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The British cellist, conductor and pedagogue, an influential and beloved member of the teaching staff at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and particularly acclaimed for his 2015 recording of the Bach cello suites, has died aged 60.. The British cellist, pedagogue, and early-music specialist David Watkin has passed away at the age of 60. Watkin studied Music at the University of Cambridge, while also taking cello lessons with William Pleeth and singing lessons with Kenneth Bowen. A finalist in the prestigious Shell/LSO Competition, Watkin also received the Bulgin Medal and held the Principal Cello chair in the National.

Cellist David Watkin, was a hugely respected musician and a much-loved colleague and friend who will be missed greatly at the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.. David Watkin 1965-2025 We are deeply saddened by the devastating news that David Watkin, the charismatic principal cellist of English Baroque Soloists and Orchestra Romantique et Révolutionnaire (among many other ensembles) from the early 1990s until 2013, has died.