{"id":23286,"date":"2022-10-06T12:16:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T12:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.nyo.org.uk\/news\/in-memory-of-john-ludlow"},"modified":"2023-09-01T14:07:20","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T14:07:20","slug":"in-memory-of-john-ludlow","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/admin.nyo.org.uk\/news\/community-of-support\/in-memory-of-john-ludlow","title":{"rendered":"In memory of John Ludlow"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"23286\" class=\"elementor elementor-23286\" data-elementor-post-type=\"news\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc373f2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bc373f2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;,&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-109f6e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"109f6e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 20-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>It is with a heavy heart that we announce the death of John Ludlow. John was the founder leader of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain in 1948, and went on to become leader of various orchestras including the then Sadler\u2019s Wells Opera Orchestra and was a professor of the Royal College of Music for nearly 30 years.<\/p><p>John continued to support NYO throughout his life, not only as a donor, but also through helping Roberto Ruisi, the youngest ever leader of NYO from 2012-14, who was recently announced as the new leader of the Halle. Roberto and John attended the same school in Birmingham and John saw a lot of his own style and musicianship in Roberto\u2019s playing, loaning him his Stradivarius violin.<\/p><p>John\u2019s funeral will be held at the Shrewsbury Crematorium on Wednesday 12\u00a0October at 2.45pm with refreshments after. We ask that anyone who would like to attend to please contact the family by email:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:aludlowreflex1@aol.com\">aludlowreflex1@aol.com<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a46c59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"1a46c59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 20-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-column .elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--spacer-size)}.e-con{--container-widget-width:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer{width:var(--container-widget-width,var(--spacer-size));--align-self:var(--container-widget-align-self,initial);--flex-shrink:0}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container{height:100%;width:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer{height:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--container-widget-height,var(--spacer-size))}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty{position:relative;min-height:22px;min-width:22px}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty .elementor-widget-empty-icon,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty .elementor-widget-empty-icon{position:absolute;top:0;bottom:0;left:0;right:0;margin:auto;padding:0;width:22px;height:22px}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56da4df elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"56da4df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 20-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1174\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/admin.nyo.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/news-john-ludlow-body.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-25108\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/admin.nyo.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/news-john-ludlow-body.jpg 1174w, https:\/\/admin.nyo.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/news-john-ludlow-body-600x256.jpg 600w, https:\/\/admin.nyo.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/news-john-ludlow-body-768x327.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1174px) 100vw, 1174px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">NYO, summer 1948<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is with a heavy heart that we announce the death of John Ludlow. 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