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Article
A violin bow with a mind of its own

2016-08-05T00:00:00Z

A violinist's enthusiastic final bow stroke makes for a finale to remember in this orchestral concert from 2013. Watch: A bow hair disaster Watch: Violist Yuri Bashmet in tailpiece disaster Watch: Violinist Christian Tetzlaff and pianist Lars Vogt in page turning catastrophe
Article
Violin accident: what to do when your bow flies out of your hand

2016-07-22T00:00:00Z

Violinist Sara DeliÄ‡ loses control of her bow - which threatens to go flying - during a performance of Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen. Watch: A bow hair disaster Watch: Violinist Christian Tetzlaff and pianist Lars Vogt in page-turning disaster
Article
Cellist performs Flight of the Bumblebee as endpin fails

2016-07-08T00:00:00Z

Cellist Roberto Trainini manages to continue playing, not missing a single beat during his rendition of Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight of the Bumblebee, as his cello endpin slowly slips. Read: Finding the perfect cello endpin † and how to stop it slipping Watch: Shostakovich cello tailpiece explosion
News
Berlin Philharmonic members fail to elect new music director

2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

The new chief conductor and artistic director will take over from Sir Simon Rattle in 2018

All fail articles

A violin bow with a mind of its own

Violin accident: what to do when your bow flies out of your hand

Cellist performs Flight of the Bumblebee as endpin fails

Berlin Philharmonic members fail to elect new music director