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Giles Broadbent has died following a \u2018short illness\u2019 at the age of 51, his family and music group have announced. <\/p>\n
The violinist, who was part of the quartet Stringfever alongside his family members, was married to former Blue Peter star Diane Louise Jordan.<\/p>\n
In a joint statement, the band and family announced: \u2018Although Giles had not been well recently, we as a family are still in shock at his passing.\u00a0The band will be taking a break whilst we make funeral arrangements.\u2019<\/p>\n
The musician once described himself in three words as, \u2018young at heart.\u2019 His musical heroes were Roby Lakatos, Maxim Vengerov,\u00a0and Nigel Broadbent, and his favourite thing about being part of Stringfever was the \u2018buzz of performing live shows.\u2019 <\/p>\n
Broadbent\u2019s earliest musical memory was his dad teaching him how to play the violin at home, and he went on to form the string quartet band in 2003 \u2013 who toured venues around the globe for 18 years \u2013 with his brothers Ralph and Neal, and cousin Graham.<\/p>\n
Alongside his brother Ralph, Broadbent studied at the Royal Academy of Music, and Graham set his sights on the Royal College. <\/p>\n
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Youngest brother Neal was due to study at the Guildhall School of Music before his brothers thought he ought to be their cellist. <\/p>\n
Described as \u2018the Rock Stars of classical music\u2019 they play live shows all over the globe from the Opera House in Mumbai to the Beijing Music Festival in China.<\/p>\n
Broadbent went on to lead the orchestras for several West End shows including Sunset Boulevard, Phantom of the Opera and My Fair Lady. <\/p>\n
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Radio presenter Diane, 63, and Broadbent married in 2007. Diane adopted her niece Justine at the age of two, after her sister \u2013 and Justine\u2019s mother \u2013 died unexpectedly. <\/p>\n
The Blue Peter and Songs of Praise presenter previously described her husband as a \u2018magnificent, genius violinist\u2019 and an \u2018amazing guy\u2019 in an interview on New Life Publishing. <\/p>\n
They met in 2006 and married a year later, and Diane recalled it as a \u2018whirlwind\u2019 but she \u2018just knew he was the one.\u2019 <\/p>\n
\u2018We share similar values, even though we\u2019re quite different people \u2013 I\u2019m much more of an introvert and Giles loves the house to be busy and full of people. He\u2019s also a musician, so he\u2019s very expressive too,\u2019 Diane joked in an interview last year with Sheer Luxe.<\/p>\n