Gilbert Shufflebotham
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Horton, Staffordshire, England
Ripon, North Yorkshire, England
Gilbert Shufflebotham | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Gilbert Shufflebotham |
| Born | 6 May 1907 Horton, Staffordshire, England |
| Died | 5 March 1978 (aged 70) Ripon, North Yorkshire, England |
| Genres | Classical |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instruments | Viola |
Gilbert Shufflebotham (1907–1978) was a British violist and violinist. He studied at the Royal Manchester College of Music.[1] He started his playing career on the violin, performing for radio broadcasts in the 1920s.[2]
He was principal violist of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra[3][4] and played in the Hallé Orchestra,[5][6] the Birmingham String Quartet,[7] the Birmingham Ensemble Players[8][9] as well as a number of other ensembles.[10] He was a pupil of Lionel Tertis.[11][12]
In 1947 he gave the CBSO's first performance of Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante with the orchestra's deputy leader and Element Quartet violist, Dorothy Hemming.[13] He performed the work again in 1950 with the CBSO and Norris Stanley, with George Weldon conducting.[14]
In February 1948, he performed William Walton's Viola Concerto with the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.[15]
Shufflebotham was the Head of Music at Ripon Grammar School. He founded and conducted the award-winning Knypersley String Orchestra[16][17] and conducted the Ripon Schools' String Orchestra.[18]
