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ArticleViolist plays national anthem at her US citizenship ceremony
Carol Cook, the newly appointed principal violist of the Chicago Lyric Opera, performed the US national anthem at her own citizenship ceremony on Monday 22 July. The Scottish-born Cook was one of more than 140 people from 53 countries who were naturalised as US citizens at the ...
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ArticleGidon Kremer plans concert to promote human rights in Russia
Latvian violinist Gidon Kremer has announced plans to hold a special concert in Berlin to promote awareness of the human-rights situation in Russia. Along with his own chamber orchestra Kremerata Baltica, Kremer has stated that cellist Nicolas Altstaedt will perform at the concert, as well as pianists ...
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ArticleAustrian double bassist and historian Alfred Planyavsky dies aged 89
Austrian double bassist and historian Alfred Planyavsky died on 18 June at the age of 89. A long-serving musician in several Vienna-based ensembles, he wrote extensively on the history of the double bass and the music of his homeland. Born in Vienna in 1924, Planyavsky received ...
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ArticleConversations with great artists: Joseph Szigeti
In a 1964 interview, Szigeti explains the importance of choosing fingering: 'We must look for the line of most resistance, as Artur Schnabel said. Fingerings compel certain expression and it is this faculty of drawing out of our musical treasures the maximum of expressiveness and character and ...
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ArticleSeven SPCO string players take retirement option
Ten musicians from the St Paul Chamber Orchestra (SPCO) have retired from the ensemble. Seven are string players, and all the retiring musicians have played in the orchestra for at least 30 years. An incentivised retirement package for players aged 55 and older was part of ...
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ArticleRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic gets £7.5m to revamp its home
The home of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (RLPO) is set to be refurbished in 2014. Arts Council England (ACE) has awarded a grant of £7.5m towards the £12m revamp of the Grade II-listed Philharmonic Hall (pictured). After receiving £634,000 in seed funding from ACE in ...
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ArticleLynn Harrell on The Colbert Report
The cellist shares his airline woes in this devastating parody
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ArticleDetroit's Sphinx Organisation engages Yo-Yo Ma as artistic adviser
The Detroit-based Sphinx Organisation, which promotes diversity in the arts and supports young black and Latino classical musicians, has recruited Yo-Yo Ma (pictured) as a special artistic adviser. In his new role, the cellist will mentor Sphinx's leading young artists and will also advise on the organisation's programming ...
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ArticleBeyond classical: Joe Venuti
Dick Cavett introduces the great jazz violinist (listen to Venuti from 1:09)
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ArticleUtah Symphony principal cellist Ryan Selberg dies aged 66
The Utah Symphony has announced that its principal cellist, Ryan Selberg, has died. He was 66. He had held the principal's chair since 1975. Selberg studied cello with Patricia Thomsen Pinkston and Joseph di Tullio, and graduated from UCLA with a BA in Music Performance. Staying ...
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ArticleBow maker uses human hair for shampoo advertising stunt
A bow maker in Singapore has swapped horsehair for human hair as part of a promotion for a shampoo brand. Paul Goh's services were called upon by the Singapore and Manila branches of advertising agency J. Walter Thompson, which wanted to find a new way to ...
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ArticleBow maker uses human hair for shampoo promotion stunt
A bow maker in Singapore has swapped horsehair for human hair as part of a promotion for a shampoo brand. Paul Goh's services were called upon by the Singapore and Manila branches of advertising agency J. Walter Thompson, which wanted to find a new way to ...
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ArticleFrench violin expert Étienne Vatelot dies aged 87
French violin expert and luthier Étienne Vatelot died on 13 July at the age of 87. In a career that spanned almost eight decades, he became a world-renowned expert on stringed instruments and bows, serving as president of the French Association of String Instrument and Bow Makers, ...
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ArticleChinese quartet wins Asia-Pacific Chamber Music Competition
The Amber Quartet won three prizes at the finals of the Asia-Pacific Chamber Music Competition in Melbourne on 14 July. The Chinese ensemble took the grand prize, the quartets division prize and the prize for best interpretation of a contemporary work – Chinese composer Zhang Zhao's 2001 ...
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ArticleItalian researchers analyse Stradivari's varnish, purfling and decoration
A team of scientists in Italy has completed an investigation into the purfling and decoration techniques used by Antonio Stradivari in his early period. Led by chemist Marco Malagodi of the University of Pavia, the team employed non-invasive analytical techniques to determine the dye used in the ...
