Person Open DS/UK/17996 Bianchi; Luigi (1 January 1945-3 January 2018); Italian violist and violinist Bianchi Luigi 1 January 1945-3 January 2018 Italian violist and violinist Male (cisgender) Luigi Alberto Bianchi3 Rimini, Italy (born)

Italian Music | Viola, Violin White No known disability No known religious affiliation Spouse of Georges Marci Heterosexual Luigi Bianchi was an Italian viola player and violinist. Menuhin invited him to play at the Bath Festival in 1968, involved him in chamber music projects, wrote an introduction for his LP of the two Brahms Sonatas; played and recorded the Mozart Sinfonia Concertante with him. Meanwhile Bianchi had won the Carl Flesch Competition in 1970, playing the Walton Concerto in the presence of the composer, was a member of the Quartetto di Roma piano quartet for eight years, became principal viola of the Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI, all the while building a reputation as a viola soloist. https://www.thestrad.com/news/obituary-viola-and-violin-soloist-luigi-alberto-bianchi-1945-2018/7432.article (2023) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHdroberts 6/18/2014 RAHAKirkbride 11/1/2023 c35e5513-7b02-49e4-989e-9fa7b0a8f8be