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ArticleSPCO violinist to join NY Phil
Principal Kyu-Young Kim quits locked-out St Paul Chamber Orchestra
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ArticleRNCM head of strings quits
Malcolm Layfield's position 'untenable' amid sexual misconduct allegations
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Cellists Christine Lamprea and Lev Mamuya win 2013 Sphinx Competition
Cellist Christine Lamprea, 22, has won first prize in the senior division of the Sphinx Competition in Detroit for young Black and Latino string players. Lamprea, who studies with Natasha Brofsky at the New England Conservatory in Boston, received $10,000. Second prize went to violist Dana Kelley, also 22. Double ...
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ArticleMasterclass: A guide to playing English folk music
In the April 2014 issue of The Strad, folk fiddler Sam Sweeney gives a guide to playing English folk music. Here he plays the traditional tune Blew Bell Hornpipe, displaying some of the ornamentation and techniques he discusses in the article. Buy The Strad's digital magazine now: www.thestrad.com/apps
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ArticleCellist to take Qatar role. Han-Na Chang appointed music director of Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra
Han-Na Chang appointed music director of Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra, High Fives and Handshakes all round
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ArticleSmetana Quartet cellist dies
Antonín Kohout founded great ensemble and guided the next generation of Czech quartets
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ArticleLicence woes thwart radio gig
BBC broadcasts interview but no performance by twelve-year-old violinist
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Chetham's violin teacher Wen Zhou Li arrested
A violin teacher at Chetham's School of Music and the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) has been arrested today on suspicion of rape. Wen Zhou Li, 57, who has taught at both institutions since 1996, is one of at least six current or former music teachers being investigated ...
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Viola player Kim Kashkashian wins Grammy award for recording of Kurtág and Ligeti
Kim Kashkashian won the award for Best Classical Instrumental Solo at the 2013 Grammy awards. The viola player received the honour on 10 February for her recording Kurtág & Ligeti: Music for Viola, which pairs György Kurtág’s Signs, Games and Messages with György Ligeti’s Sonata for Solo Viola. The ...
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ArticleTop cellist Alban Gerhardt calls airport security staff ‘brutal and careless' after bow is damaged
Alban Gerhardt slams behaviour of officials at Dulles International Airport
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UK violinist Thomas Gould does a Joshua Bell busk
British violinist Thomas Gould went busking at Westminster Tube station on Wednesday, in a recreation of the famous Joshua Bell subway experiment that was arranged by the Washington Post in 2007. Gould, the concertmaster of the Aurora Orchestra and the associate concertmaster of the Britten Sinfonia, recreated the stunt for ...
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ArticleHeifetz saves the day
Watch Heifetz playing himself in the classic 1939 film They Shall Have Music, performing Saint-Saëns's Introduction and rondo capriccioso and saving a music school from financial ruin
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ArticleCampaigners welcome GCSE rethink
New performance measure of GCSEs in England will include creative subjects
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ArticleYo-Yo Ma wins $100,000 award
Cellist receives contemporary music prize from Vilcek Foundation
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ArticleString soloists in Bach marathon
Viktoria Mullova and Alban Gerhardt star in nine-hour Royal Albert Hall event
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ArticleBiber's 'Rosenkranz' Sonata no.4 €“ Ciacona
In the February issue, Elizabeth Wallfisch gives a detailed guide to this intricate Baroque gem. Here's Susanne Lautenbacher tackling the violin part.
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