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NewsPromising young bass player is victim of package bomb in Austin
Spate of terrorist bombings in Texan state capital, thought to be racially motivated, claims life of 17-year-old musician Draylen Mason
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NewsCastalian String Quartet wins inaugural Merito String Quartet Award worth €45,000
Professional development award headed by Alban Berg Quartet cellist Valentin Erben, is based on secret observation of elligible quartets
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NewsManhattan lawsuit over violin run over in parking garage
Degani violin claimed to be worth $85,000 destroyed when garage employee drove over it
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NewsEinstein violin smashes estimate to sell for over half a million dollars
Instrument gifted to scientist in 1933 makes $516,500 at Bonhams in New York
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NewsPetition to save Indiana University's violin making and restoration programme
Responding to the retirement of the current director with no apparent replacement, students and alumni are concerned the Jacobs School of Music intends to quietly shut down the Violin Shop
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NewsViolin belonging to Einstein comes to auction in New York
Instrument gifted to scientist in 1933 is estimated to sell for between $100,000 and $150,000
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NewsViol damaged aboard United Airlines flight
Instrument in hard case was placed in the hold at the gate but emerged with a snapped neck, says early music specialist Andrew Arceci
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NewsPrimrose viola competition reveals 24 candidates for 2018 edition
Competition taking place in Los Angeles in June 2018 counts Lawrence Power, Antoine Tamestit and Jennifer Stumm among previous winners
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NewsCompetitors announced for International Paulo Cello Competition in Finland
Twenty-six competitors have been accepted for event taking place in October across three Finnish cities
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NewsGio Batta Morassi, Luthier, 1934-2018
Giovanni Battista Morassi died on 27 February at the age of 83. One of the key figures in 20th-century Cremonese lutherie, he taught several of today’s finest makers at the International Violin Making School in Cremona, and was a well-known figure fo