Curtis Institute of Music

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1726 Locust St

PA 19103

United States

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Violist Julianne Lee joins the Dover Quartet

2023-02-23T16:00:00

The Curtis alumna will join the two-time Grammy-nominated quartet from September 2023
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New additions to Curtis violin faculty

2022-01-28T09:57:00

Violinists and Curtis-alumni Benjamin Beilman and Erin Keefe will begin their new roles for the 2022-23 academic year
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‘Take it, make it work and don’t hurt yourself’ - tips for small framed violists

2022-01-23T16:41:00

Viola professor at Juilliard and Curtis Institute of Music Hsin-Yun Huang offers practical tips for petite musicians and teachers to avoid unnecessary pain and over-exertion
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Joint first prize awarded at Barbash J.S. Bach Competition

2021-12-03T10:02:00

The competition that celebrates the unaccompanied string works by Bach was won by violinists Lun Li and Tianyou Ma
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Double Bassist magazine: Nights in the gardens of Spain

2021-12-02T15:40:00

Without the arrival of the Neapolitan double bass players at the beginning of the 18th century, the history of the bass in Spain may have been quite different. Xosé Crisanto Gandara examines the evidence, in this article taken from the Spring 2001 issue of our now-discontinued sister publication, Double Bassist
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Double bassist Thomas Martin: Man for all seasons

2021-11-29T00:00:00

Thomas Martin has tried practically every hat, from orchestra principal to soloist, teacher and instrument maker. Katinka Welz meets the eclectic bass personality in this article taken from the Winter 2000 issue of our now-discontinued sister publication, Double Bassist
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‘You can combine all those influences into your own playing’ - Hilary Hahn’s violin heroes

2021-11-25T15:43:00

In this throwback to an interview from 1999, Hilary Hahn shares why she finds inspiration in the playing of great violinists including Brodsky, Elman, Milstein, Kriesler, Grumiaux and Heifetz
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‘A mecca for gifted students’ - inside Ivan Galamian’s studio

2021-08-06T13:52:00

In this extract from September 1997, Barbara L. Sands explores the studio of the great violin pedagogue Ivan Galamian, who taught many students that went on to have flourishing careers
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Zachary DePue to become concertmaster of the Carmel Symphony Orchestra

2021-06-28T11:25:00

The violinist previously held a position as concertmaster of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra for more than ten years

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