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Cellist Yo-Yo Ma wins Polar Music Prize
Yo-Yo Ma has been awarded this year's Polar Music Prize, Sweden's most prestigious music award. The cellist shared the prize with singer-songwriter Paul Simon. The two musicians each receive SEK1m (£90,000).The Polar Music Prize was founded in 1989 by Stig Anderson, who managed the pop group ABBA. The annual award ...
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Eastman School violinist Zvi Zeitlin dies aged 80
Violinist and pedagogue Zvi Zeitlin has died at the age of 90. He taught at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, for more than 40 years. As a performer he toured internationally, gave the world premieres of concertos by Gunther Schuller and Paul Ben Haim, and championed ...
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German violinist Augustin Hadelich receives career development prize
German violinist Augustin Hadelich has received the 2012 Martin E. Segal Award, a $7,500 prize to support career development and further study. The award is given to artists associated with the Lincoln Center's resident arts organisations. Hadelich was nominated by the New York Philharmonic. The violinist received an Avery Fisher ...
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Queen Elisabeth Competition unveils media archives
The Queen Elisabeth Competition has unveiled an extensive collection of audio recordings and video footage to celebrate its 75th anniversary. The competition's revamped website features hundreds of archive audio performances by such violinists as Gidon Kremer, Ana Chumachenko and Zakhar Bron, as well as video footage of artists such as ...
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Ex-violin teacher accused of fondling student is jailed for four years after plea deal
A former violin teacher from Columbus, Georgia, has been sentenced to four years in prison, reports the Opelika-Auburn News. Mario Urbina, 46, was accused of fondling a female student in 2010, but pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of interference with custody, as part of a plea bargain with prosecutors. ...
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Louisville Orchestra management and musicians sign temporary agreement
After 20 months of negotiations, the Louisville Orchestra and its musicians have signed an agreement that will mean the players will return to work for the start of the 2012–13 season. The deal calls for a one-year bridge contract with a longer contract to be determined by binding arbitration. ...
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ArticleShostakovich: Cello Concertos no.1 in E flat major op.107 & no.2 op.126
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: Mixed results in a coupling of Shostakovich’s two cello concertosMusicians: Enrico Dindo (cello) Danish National Symphony Orchestra/Gianandrea NosedaComposer: ShostakovichShostakovich’s First Cello Concerto has been firmly established in the repertoire for decades as a result of its highly charged yet direct musical language. ...
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ArticleFranz Benda: Violin Sonatas no.11 in D major, no.13 in G minor, no.23 in C minor & no.32 in E major, Adagio poco andante from Violin Sonata no.7 in A major
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: Nuanced performances of 18th-century sonatas with original ornamentationMusicians: Leila Schayegh (violin) Felix Knecht (cello) Václav Luks (harpsichord/fortepiano)Composer: Franz BendaThese sonatas by Franz Benda were selected from manuscripts preserved in Berlin’s Staatsbibliothek which include annotated ornamentation for all movements, in some cases offering ...
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ArticleYsaÿe: Six Sonatas for Solo Violin op.27
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: A subtle approach to Ysaÿe’s acclaimed cycle of solo sonatasMusicians: Tai Murray (violin)Composer: YsaÿeThe young American violinist Tai Murray is among those who are so technically gifted that they needn’t spell out the fiendish difficulties of Ysaÿe’s sonatas. Instead, she ingenuously shapes ...
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Schubert: Fantasy in C major D934, Rondo in B minor D895, Violin Sonata in A major D574
Schubert playing that eschews the usual preciousness
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ArticleThe Music of Paul Motian. Selected Motian works arr. Harrison
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: String arrangements provide a timely tribute to a great jazz drummerMusicians: Joel Harrison String ChoirComposer: Motian (arr. Harrison) The great jazz drummer Paul Motian – long-standing member of Bill Evans’s trio and a band leader himself – died late last ...
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Violinist Leonidas Kavakos will launch new Decca contract with Beethoven sonatas recording
Leonidas Kavakos has signed an exclusive recording deal with Decca Classics. The Greek violinist's first release on the label will be a set of the complete Beethoven sonatas, timed to coincide with his performance of the cycle at this summer's Salzburg Festival.The pianist on the new recording will be Enrico ...
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ArticleVirtuoso. Works by Brydern, Igudesman, Nicolau, Taylor, Ternes, Nowicka & Mader
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: A violin duo that is attempting to expand the repertoire with crossoverMusicians: The TwiolinsComposer: Brydern, Igudesman, Nicolau, Taylor, Ternes, Nowicka & MaderIn 2009 the Twiolins, formed by the violin-playing Dingler siblings Marie-Luise and Christoph, launched a competition to add to the violin ...
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ArticleRadiodream
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: Mixed results from a cross-genre quartetMusicians: radio.string.quartet.viennaComposer: Various Imagine what a whole night of dreams would sound like. This is radio.string.quartet.vienna’s answer, a sequence in which the shadows of Liszt, Radiohead and Henry Mancini appear fleetingly among original material.Protozoan scrabblings, melancholic sighs ...
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Afghanistan student orchestra could perform at Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall in 2013
A youth orchestra from Afghanistan's National Institute of Music could be set to perform in New York and Washington DC next year, reports the New York Times. The institute's Afghan director, Ahmad Sarmast, and American musician William Harvey, who teaches violin at the school, want to bring around ...
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South African violinist Annake de Villiers found dead
South African violinist Annake de Villiers was found dead on Tuesday at her parents' home near Steynsrus. The 35-year-old was discovered with a single gunshot wound to her head. A gun was found near her body, and police do not suspect any foul play. South Africa's Channel 24 reported the ...
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Cellists Natasha Brofsky and David Finckel to join Juilliard faculty
The Juilliard School has recruited cellists David Finckel and Natasha Brofsky. They will join the school's cello faculty and chamber music faculty this autumn. Finckel, who studied at Juilliard, recently announced that he will retire from the Emerson Quartet at the end of the 2012/13 season. Brofsky is the ...
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Tokyo Quartet to retire after 2012–13 season
The Tokyo Quartet has announced that it will retire at the end of the 2012–13 season. Second violinist Kikuei Ikeda and violist Kazuhide Isomura had already said last November that they would be stepping down from the group in June 2013, leaving violinist Martin Beaver and cellist Clive Greensmith with ...
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Extreme Cellists to run London Marathon carrying instruments
Three British cellists will run this Sunday's London Marathon with their cellos strapped to their backs. Clare Wallace, James Rees and Jeremy Dawson are aiming to raise £10,000 for spinal cord injury charity Aspire. The trio, known as the Extreme Cellists, has performed a range of other challenges, including the ...
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Violin dealer Geoffrey Fushi dies in Chicago
Geoffrey Fushi, who co-founded Chicago dealership Bein & Fushi with Robert Bein, has died at the age of 68. Fushi and Bein started their business in 1976. It grew to become one of the biggest names in the violin trade. Fushi also launched the Stradivari Society in 1985 with ...
