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2 unusual facts about William Pleeth


William Pleeth

Yehudi Menuhin wrote the introduction and Jacqueline du Pré the preface.

In the same year, 1931, he gave his first public performance of Dvořák's Cello Concerto at the Conservatory in Leipzig.


Orlando Jopling

He also studied cello with William Pleeth and Steven Isserlis, and enjoys a wide range of chamber music and orchestral playing, with the LSO, OAE and Endymion Ensemble among others, as well as a large contemporary chamber music repertoire with Jane Manning.


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Richard Harwood

He complemented his studies by taking master classes and lessons with Mstislav Rostropovich, János Starker, Steven Isserlis, Boris Pergamenschikow, Miklós Perényi, Valentin Erben (Alban Berg Quartet), William Pleeth, Zara Nelsova, and Ferenc Rados.