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NewsThe Strad December 2014 issue is out now
The latest issue features violin legend Kyung Wha Chung on her long-awaited comeback to the London concert stage
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NewsRome Opera reverses decision to dismiss orchestra and chorus
The company has come to a new agreement with musicians’ unions
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NewsInternational Boris Goldstein Violin Competition Bern announces shortlisted candidates
Launched by Professor Zakhar Bron, the event takes place from 22 to 31 January 2015
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NewsWilbert Frisch, Pittsburgh Symphony violinist for 47 years, has died aged 95
The musician began playing with the orchestra at the age of 16 under Otto Klemperer
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NewsUS Airways refuses to carry double bass, says Time for Three musician
Staff from the airline told bassist Ranaan Meyer he would not be permitted to fly home with his instrument
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NewsViolinist Julian Rachlin named Royal Northern Sinfonia principal guest conductor
The artist takes up the role from the 2015-16 season
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NewsNo first prize awarded at France’s Mirecourt International Violin Competition
Second prize was jointly awarded to Nathan Mierdl and Jian Ren
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NewsViolinist Hilary Hahn returns to the stage after a four-month absence
The star performer was recovering from a muscle injury
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News42nd International Viola Congress to take place in Portugal this month
150 international violists will travel to Porto to perform on and discuss the instrument
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NewsAmerican violinist Louise Koszalka has died aged 100
An active musician for her whole life, Koszalka was a member of the New Orleans and San Antonio Symphony Orchestras
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NewsViolinist Cordula Kempe Oettinger awarded €170,000 in compensation for nerve damage
The widow of conductor Rudolf Kempe underwent an operation for carpal tunnel syndrome in 2007
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NewsViolinist-turned-Olympian Vanessa-Mae banned from skiing for four years
The International Ski Federation ruled that the athlete’s qualifying scores were manipulated
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NewsDouble bassist Duncan McTier pleads guilty to sexual assaults on students
Three attacks took place during the 1980s and 1990s while McTier was a professor at the Royal Northern College of Music and the Purcell School in the UK
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NewsSix winning 2014 Young Concert Artists announced, including four string players
The New York organisation will promote the winning musicians with concerts and management
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NewsMastermind of $5m ‘Lipinski’ Stradivarius violin theft receives seven-year prison sentence
Salah Salahadyn orchestrated the January 2014 stun gun attack on Milwaukee Symphony concertmaster Frank Almond
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NewsAtlanta Symphony musicians and management agree on new contract
The four-year deal, which includes provisions for increased musician numbers, ends a two-month deadlock
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NewsGerman freelance music teacher wage is ‘beneath contempt’, says Anne-Sophie Mutter
The star violinist has lent her support to teacher demonstrations throughout the country
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NewsStradivarius violin is top lot at Beare’s first online auction
The c.1698 instrument went for £1.7m during the sale in Late October
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NewsResearch shows the influence of Stradivarius on violin development
Published in the online journal Plos One, the study was conducted by Daniel Chitwood
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NewsWarner Music announces $100,000 prize for classical musicians
Violinists Augustin Hadelich and Itamar Zorman, cellist Brook Speltz and double bassist Roman Patkoló have been named as nominees
