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Chicago SO gets new principal bassist

Alexander Hanna joins from Detroit Symphony Orchestra

New memorial for Titanic cellist

Appeal raises more than £1,000 for John Woodward commemoration

Roman Totenberg dies at 101

Acclaimed concert violinist who taught at Boston University for 50 years

RPS award for Oliver Coates

British cellist wins young artist award from Royal Philharmonic Society

Yo-Yo Ma wins Polar Music Prize

Cellist shares Swedish award with Paul Simon

Detroit SO appoints concertmaster

Yoonshin Song is orchestra's first new concertmaster in 24 years

Zvi Zeitlin dies aged 90

Violinist had international career, taught at Eastman School for over 40 years

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The editor in New York: week one

Ariane Todes visits some iconic New York venues

The tortoise and the frog

Ariane Todes arrives in the US without her tortoiseshell bow but ready for an American adventure

Maxim Vengerov at the Wigmore Hall

Ariane Todes reports on the violinist’s return to the concert platform

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The Strad June 2012 issue

Hilary Hahn takes the reins as guest editor for the June edition of the magazine

US auctions round-up

Check out the top lots from last week's sales at Tarisio, Christie's and Skinner

The Strad May 2012 issue

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La Capricieuse

The Brodsky Quartet's arrangement of Elgar's classic work

The Strad April 2012 issue

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The art of deduction

Information and links for our April 2012 article

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Americans triumph in Menuhin contest

Kenneth Arthur Renshaw and Kevin Zhu take top prizes at Beijing violin competition

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Arcadia Quartet claims first prize in London quartet competition

Queen Elisabeth selects 88 competitors

South Korea leads 29 nationalities in the number of violinists at Brussels contest

Johansen Competition names winners

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UK chamber group takes ensemble prize in Royal Over-Seas League Competition

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