Conductor dies during KKL concert performance
The 59-year-old Israeli conductor Israel Yinon collapsed due to a heart attack during a performance with the Junge Philharmonie Zentralschweiz at Lucerne's KKL. Immediate help from helpers and a doctor came too late.
According to several media reports, the musician died shortly after collapsing. The concert by the Junge Philharmoniker, which featured Richard Strauss' Alpine Symphony op. 64, was part of the "Szenenwechsel" festival, which opened at the weekend.
Yinon studied conducting, music theory and composition at the Rubin Academy of Music in Tel Aviv and at the Academy of Music in Jerusalem. He has conducted numerous renowned orchestras as a guest conductor, including the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic London, the Royal Flemish Philharmonic Antwerp, the NDR Radiophilharmonie, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra and the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin.
