Latest news – Page 209
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NewsViolinists Leila Josefowicz, Christian Tetzlaff and Gil Shaham nominated for 2017 Grammy Awards
The 59th Grammy Awards will be held in Los Angeles on 12 February 2017
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NewsViolinist and concertmaster Jerrold Rubenstein has died
Rubenstein was concertmaster of La Monnaie Opera Orchestra and the National Orchestra of Belgium
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NewsViolinist Blake Pouliot wins Canada's OSM Manulife Competition
The 22-year-old Canadian musician receives a cash award of $10,000, and performing and recording opportunities
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NewsViolinist Yebin Yoo wins New Zealand's Gisborne International Music Competition 2016
The 16-year-old performer takes home the top prize of NZ$9,000
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NewsViolinist Bethan Doci jailed for cancer fraud worth £350,000
The 38-year-old, also known as Bethan Morgan, told friends and colleagues that she needed money for cancer treatment, despite being fit and well
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NewsSteven Isserlis appointed Royal Academy of Music visiting cello professor
The British cellist will present regular masterclasses and work with students on ‘side-by-side’ ensemble projects
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NewsBeethoven string quartet manuscript fails to sell at auction after row over authenticity
The handwritten manuscript, auctioned at Sotheby's in London, had been thrown into doubt by Beethoven scholar and Manchester University Professor Barry Cooper
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NewsMahler manuscript exceeds estimate to sell for record breaking £4.5m
The 232-page handwritten score was valued by the auction house 'in excess of 3.5m'
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News'Play' by composer Andrew Norman wins $100,000 Grawemeyer Award
The 45-minute orchestral work was composed for the Boston Modern Orchestra Project in 2013
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NewsRoyal Academy of Music's head of strings responds to criticism from violinist Nigel Kennedy
The British violinist accused music colleges of producing 'factory lines' of pianists and violinists
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NewsVision String Quartet wins Geneva Competition
The German ensemble, which also won the Mendelssohn Quartet Prize earlier this year, receives CHF 20,000
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NewsFinancially hit Orchestra della Svizzera italiana vows to 'start over'
The OSI has published a defiant response on its Facebook page, following news of a possible closure due to funding cuts
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NewsOrchestra della Svizzera italiana faces closure due to funding cuts
The ensemble's 46 musicians and staff have been informed that their jobs may be terminated at the close of 2017
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NewsViolinist Svetlin Roussev named concertmaster of Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
The Bulgarian violinist is a professor at the Paris Conservatoire and winner of the inaugural Sendai International Violin Competition in 2001
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NewsYoo Na Ha wins Mirecourt International Violin Competition 2016
The 25-year-old South Korean violinist receives €5,000 in addition to the special prize for 'best personality'
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NewsViolinist Stephen Tavani named Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra concertmaster
The 24-year-old violinist is currently a student at the Curtis Institute of Music
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NewsNorwegian Air refuses to refund extra luggage charge for violin
Violinist Ellen Fjærvoll Samdal claims the airline refused to allow her entry on a flight to Prague because she was carrying her violin and a purse as hand baggage
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NewsViolin, viola, cello and bow makers honoured at 2016 VSA competition
Hungarian luthier Gábor Draskóczy scores double gold in violin category
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NewsNew research finds we respond intellectually to classical music and physically to pop music
The team from China set out to prove that 'pleasure from artistic music is intellectual while that from popular music is physiological'
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NewsSphinx Organization receives National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award
The initiative, which aims to 'transform lives through the power of diversity in the arts', was honoured by US First Lady Michelle Obama in the White House
