{{Short description|British musician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{multiple issues| {{BLP sources|date=October 2017}} {{fanpov|date=October 2017}}}} '''Rohan Kriwaczek''' is an English writer, composer and violinist. He studied under Peter Maxwell Davies, Oliver Knussen and Judith Weir, and has written classical works, scores for theatre, TV, and radio.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.guildoffuneraryviolinists.org.uk/|title=The Guild of Funerary Violinists|access-date=12 August 2025}}{{failed verification|date=August 2025}}</ref> He worked with Ken Campbell in 1995 on a BBC Radio 3 Studio 3 programme.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/38c46f5fb05848b0be4badbf3dd55e7c|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241127113132/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/38c46f5fb05848b0be4badbf3dd55e7c|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 November 2024|title=Studio Three: Ho! Ho! The Clown Is Dead|website=Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk|date=5 August 1995 |access-date=29 November 2019}}</ref>

He is the author of the 2006 book ''An Incomplete History of the Art of Funerary Violin'', which purports to document this musical genre and contains numerous musical examples in score.

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==External links== * {{official|http://www.rohan-k.co.uk/}} * [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6202644 "Uncovering the 'True' History of the Funerary Violin"] by Melissa Block, ''All Things Considered'', NPR, 5 October 2006

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