Alan Loveday

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| name = Alan Loveday

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| birth_name = Alan Raymond Loveday

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1928|02|29|df=y}}

| birth_place = Palmerston North, New Zealand

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|04|12|1928|02|29|df=y}}

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| genre = Classical

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| instrument = Violin

| years_active = 1932–1993

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| past_member_of = Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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Alan Raymond Loveday (29 February 1928 – 12 April 2016) was a New Zealand violinist. A child prodigy, he became leader of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and a soloist and leader with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields. He was a professor at the Royal College of Music for 17 years from 1955. Loveday married pianist Ruth Stanfield in 1952, and they had two children, including Ian Loveday.{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/may/02/alan-loveday-obituary | title=Alan Loveday obituary | date=2 May 2016 | work=The Guardian | accessdate=3 May 2016 | first=Anne | last=Inglis}}