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NewsLutosławski Cello Competition heads into finals
Now in its eleventh edition, the young cellists’ showcase in Poland will announce its winner this evening
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NewsSergei Dogadin wins Singapore International Violin Competition
The 29-year-old Russian violinist wins $50,000 top prize, performance opportunities and the loan of a fine instrument
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NewsVictory for cellists as SAS blames misunderstanding for booking surcharge
Scandinavian Airlines had begun to impose $60 telephone booking charge on top of extra seat price, despite not offering an online booking option for cellos
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NewsThree finalists announced at Singapore Violin Competition
The grand final will take place on 8 February with each finalist performing a concerto with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra
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FocusVenezuelan violinist Rubén Rengel wins $50,000 Sphinx Competition
The Detroit-based competition, which includes senior and junior divisions, is open to Black and Latino US string players
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NewsQ&A with Anastasia Kobekina, winner of the Prix Thierry Scherz
The 23-year-old Russian cellist has just won the Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad’s invitation-only competition, the prize of which includes a recording with orchestra. She talks to Charlotte Gardner
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NewsCellist Caroline Brown, founder of the Hanover Band, dies aged 64
Period instrument pioneer had been battling rare cancer since 2012
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NewsSAS now charging $60 cello booking fee on top of extra seat price, complains cellist
Scandinavian Airlines changes rules to impose telephone booking charge, despite not offering an online booking option for cellos
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NewsSheku Kanneh-Mason's debut album enters UK Top 20
BBC Young Musician of the Year winning cellist tops the UK classical album chart and enters the main chart at no.18
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NewsViolist suing Royal Opera House over hearing damage he blames on brass section as loud as a jet engine
Chris Goldscheider claims he suffered ‘acoustic shock’ during Wagner Ring cycle rehearsals in 2012. The case is now at London’s high court with a verdict expected early next week
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NewsDavid Garrett cancels another month of concerts after suffering slipped disc
Ray Chen has stepped in for two London Philharmonic Orchestra concerts, while another three have been cancelled outright
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NewsSingapore International Violin Competition enters semi-final stage
Event returns for second edition with $100,000 total prize fund, of which $50,000 goes to the winner
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NewsNew photos: luthier Shlomo Moyal begins work on viol destroyed on Alitalia flight
Viola da gamba belonging to Myrna Herzog starts ‘long interesting journey’ to restoration at Jerusalem workshop
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NewsDavid Garrett cancels five upcoming concerts due to slipped disc
Violinist pulls out of concerts in Parma, Graz, Lucerne, Kiev and Sofia to allow time for rest
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NewsPatricia Kopatchinskaja and Jennifer Higdon pick up 2018 Grammys
Higdon’s Viola Concerto earns her two trophies at 60th Grammy Awards with Kopatchinskaja’s the only one for a classical string player
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VideoBerlin-based Vision String Quartet picks up €60,000 award
Biennial Jürgen Ponto Foundation award also includes concerts at its four partner festivals
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NewsNew play dramatises Jascha Heifetz's part in the creation of Israel
A Walk With Mr Heifetz, written by arts journalist and former Gramophone editor James Inverne, opens at New York’s Cherry Lane Theatre on 31 January
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NewsFacebook engineer who died aged 33 creates fellowship to lend his Vuillaume violin to worthy talents
Eric Sun’s prized instrument will be made available via the Tarisio Trust Sun-Law Vuillaume Fellowship in two-year periods to talented musicians with a community-building proposal
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NewsPlans unveiled for Tokyo Stradivarius Festival
Blockbuster exhibition, supported by The Strad, will feature over 20 instruments
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NewsNancy Zhou wins $50,000 first prize at International Music Competition Harbin
American violinist, 25, adds the Chinese accolade to a number of recent competition successes
