Goldner collected one of the most extensive chamber music libraries in Australia, which he donated to the NSW Conservatorium. He died in Balmain, Sydney on 27 September 1991, aged 83. Honours In June 1992, less than nine months after his death, a street in the Canberra suburb of Melba was named Goldner Circuit. The Richard Goldner Award was founded by the Balmain Sinfonia in 1993, and goes to the winner of a biennial concerto competition for the player of an orchestral string instrument. Charmian Gadd is the patron of the competition. Goldner String Quartet The Goldner String Quartet was formed in honour of Richard Goldner in 1995, and consists of Dene Olding and Dimity Hall (violins), Irina Morozova (viola; an ex-pupil of Goldner) and Julian Smiles (cello). Bibliography Suzanne Baker, Beethoven and the Zipper: The Astonishing Story of Musica Viva, 2011 References External links Article for Richard Goldner in the Lexikon verfolgter Musiker und Musikerinnen der NS-Zeit 1908 births 1991 deaths Jewish emigrants from Austria to Australia after the Anschluss Australian classical violists Sydney Conservatorium of Music faculty 20th-century Australian inventors Romanian Jews Romanian emigrants to Australia Jewish Australian musicians People from Craiova 20th-century classical musicians 20th-century violists