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| | PlaybillArts: News: John Mack, Cleveland Orchestra Principal Oboist for 36 Years, Dies at 78 |
 | | John Mack, the retired principal oboist of the Cleveland Orchestra, died at age 78 on July 23, the orchestra announced. |
 | | Mack was appointed to the principal oboe chair at the Cleveland Orchestra by George Szell in 1965; during his tenure, which lasted until 2001, he also played under music directors Lorin Maazel, Christoph von Dohnányi and, most recently, Franz Welser-Möst. Since 2001, Mack served as a member of the Cleveland Orchestra board of directors. |
 | | Friends urged him to study science or physics, but he was determined to continue with music, and went on to train at the Juilliard School with Harold Gomberg and with Tabuteau at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. |
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