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NewsCooper International Violin Competition down to final three
The finalists will compete on 21 July 2017 for the $20,000 top prize
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Cooper Violin Competition names 10 remaining candidates
The violinists, aged 14 to 18, are competing for a grand prize of $20,000
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Cooper Violin Competition names semi-finalists
The violinists, aged 14 to 18, are currently competing for a grand prize of $20,000
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Cellist Bryan Cheng wins $25,000 Michael Measures Prize 2017
Awarded jointly by the Canada Council for the Arts and the National Youth Orchestra of Canada, the prize is awarded to Canadian musicians aged between 16 and 20
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Lara Boschkor wins Tonali Violin Competition in Germany
The 17-year-old Kronberg Academy student took home the top prize of €10,000 for her performance of Prokofiev's First Violin Concerto
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13-year-old violinist NaKyung Kang gives winning Sibelius performance at Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians
South Korean violinist NaKyung Kang, aged 13, performs Sibelius's Violin Concerto in the Violin Division of the 2017 International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians - which she won alongside 14-year-old violinist Eugene Kawai from Japan. The contest was held last month in Kazakhstan, also featuring Piano ...
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Cecil Aronowitz International Viola Competition 2017 names 30 semi-finalists
The young violists from 20 different countries will compete at the new Birmingham Conservatoire from 18 to 24 November
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Violinist Maxim Vengerov performs Vivaldi with 2016 Wieniawski Competition winners
Maxim Vengerov performs Vivaldi’s Concerto for Four Violins in B minor with the first, second and third prize winners of the 15th International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, held in October 2016. Performing with Vengerov are first prize winner Veriko Tchumburidze, second prize winner Bomsori Kim and ...
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Ioana Cristina Goicea gives winning Tchaikovsky performance at Michael Hill Violin Competition
Ioana Cristina Goicea performs Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in the Grand Final of the Michael Hill International Violin Competition, held on 10 June 2017 at Auckland Town Hall in New Zealand - which she won . The 24-year-old Romanian violinist receives NZ$40,000, a recording contract with the ...
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Luke Hsu performs Wieniawski at the Michael Hill International Violin Competition
Luke Hsu, one of three violinists selected to progress to the final of the 2017 Michael Hill International Violin Competition in New Zealand on 10 June, performs Wieniawski's Faust in the quarter-final. The violinists are competing for a top prize of NZ$40,000, a recording contract ...
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2017 Michael Hill International Violin Competition names 3 finalists
The violinists, aged 18-28, are competing at the New Zealand contest for a top prize of NZ$40,000
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Cellist Jeremy Tai Wins Irving M. Klein International String Competition 2017
The 18-year-old Bienen School of Music student receives the top prize of $13,000 and concert engagements
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Cellist Santiago Cañón-Valencia performs in the final of the Queen Elisabeth Competition 2017
Colombian cellist Santiago Cañón-Valencia performs Shostakovich’s First Cello Concerto with the Brussels Philharmonic conducted by Stéphane Denève in the final of the 2017 Queen Elisabeth Cello Competition – where he won third prize of €17,000 and concert opportunities. Currently pursuing a master's degree at the ...
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2017 Michael Hill International Violin Competition names 6 semi-finalists
The violinists, aged 18-28, are competing at the New Zealand contest for a top prize of NZ$40,000
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Cellist Victor Julien-Laferrière gives winning performance at Queen Elisabeth Competition 2017
French cellist Victor Julien-Laferrière performs Shostakovich's First Cello Concerto with the Brussels Philharmonic conducted by Stéphane Denève in the final of the 2017 Queen Elisabeth Cello Competition - where he won the grand prize of €25,000 and concert opportunities. A former student of Heinrich Schiff ...
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French cellist Victor Julien-Laferrière wins Queen Elisabeth Competition 2017
The cellist, who receives the €25,000 grand prize, was one of 12 finalists competing at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels this week
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Yuya Okamoto performs in the final of the Queen Elisabeth Cello Competition
Japanese cellist Yuya Okamoto performs Dvorák's Second Cello Concerto with the Brussels Philharmonic conducted by Stéphane Denève in the final of the 2017 Queen Elisabeth Cello Competition - for which he won second prize. The 22-year-old former prize winner of the Competition of Japan and Witold ...
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Applications now open for $50,000 Singapore International Violin Competition 2018
Held in concert halls throughout Singapore from 28 January to 8 February 2018, the contest is open to international violinists under the age of 30
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Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition 2017 names 10 shortlisted quartets
Whittled down from 100 musicians from 26 countries, the ten shortlisted ensembles will compete for a top prize of €15,000 and concert engagements
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Aizuri Quartet takes top string quartet prize at Osaka International Chamber Music Competition
The US group, which won third prize at the 2015 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition, receives JPY 3m (£20,700) for its Osaka win
