From: mig73allenford2002@yahoo.co.uk   
      
   Deshamanya Rohan de Saram, who died 29 September 2024, aged 85, was a   
   British-born Sri Lankan cellist. Until his 30s, he made his name as a   
   classical artist, but was later renowned for his involvement in and   
   advocacy of contemporary music, especially as a member of the Arditti   
   Quartet from 1979 to 2005.   
      
   https://slippedisc.com/2024/09/british-cello-legend-dies-85/   
      
   Born in Sheffield to Sri Lankan parents, he studied with Casals and   
   impressed Dmitri Mitropoulos, whio gave him a concerto debut with the   
   New York Philharmonic. Living in London from 1972, he joined the   
   foremost contemporary ensemble, the Arditti Quartet and premiered with   
   them works by Berio, Britten, Bussotti, Cage, Maxwell Davies, Hosokawa,   
   Kagel, Ligeti, Nancarrow, Rihm, Schnittke, Xenakis and more.   
      
      
   His striking good looks often magnetised the eye when the music was a   
   tad… experimental.   
      
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