Toru Yasunaga retires

Toru Yasunaga, concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic, has retired from the orchestra after 32 years of membership, and will return to Japan. I saw Mr. Yasunaga at the Philharmonie back in 1994 when I visited Berlin, and, most recently, on BPO's Digital Concert Hall programs, with his solo playing in Brahms's First Symphony. He is indeed impressive.