited to join the London Symphony Orchestra in 1957, and was at that time its youngest member. He spent 28 years in the London Symphony Orchestra, and during this time was also a flute professor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He was Co-Principal Flute for his last 15 years in the LSO. He left the Orchestra in 1983 to concentrate on chamber work and teaching. He retired in 1995. He was brother of Christopher Taylor (2).