{"id":5074,"date":"2010-07-19T10:53:11","date_gmt":"2010-07-19T17:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/?p=5074"},"modified":"2013-02-07T20:23:41","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T04:23:41","slug":"rip-lorely-zgonc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/19\/rip-lorely-zgonc\/","title":{"rendered":"RIP, Lorely Zgonc"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lorely Zgonc, concertmaster of the Portland Opera and Oregon Ballet Theatre orchestras, passed away July 11 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.\u00a0 David Stabler has a lovely tribute article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lorely Zgonc, concertmaster of the Portland Opera and Oregon Ballet Theatre orchestras, passed away July 11 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.\u00a0 David Stabler has a lovely tribute article here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,21],"tags":[432,2360,54],"class_list":["post-5074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-orchestra-world","category-violin","tag-concertmaster","tag-lorely-zgonc","tag-opera"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-1jQ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2871,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2009\/07\/15\/trombone-doins\/","url_meta":{"origin":5074,"position":0},"title":"trombone doin’s","author":"Charles Noble","date":"July 15, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Nathan Zgonc The New York Philharmonic hired a new associate principal trombone this week, but the news for Portlanders is that the other finalist was our very own Nathan Zgonc, son of Larry Zgonc, principal bassist of the Oregon Ballet Theatre orchestra, and Lorely Zgonc, concertmaster of the OBT orchestra\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "auditions"","block_context":{"text":"auditions","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/auditions\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nathanzgonc.com\/biopic.jpeg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":226,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2007\/02\/27\/a-glimpse-behind-the-veil-at-cleveland-orchestra\/","url_meta":{"origin":5074,"position":1},"title":"a glimpse behind the veil at Cleveland Orchestra","author":"Charles Noble","date":"February 27, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Ellen DePasquale From today's Cleveland Plain Dealer: Ellen dePasquale, one of the Cleveland Orchestra's most high-profile musicians, has resigned as associate concertmaster, even as the orchestra is preparing to hold an audition that will displace her as second-in-line after concertmaster William Preucil. 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