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ArticleComedy moments: Szigeti spars with Jack Benny
The Hungarian violinist plays stooge to the great comedian
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ArticleWhen they were young: Vadim Repin
A documentary follows the violin star as a twelve-year-old
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ArticleLindsay Quartet co-founder Roger Bigley dies aged 69
Violist Roger Bigley, one of the founders of the UK-based Lindsay Quartet, has died at the age of 69. Bigley (pictured) formed the quartet at London's Royal Academy of Music in 1966 with violinists Peter Cropper and Michael Adamson and cellist Bernard Gregor-Smith. After studying with Sidney Griller, ...
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ArticleComedy moments: Woody Allen plays cello in a marching band
'He had no conception of the instrument. He was blowing into it'
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ArticleUK's Northern Sinfonia awarded royal status
The Northern Sinfonia, the UK's only full-time professional chamber orchestra, will from now on be known as the Royal Northern Sinfonia. The 'royal' title was bestowed on the Gateshead-based orchestra by the Queen. It is the first such honour for any UK orchestra for more than 20 ...
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ArticleLuthier–dealer reunited with stolen violins after seven years
An Italian violin maker and dealer has been reunited with two violins that were stolen from him in Paris seven years ago. Alberto Giordano (pictured), from Genoa, was on his way to the Musicora expo in March 2006 when his case containing a Giuseppe Pedrazzini, a Paolo ...
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ArticleGreat teachers on film: Mstislav Rostropovich
The Russian cellist coaches at the Kronberg Academy
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ArticleSouth Korean violinist Youjin Lee wins Klein String Competition
Youjin Lee, a 17-year-old South Korean violinist, has won first prize at the Irving M. Klein International String Competition in San Francisco, US. Lee (pictured), who studies with Danielle Belen and Robert Lipsett at the Colburn Young Artists Academy in Los Angeles, received cash and solo appearances ...
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ArticleChinese bassist and US maker take top prizes at ISB competitions
Tian Yang Liu took first prize in the International Society of Bassists (ISB) Solo Competition last week at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. The 28-year-old Chinese bassist (pictured), who studied with Jeff Bradetich at the University of North Texas and is currently a ...
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ArticleNikki Chooi wins Michael Hill International Violin Competition in New Zealand
Canadian violinist Nikki Chooi (pictured) won first prize at the Michael Hill International Violin Competition, which concluded in Auckland, New Zealand, on Saturday 8 June. Chooi, 24, who studies with Ida Kavafian and Donald Weilerstein at the Juilliard School, received NZ$40,000 (£20,000). Second prize went to Sarah ...
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ArticleViolinist Richard Lin triumphs at Sendai International Music Competition
US–Taiwanese violinist Richard Lin won first prize at the Sendai International Music Competition in Japan at the weekend. The 21-year-old (pictured), a student of Aaron Rosand at the Curtis Institute of Music, received JPY3,000,000 (£19,500). Japanese violinists Tatsuki Narita and Chieri Tomii, both 21, took second ...
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ArticleCellist Erling Blöndal Bengtsson dies aged 81
Danish cellist and teacher Erling Blöndal Bengtsson has died at the age of 81. A student of Gregor Piatigorsky at the Curtis Institute of Music, he went on to become an international soloist and a champion of new works. Born in 1932 in Copenhagen, Bengtsson began ...
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ArticleIona Brown performs The Lark Ascending
Violinist Iona Brown died on 5 June 2004. Here's one of her best-known Vaughan Williams recordings, made in 1972 with Neville Marriner conducting the Academy of St Martin in the Fields. This recording was enthusiastically received on its initial release, capturing the imagination of the record-buying public. ...
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ArticleJack Benny demonstrates the significance of instrument comparisons
Classic Jack Benny violin comedy
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ArticleMenuhin plays Schumann
Yehudi Menuhin performs the second movement of Schumann's troubled Violin Concerto
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ArticleFlood warnings put paid to 2013 Handel Festival in Halle
The Handel Festival in Halle, central Germany, has been cancelled due to fears of flooding. The festival, traditionally themed around the music of Handel and his contemporaries, was to have taken place from 6 to 16 June. Artists involved in this year’s event would have included viola ...
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ArticleThe Alarius Ensemble plays Rosenmüller
In the June issue, viola da gamba player Philippe Pierlot chooses the Alarius Ensemble's performance of this sonata by Johann Rosenmüller as one of his five favourite recordings of all time. 'Their interpretation still sounds to me completely modern, even after 50 years. The musicians inspired me ...
