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BlogsViolinist Esther Abrami experiences ‘rudeness and public humiliation’ as Ryanair refuses to let her fly with her violin
The violinist describes being spoken to ‘like a piece of garbage’ by Ryanair staff, as she attempted to bring her Vuillaume into the cabin
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News‘Swiss Air, if you don’t want cellos on board, just say so’: TÁR cellist suffers flight woes
Sophie Kauer was told by Swiss Air that her cello was ‘no longer welcome to travel’ on a booked flight, despite having booked a separate seat for the instrument
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NewsConfusion amid airline staff over onboard instrument policy leaves cellist in the lurch
Cellist Jaime Compton has faced continued uncertainty travelling with her cello on Frontier Airlines, due to disagreement on whether the instrument was allowed on the aircraft
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NewsMusicians criticise easyJet’s changed policy on instruments
Violins and violas among those to be barred as hand luggage from 10 February onwards
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VideoBroken Wings: Myrna Herzog, Günter Krause, a viol destroyed
The shocking photos accompanying Myrna Herzog’s social media post on 3 January of her destroyed viola da gamba sent her complaint globally viral. It was also seen by Günter Krause, guitarist and lead singer of German progressive rock band Rufus Zuphall, who felt moved to compose a piece for ...
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NewsAeroflot relents on hand-luggage rules following musicians' outcry
Russian musicians took to social media and petitions to alert airline to consequences of announcement last week
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NewsCellist latest to fall victim to incomprehensible airline treatment
KLM proves unable to re-book seat for cello after flight cancellation, claims cellist Jacob Shaw, leaving him to pick up €650 bill
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NewsViola player ‘humiliated’ by experience at British Airways check-in
Violist Rachel Roberts has called for a boycott of British Airways by musicians following a recent experience at the check-in counter at Dublin Airport
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NewsDouble bass belonging to Helsinki Strings musician is smashed on flight
The youth ensemble were flying from Helsinki to the Faroe Islands via Copenhagen on Finnair
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NewsVideo: Seattle Symphony musicians perform on delayed flight
During a two-hour delay to take off on an Alaska Airlines flight to Palm Springs, four members of the Seattle Symphony – violinists Mikhail Shmidt and Elisa Barston, violist Susan Gulkis Assadi and cellist Walter Gray – whipped out their instruments to perform a string quartet. The performance ...
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ArticleMusicians forced to take instruments without cases on board flight
Three members of the French string quartet Quatuor Voce were requested to remove their stringed instruments from their cases before taking them on board a flight, the ensemble reported on Twitter. The musicians were at Paris's Orly Airport booked on a flight with the Spanish airline Vueling ...