Eli Kassner先生离我们而去。。。

JiangYing

94岁高龄的Eli老先生前天去世，他的夫人Ann去年八月离去，祝愿他们天堂安息！

多年前在一个音乐会报道里介绍过Eli先生和Ann夫人：

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我们失去了一位和蔼可亲的长者，严厉认真的老师，爱好广泛（吉他，摄影，制片，花园。。。）的音乐人。

lcs007

一路走好！

leon8233

祝愿Eli在天国快快乐乐！

zm66076

一路走好，在天国快乐！

skyyang_GT

愿天堂上一切安好。

plussa

我们村的吉他协会也第一时间在FB上向Eli先生致敬了。老人家真的是桃李满天下，现在他的弟子和再传弟子们都已经是江湖老大了。

dingju119

致敬!一路走好

sunyuming

前辈一路走好，姜版节哀。
他们一直是我们的榜样和灯塔！

JiangYing

@lcs007 @leon8233 @zm66076 @skyyang_GT @plussa @dingju119 @sunyuming

谢谢琴友们！

星期六去道别。这是多伦多星报（The Star）上的讣告：

Eli KASSNER
Obituary


KASSNER, Eli On August 23, 2018, after a brief illness, Eli Kassner passed away peacefully at the Baycrest Apotex Centre in Toronto, Ontario. He was 94. Keeping him in loving memory are his daughters Annick Mitchell, Danielle Kassner (Guillermo Perez-Quer), his step-son Stephen Halman (Rita Janzen) and his grandsons Jacob Mitchell, Benjamin Mitchell and Gabriel Perez-Kassner. He was predeceased (2017) by Ann, his wife and dearest companion of many years. He will be greatly missed by his extensive family of friends, colleagues and students in the international world of the classical guitar. He was born in Vienna, Austria, and as a 15-year-old left for Israel in 1939, where he met his first wife, Noémi, the mother of his children. Following his brother's call to move to Canada in 1951, he made a name for himself as a multi-talented artist, becoming most noted for his contributions to the teaching of the classical guitar at the Toronto Royal Conservatory of Music and the University of Toronto's Faculty of Music. An accomplished performance artist himself, he also founded the Toronto Guitar Society in 1959. Under his leadership his vision of holding an international guitar festival and performance competition in Toronto became a reality with the establishment of the Toronto Guitar Festival in 1975, which has since served as the model for subsequent festivals worldwide. Among many other honours, Eli was the recipient of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal (2012) and the Order of Canada (2016) in recognition of his life's work. The family wishes to thank the staff of the Apotex Centre and his caregivers Chromy Magalona and Lourdes Ferrer. Visitation will be on Saturday, September 1, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. with a farewell service to follow at 2:00 p.m. Both events will take place at Mount Pleasant Funeral Centre, 375 Mount Pleasant Road, Toronto. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Baycrest Foundation.