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4 unusual facts about George Sopkin


George Sopkin

Sopkin died at age 94 on October 28, 2008 at his home in Surry, Maine.

George Sopkin (c. 1914 – October 28, 2008) was an American cellist who was a founding member of the Fine Arts Quartet and faculty member at Kneisel Hall School of Chamber Music in Blue Hill, Maine.

He left in symphony in 1941 to form the Fine Arts Quartet together with violinist Leonard Sorkin, who had also performed with the Chicago Symphony.

Frederick Stock, looked at Sopkin and said, "So we're taking Boy Scouts now?".



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