All Artists articles – Page 24
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NewsViolinist Hilary Hahn cancels all performances for six weeks
The star performer is suffering from an inflamed muscle
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NewsJoshua Bell renews music director contract with Academy of St Martin in the Fields
The violinist has signed a three-year extension until summer 2017
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NewsVideo: Violinist Itzhak Perlman campaigns for universal polio vaccination
The artist contracted the disease when he was four years old
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NewsViolinist Nicola Benedetti breaks UK chart top 20 with her new album
Not since Vanessa Mae and Nigel Kennedy has a solo British violinist featured in the top 20 pop chart
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NewsFormer New York Philharmonic concertmaster David Nadien has died aged 88
The violinist was known for his razor sharp technique and silken tone
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NewsViolinist Nicola Benedetti replaces Janine Jansen to make New York Philharmonic debut
Benedetti will perform Szymanowski's Violin Concerto no.1 in three concerts
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NewsCellist Zoë Keating announces career hiatus
The independent artist's husband has been diagnosed with cancer
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NewsViolinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja receives RPS Music Award for Instrumentalist
The Moldovan artist is described by the jury as an ‘irresistible force of nature'
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ArticleViolinist Nikolaj Znaider accused of tax evasion by Danish authorities
It has been alleged the violinist overstayed the country's taxation threshold between 2006 and 2007
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ArticleCellist Julian Lloyd Webber announces forced retirement from playing
The British musician is suffering from a herniated disc in his neck
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ArticleViolinist Janine Jansen to appear in Last Night of the Proms 2014
This year's festival will also feature performances from Joshua Bell, James Ehnes, Julia Fischer and Alisa Weilerstein
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ArticleKreutzer Stradivarius violin to be auctioned by Christie's in New York
Watch a video of Joshua Bell playing the instrument, which is valued around $7.5m
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ArticleCellist Julian Lloyd Webber receives the ISM's Distinguished Musician Award
The British musician is honoured for his performing achievements and his contribution to music education
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Blogs6 pieces of advice for performers by violinist Daniel Hope
The soloist, former Beaux Arts Trio member and associate artistic director of the Savannah Music Festival offers tips for musicians on performing and launching a career
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ArticleVadim Repin becomes first soloist to conduct and perform Shostakovich's Violin Concerto no.1
The violinist stepped in at the Trans-Siberian Arts Festival when scheduled conductor Valery Gergiev was delayed in New York
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ArticleViolinist Renaud Capuçon appointed to the UK's Royal Northern College of Music
He joins a number of new staff members in 2014 including violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky, violist Vicci Wardman, and violist and conductor Henk Guittart
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ArticleViolinist Itzhak Perlman publishes statement about his mistreatment at Toronto airport
The disabled virtuoso was abandoned by a member of staff and forced to make his way through customs with his luggage and violin
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ArticleVideo: Violinist Itzhak Perlman speaks about his mistreatment at Toronto's Pearson Airport
The disabled virtuoso was abandoned by a member of staff and forced to make his way through customs with his luggage and violin
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ArticleViolinist Itzhak Perlman abandoned by disability staff at Toronto airport
The disabled performer was forced to make his own way through customs with his luggage and violin
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ArticleViolinist Hilary Hahn to receive €25,000 Dresden Music Festival Prize
The US violinist Hilary Hahn has been awarded the Dresden Music Festival Prize for 2014. Worth €25,000, the award will be presented at a concert at the Dresden Semperoper on 4 June. In its citation, the festival award committee said, ‘Through her authentic, contemporary musical language, ...
