Competitions

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Sphinx Organization awards 2023 Medals of Excellence

2023-03-03T11:45:00+00:00

The medals recognise extraordinary Black and Latinx classical musicians and come with a $50,000 career grant

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Winners announced at 15th International Mozart Competition

2023-02-27T11:07:00+00:00

The Arete Quartet from South Korea took first prize of €20,000 in the string quartet category

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Winners announced at Haslemere International String Competition

2023-02-16T10:57:00+00:00

Two cellists scooped the top prizes at the final on 12 February

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Premium ❘ News

‘I needed unusual timbres’ - Premiere of the Month: Let there be light

2023-03-17T08:45:00+00:00

Cello, chorus and orchestra join forces for a fantastical story

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Premium ❘ News

Competitions, Awards and Appointments: March 2023

2023-02-22T09:43:24.95+00:00

This month’s competition results, appointments and forthcoming contests

Competitons

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Sphinx Organization awards 2023 Medals of Excellence

2023-03-03T11:45:00+00:00

The medals recognise extraordinary Black and Latinx classical musicians and come with a $50,000 career grant

Arete Quartet cr Michael Klimt

Winners announced at 15th International Mozart Competition

2023-02-27T11:07:00+00:00

The Arete Quartet from South Korea took first prize of €20,000 in the string quartet category

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Winners announced at Haslemere International String Competition

2023-02-16T10:57:00+00:00

Two cellists scooped the top prizes at the final on 12 February

More from Lutherie

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In Focus: A c.1798 Matthew Hardie violin

2023-03-21T08:59:00+00:00

David Rattray explores the British maker’s c.1798 violin

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Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ c.1731 ‘Baltic’ violin sells for $9.44 million at auction

2023-03-17T10:08:00+00:00

The violin is now the most expensive instrument by the maker ever to be sold at auction

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A Massive Achievement: the 1677 ‘Romanov’ Nicolò Amati viola

2023-03-17T09:10:00+00:00

Made in 1677, the ‘Romanov’ Nicolò Amati viola is one of the maker’s late masterpieces

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How Nicolò Amati’s ‘Romanov’ viola survived its own turbulent history

2023-03-17T09:05:00+00:00

An instrument of archaic charm and bold dimensions, the 1677 ‘Romanov’ Nicolò Amati viola harks back to the tenor violas made a century before by Nicolò’s grandfather Andrea.

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‘Everything from metal to punk’ - My Space: Lerice Nager & Savannah Childers

2023-03-17T08:50:00+00:00

The Bern-based luthiers present their ex-industrial workshop

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Trade Secrets: Repairing a bow thumb groove with epoxy and modelling clay

2023-03-16T09:45:00+00:00

A non-invasive method for a fairly common task in bow restoration

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Concert review: Juilliard Quartet

2023-03-10T09:00:00+00:00By Leah Hollingsworth

Leah Hollingsworth hears the performance of Beethoven and Jörg Widmann at Alice Tully Hall, New York, on 30 November 2022

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Concert review: New York Philharmonic Ensembles

2023-03-09T12:00:00+00:00By Leah Hollingsworth

Leah Hollingsworth hears the performance of Bach, Schumann and Dvořák at New York’s Merkin Hall on 4 December 2022

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Concert review: Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello) Philadelphia Orchestra/Yannick Nézet-Séguin

2023-03-08T09:42:00+00:00By Bruce Hodges

Bruce Hodges hears a performance of Haydn, Xi Wang and Mahler at Philadelphia’s Verizon Hall on 10 December 2022

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Christian-Pierre La Marca: Legacy

2023-03-21T08:41:00+00:00By

Haydn’s cello concertos set in historical context

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Kansas Virtuosi: Salgado

2023-03-20T10:00:00+00:00By

Committed readings make the case for an Ecuadorian musical polymath

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Yuri Kalnits, Igor Yuzefovic: Weinberg

2023-03-17T08:35:00+00:00By Matthew Rye

Sympathetic performances of a composer overshadowed by Shostakovich

Pizzicato

Book review: Pizzicato Performance Collection: Fifteen Pizzicato Works for the Beginning String Orchestra

2023-02-22T09:39:26.837+00:00By Celia Cobb

Celia Cobb reviews Doug Spata’s book of pizzicato works for string orchestra, including a teacher’s edition

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Book review: Questionario Renzo Bacchetta del 1936

2023-02-22T09:39:23.04+00:00By

Alberto Giordano reviews a survey of Italian luthiers from the 1930s, which gives an insight into the working methods and culture of the time

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Book review: Vaughan Williams

2023-02-22T09:39:18.383+00:00By Julian Haylock

Julian Haylock reviews Eric Saylor’s biography of the English composer, published to mark the 150th anniversary of his birth

Debate

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Opinion: Are regional differences in orchestral tuning really necessary?

2023-02-27T09:01:00+00:00

Historically, orchestras have tuned to slightly different versions of the note A. Thomas Eisner wonders whether such gradations really matter

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‘The violin concerto lives again’ - Opinion

2023-02-06T09:43:00+00:00

Are we witnessing a golden age for new violin concertos, or simply too much of a good thing?

Debate

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Opinion: Are regional differences in orchestral tuning really necessary?

2023-02-27T09:01:00+00:00

Historically, orchestras have tuned to slightly different versions of the note A. Thomas Eisner wonders whether such gradations really matter

Prom 67 Cr. Mark Allan (17)

‘The violin concerto lives again’ - Opinion

2023-02-06T09:43:00+00:00

Are we witnessing a golden age for new violin concertos, or simply too much of a good thing?

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