Death of the cellist Antonio Lysy
Antonio Lysy, son of Alberto Lysy, the founder of the Menuhin Academy in Gstaad and director of music education at the University of California, has died after a short illness.
In 2003, Lysy took up the position of Professor of Cello at the University of California in Los Angeles. Before moving to the United States, he held a professorship at McGill University in Montréal. He was also a visiting professor at the International Menuhin Music Academy in Switzerland for several years. He lived with his family in Los Angeles.
Lysy's more recent projects have included a Bach solo recital at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, two programs with Vladimir Ashkenazy and his sons in Lugano, a concert with the American Youth Symphony Orchestra in Los Angeles and a tour of the USA, Canada, Italy and Argentina with the show "Te Amo, Argentina".
Article in The Strad
