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New Zealander violinist
A.K.A.
Alan Raymond Loveday
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Male
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29 February 1928(Palmerston North, Palmerston North City, Manawatū-Whanganui Region, New Zealand)
Death:
12 April 2016
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Royal College of Music
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London, United Kingdom
(1955 - )
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Biography
Alan Raymond Loveday (29 February 1928 – 12 April 2016) was a New Zealand violinist. A child prodigy, he became leader of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and a soloist and leader with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields. He was a professor at the Royal College of Music for 17 years from 1955. Loveday married pianist Ruth Stanfield in 1952, and they had two children, including Ian Loveday.