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NewsViolin workshop opens in Brussels music museum
Luthier Thomas Meuwissen embarks on two-year public project to make a quartet
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NewsViolinist Iva Miletić wins 2015 Khachaturian Competition in Armenia
The 27-year-old musician performed Mozart and Khachaturian in the final
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NewsComposer Max Richter’s ‘Sleep’ to be given eight-hour overnight premiere
The ‘eight-hour lullaby’, thought to be the longest single piece of recorded classical music, is intended to send listeners to sleep
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NewsInternational Tchaikovsky Competition 2015 names 25 cello finalists
The 25 candidates, whittled down from 48 cellists invited to the Moscow auditions, will compete in St Petersburg
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NewsSuyeon Kang wins Michael Hill International Violin Competition in New Zealand
The Australian violinist receives NZD$40,000, a recording contract and performance opportunities
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NewsInternational Tchaikovsky Competition 2015 names 25 violin finalists
The 25 candidates, including a number of familiar names, were whittled down from 48 violinists invited to audition for the event in Moscow
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NewsLuthier and teacher Peter Prier dies aged 73
Peter Paul Prier, the German-born US luthier who founded the Violin Making School of America, died on 14 June at the age of 73. As a luthier, Prier made more than 200 instruments during his career, with Yehudi Menuhin and Daniel Heifetz among those playing his violins on ...
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NewsTop lots from spring 2015 London stringed instrument sales
Highlights included a Balestrieri violin, a composite del Gesù violin and the ex-Brodsky Guadagnini
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NewsHenning Kraggerud named Royal Northern College of Music International Violin Chair
The Norwegian artist takes up his role with the UK institution in September
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NewsViolin theft ring arrested by police in Georgia, USA
The Violin Society of America issued an alert on its Facebook page this week about three men targeting the Roswell area
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NewsCellist Oliver Herbert wins 2015 Klein International String Competition
The 17-year-old receives a cash prize and performance opportunities
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NewsFormer Chetham’s violin teacher Malcolm Layfield cleared of rape
The violinist, who had denied the charge, was also head of strings at the Royal Northern College of Music
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NewsAndrea Burger wins 2015 Tokyo International Viola Competition
The violist receives a cash prize and concert opportunities
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NewsBeijing Customs commits to stamping out the importation of illegal ivory
The Chinese government also plans to cease the processing and domestic sale of ivory
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NewsRenowned American violin maker Luiz Bellini dies aged 79
Brazilian-born US luthier Luiz Bellini died on 4 June at the age of 79. Musicians such as Yehudi Menuhin, Gidon Kremer, David Nadien, Glenn Dicterow and Berl Senofsky all owned and played Bellini instruments during their careers.Born on 25 November 1935 in SÁo Paulo, Bellini originally trained as ...
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NewsChineke! Foundation aims to form Europe’s first professional all-black orchestra
The organisation will also launch a junior orchestra and lobby government to improve music education in schools
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NewsRape trial of former head of strings Malcolm Layfield begins in Manchester
The violinist, who denies the charge, was formerly head of strings at the Royal Northern College of Music and taught at Chetham's
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NewsLock of Mozart’s hair smashes estimate to reach £35,000 at auction
The item, enclosed in a locket, was sold by Sotheby’s in London
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NewsLindsay Quartet founding violinist Peter Cropper has died aged 69
The British musician was also founder and artistic director of Sheffield’s Music in the Round
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NewsViolinist Ji Young Lim wins 2015 Queen Elisabeth Competition
The South Korean musician receives a cash prize of €25,000
