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NewsAirline refuses to accept teenager’s violin, and also turns down payment in euros
The 16-year-old was told by Ryanair staff that he must pay to take his instrument into the cabin in pounds sterling
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NewsViolinist Jun Hong Loh wins Gisborne International Music Competition in New Zealand
The 25-year-old musician receives a cash prize and a concert engagement with Orchestra Wellington
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NewsHadelich, Tetzlaff, Takács, Eighth Blackbird receive classical Grammy nominations
The nominations for the 58th annual Grammy Awards were announced on 7 December. In the classical categories, the Seattle Symphony received three nominations for its recording of Dutilleux’s Métaboles, Symphony no. 2 ‘Le double’, and the violin concerto L’arbre des songes featuring Augustin Hadelich (pictured). Hadelich, who ...
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NewsEarly music pioneer Nikolaus Harnoncourt announces retirement
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, one of the founders of the early music movement in the 1950s, has announced his retirement. The conductor, who founded the period-instrument ensemble Concentus Musicus Wien in 1953, made the announcement on 5 December, the day before his 86th birthday, in a handwritten letter published ...
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NewsChristel Lee wins 2015 International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition
The 25-year-old US violinist receives €25,000 and concert opportunities
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NewsJordi Savall postpones Calais refugee camp concert
The Spanish viol player and conductor has cited security concerns following last month’s Paris attacks
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NewsViolinist Min-Jin Kym to write memoir about stolen-and-recovered Stradivarius
The £1.38m instrument was taken from a sandwich bar at London’s Euston Station in 2010 and recovered in 2013
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NewsInternational Jean Sibelius Violin Competition 2015 names 6 finalists
With a top prize of €25,000, the competition is currently taking place in Finland
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NewsIranian orchestra banned from performing at event with female musicians
The Tehran Symphony Orchestra was told last week it would not be allowed to play on stage with women performers
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NewsIndianapolis Symphony Orchestra receives $10m grant
The award has been given by the Lilly Endowment – one of the largest private foundations in the US
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News2015 International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition announces semi-finalists
With a top prize of €25,000, the competition is currently taking place in Finland
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NewsFormer Tucson Symphony concertmaster John Ferrell has died, aged 90
The violinist was also a member of the Stradivari String Quartet
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NewsCellist Gabriel Cabezas wins Sphinx Medal of Excellence and $50,000 artist grant
The American musician is recognised for his ‘outstanding work ethic, spirit of determination and great potential for leadership’
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NewsMelbourne Symphony Orchestra musician’s viola stolen from parked car
The valuable instrument had been left in the vehicle in the Australian suburb of St Kilda West
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News300-year-old cello, worth $1m, stolen in California
The instrument by Antonio Domenicelli was left in a parked car on 1 November 2015
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NewsFormer Boston Symphony concertmaster Joseph Silverstein has died aged 83
The American violinist was also a respected teacher and conductor
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NewsLionel Cottet named Bavarian Radio Symphony principal cellist
The 28-year-old Swiss musician is a graduate of the Juilliard School and the Salzburg Mozarteum
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News2015 International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition names shortlisted candidates
With a top prize of €25,000, the competition launches this weekend in Finland
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NewsViolin maker Josef Kantuscher has died aged 91
The Slovenian luthier was born on 23 December 1923 and died on 6 October 2015
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NewsViolinist Midori cancels US Korngold performance
The musician, who has pulled out of a number of concerts this year, was due to perform on Saturday
