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NewsWorldwide birthday celebrations for Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein in 1955 The Leonard Bernstein Office has announced worldwide celebrations of what would have been the composer and conductor’s 100th birthday on 25 August. Among the highlights on the day is the London Symphony Orchestra’s concert performance of Bernstein’s first Broadway hit, On the Town, ...
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NewsString players lead the field at Eurovision Young Musicians 2018 final
Four out of six finalists perform on bowed stringed instruments
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NewsWho are the string players in Eurovision Young Musicians
Biennial classical competition held this year in Edinburgh with 18 contestants, of which ten play bowed strings
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Video'Playing', a short film from St Mary's Music School, Edinburgh
Violinist Nicola Benedetti and cellist Steven Isserlis feature in this new short film showing them tutoring pupils from Scotland’s national music school, St Mary’s in Edinburgh. The teenage pupils on the brink of leaving the school are violinist Sophie Williams and cellist Hugh MacKay.