Musician. She was an acclaimed Cellist and a musical prodigy. At the age of ten, she studied under William Pleeth. She then studied with Casals, Tortelier and Rostropovich. In 1965, she recorded the Elgar Concerto with Sir John Barbirolli and the London Symphony Orchestra, establishing her stardom. She went on to play with many of the world's greatest musicians. Her friendship with Daniel Barenboim, Itzhak Perlman, Zubin Mehta and Pinchas Zuckerman, led to the famous film by Christopher Nupen of their Schubert "Trout" Quintet. In 1967 she married pianist Daniel Barenboim. "TIME" magazine wrote, "Thus began one of the most remarkable relationships, personal as well as professional, that music has known since the days of Clara and Robert Schumann." Their marriage led to some fruitful collaboration, evidenced in many recordings with Barenboim as pianist or conductor. Later in her career, she began losing feeling in her fingers, and her arms. By the Autumn of 1973 she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. She continued to teach periodically, but the deterioration of her health gained momentum and finally, on 19th October, 1987, she died at the age of forty-two.
Musician. She was an acclaimed Cellist and a musical prodigy. At the age of ten, she studied under William Pleeth. She then studied with Casals, Tortelier and Rostropovich. In 1965, she recorded the Elgar Concerto with Sir John Barbirolli and the London Symphony Orchestra, establishing her stardom. She went on to play with many of the world's greatest musicians. Her friendship with Daniel Barenboim, Itzhak Perlman, Zubin Mehta and Pinchas Zuckerman, led to the famous film by Christopher Nupen of their Schubert "Trout" Quintet. In 1967 she married pianist Daniel Barenboim. "TIME" magazine wrote, "Thus began one of the most remarkable relationships, personal as well as professional, that music has known since the days of Clara and Robert Schumann." Their marriage led to some fruitful collaboration, evidenced in many recordings with Barenboim as pianist or conductor. Later in her career, she began losing feeling in her fingers, and her arms. By the Autumn of 1973 she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. She continued to teach periodically, but the deterioration of her health gained momentum and finally, on 19th October, 1987, she died at the age of forty-two.
Bio by: Kieran Smith
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