Duff Burns

British classical viola player. Born in 1940 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK - Died in July 2021. He studied the violin at the Royal Scottish Academy Of Music And Drama and subsequently at the Conservatoire Royal De Bruxelles. On his return to Scotland, he changed to the viola and took up a position with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra becoming Principal Viola in 1964. In 1968, he moved to the BBC Scottish Radio Orchestra before moving to the Principal Viola desk of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. In 1980, the year of the BBC Orchestra strike, he decided to move to London and joined the London Symphony Orchestra in 1981. He became a full member in 1984 and retired in 2005.