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NewsStudy finds classical music has a calming effect on dogs
Research was undertaken by the Scottish Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the University of Glasgow
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NewsA bow hair disaster
A violinist is taken by surprise when the majority of her bow hair suddenly detaches from the point - midway through a performance of Kreisler's Tambourin Chinois.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click here.
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NewsEaling Strings director Alan Mann dies aged 71
Alan Mann, co-founder of Ealing Strings music shop in London, has died aged 71. For more than four decades he attended to the instruments of string players from around the globe; regular customers based in the British capital included Gyorgy Pauk, Robert Smissen, Paul Silverthorne and Thomas Gould.Born ...
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NewsAustralian Chamber Orchestra teams with Spotify to release live recordings
The six concert performances will be released throughout 2015
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News24-year-old Friederike Starkloff named NDR Radiophilharmonie concertmaster
The violinist replaces Volker Worlitzsch with the Hanover orchestra
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NewsThe Strad March 2015 issue is out now
Danish violinist Nikolaj Znaider and fellow soloist-conductors, including Joshua Bell and Maxim Vengerov, explain the attraction of the podium
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NewsFrank Peter Zimmermann forced to hand back ‘Lady Inchiquin’ Stradivarius
The violinist, who turns 50 this Friday, is attempting to buy the instrument, which was previously on loan from failed bank WestLB AG
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NewsWitold LutosŠ‚awski International Cello Competition awards joint first prize
Cellists Maciej KuŠ‚akowski and Zuzanna Sosnowska share the top honour
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NewsVienna Philharmonic Orchestra advertises for new concertmaster
The orchestra is expressly looking for a female candidate who will first perform with the Vienna State Opera Orchestra
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NewsPhilharmonie de Paris architect sues venue’s sponsors
Jean Nouvel claims the new building differs from his original design
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NewsMinnesota Orchestra to perform in Cuba following restoration of US diplomatic relations
The orchestra last performed in Havana in 1929
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NewsCalling Canadian violinists and cellists: applications now open for Musical Instrument Bank
The Canadian organisation loans fine instruments and bows to musicians every three years
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NewsViolinist Rachel Podger awarded Royal Academy of Music Bach Prize 2015
The UK period musician is the first female to receive the award, worth £10,000
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NewsBerlin Philharmonic manager calls for an increase in public funding
The orchestra’s yearly subsidy has remained at the same level for the past 13 years
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NewsPerformances for an audience ‘sound better’ despite musician nerves, says study
The experiment tested recordings of performances by 13 pianists on 153 listeners
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NewsViolin sound and design developed by accident, say researchers
The evolution of f-hole shape and back plate thickness are likely the result of small errors in the copying process
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NewsBelenus Quartet wins first prize at the ‘Franz Schubert and Modern Music’ Competition
The Swiss ensemble triumphed in the string quartet category; no first prize was awarded in the piano trio section
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NewsCanadian violist Stanley Solomon has died aged 97
The musician was principal viola of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra from 1949 to 1983
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NewsVideo: Seattle Symphony musicians perform on delayed flight
During a two-hour delay to take off on an Alaska Airlines flight to Palm Springs, four members of the Seattle Symphony – violinists Mikhail Shmidt and Elisa Barston, violist Susan Gulkis Assadi and cellist Walter Gray – whipped out their instruments to perform a string quartet. The performance ...
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NewsCellos are too big to be transported in the cabin, says airline
Air Canada refused to sell Richard Harwood an extra ticket for his cello as it exceeded the requisite dimensions, according to the musician
