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NewsViolinist Annelle Gregory wins 2017 Sphinx Competition $50,000 first prize
The annual Detroit contest, including senior and junior divisions, is open to Black and Latino US string players
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NewsDanish jazz violinist and composer Svend Asmussen has died, aged 100
Over a career spanning eight decades, Asmussen collaborated with such jazz luminaries as Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and Stéphane Grappelli, and recorded several albums
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NewsViolinist Andreas Buschatz and cellist Gayane Khachatryan join Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Both musicians take up principal positions within the German orchestra
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NewsElmar Oliveira International Violin Competition reveals judges' scores
This year’s inaugural contest, which took place at Lynn Conservatory of Music in Florida, offered a grand prize of $30,000, performance opportunities and public relations support
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NewsJust three per cent of adults consider the violin to be a masculine instrument, finds survey
The study examining gender bias toward musical instrument choice was carried out by London's Royal Albert Hall
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NewsVenezuelan cellist Horacio Contreras joins Music Institute of Chicago faculty
A graduate of the University of Michigan, Dr Contreras has taught at The Juilliard School and Oberlin College Conservatory of Music
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NewsCellist Kian Soltani wins Leonard Bernstein Award 2017
The Austrian-Iranian cellist has been awarded the €10,000 prize by the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival
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NewsSirena Huang wins Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition
This year's inaugural contest, which took place at Lynn Conservatory of Music in Florida, offered a grand prize of $30,000, performance opportunities and public relations support
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NewsIraq-born Budapest Festival Orchestra cellist almost barred from US tour
The musician was initially informed by the US consulate in Budapest that he would not be authorised to enter America due to President Trump's temporary travel ban
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NewsElmar Oliveira International Violin Competition names 4 finalists
Currently taking place at Lynn Conservatory of Music in Florida, the contest offers a grand prize of $30,000, performance opportunities and public relations support
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NewsLeague of American Orchestras condemns Trump administration US travel ban
The organisation has issued a statement reacting to the Executive Order temporarily banning citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering America
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NewsViolinist Elisa Citterio named Tafelmusik music director
Citterio takes up her new role in July 2017, and will open the Canadian period instrument orchestra's 2017-18 season
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NewsElmar Oliveira International Violin Competition names 8 semi-finalists
Currently taking place at the Lynn Conservatory of Music in Florida, the contest offers a grand prize of $30,000, performance opportunities, management and public relations support
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NewsNew York Philharmonic String Quartet to make international debut
The new ensemble comprises principal players from the New York Philharmonic
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NewsCroall, McEwen' Stradivarius violin, worth £2m, to be auctioned
Previous violinists who have performed on the instrument include Frank Peter Zimmermann, Alexander Gilman and Suyeon Kim
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NewsDutch luthier Frederick Lindeman has died aged 84
The maker and restorer specialised in re-conversion of modernised stringed instruments to their original Baroque state
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NewsViolin by Luc Deneys stolen on Madrid Metro
The €20,000 violin was on loan to Elina Sitnikava, a violin student of Zakhar Bron at the Queen Sofía College of Music in Madrid
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NewsBritish orchestras are reaching larger audiences but losing income, says ABO
According to an Association of British Orchestras report, published today, British orchestras faced a five per cent drop in their total income from 2013 to 2016.
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NewsDocumentary short 'Joe's Violin' receives Oscar nomination
The film tells the story of a Holocaust survivor who donates his violin to a Bronx schoolgirl
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NewsCello broken to pieces on United Airlines flight, claims musician
Florida State University graduate student in cello performance Carrie Miller has set up a Go Fund Me page to replace her instrument
