Farquhar Davis Wilkinson QSM (20 April 1932 – 25 October 2022) was a New Zealand classical cellist.
[1][2] The family moved to Dunedin, where George Wilkinson taught music at Dunedin Teachers' College, and Farquhar began learning to play the cello when he was five years old;[2] with Miss Ethel Frye as his teacher, he passed the grade 1 cello examination of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music with distinction in 1941.
[5] He gained entry to the Royal College of Music in London, and travelled there in 1949 to further his cello studies.
[13] He travelled to Britain in January 1965, stopping in Hong Kong where he performed on television.
He also undertook advanced study with William Pleeth, observed master classes by Nadia Boulanger, and did freelance playing with various London orchestras.