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Lynn Harrell
The son of musicians, Lynn Harrell was born in New York on January 30, 1944, and
took his first cello lessons with Heinrich Joachim of the New York Philharmonic
Orchestra, before studying at the Juilliard School with Leonard Rose and at the
Curtis Institute in Philadelphia. Orphaned at eighteen by his father's death
from cancer and his mother's car accident, he joined the Cleveland Orchestra,
then directed by George Szell, thanks to his godfather Robert Shaw. After this
experience as a solo cellist in an orchestra, Lynn Harrell returned to New York
in 1971 to perform in recital. ...
