Latest news – Page 244
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NewsComposer and violist Brett Dean named BBC Symphony Artist in Association
The Australian musician will work with the orchestra as a soloist, conductor and composer for three years
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NewsViol player and conductor Jordi Savall rejects Spain’s National Music Prize
The early music specialist has cited his government’s ‘grave incompetence’
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NewsJi-Won Song wins $50,000 first prize at China International Violin Competition
The 21-year-old Korean violinist is currently a student at the Curtis Institute in America
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NewsNY Philharmonic cellist Wei Yu named Detroit Symphony section principal
The musician joins the DSO as section principal in January 2015
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NewsEbène Quartet names Adrien Boisseau as its new violist
The appointment follows the departure of Mathieu Herzog to pursue conducting
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NewsThe Strad November 2014 issue is out now
Our North America special features an interview with Canadian violinist James Ehnes and a tribute to US bow maker William Salchow
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NewsTimothy Ridout wins inaugural Cecil Aronowitz International Viola Competition
The UK competition was open to violists of all nationalities under the age of 21
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NewsArmida Quartet receives Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival ensemble prize
The annual award, worth €10,000, is given alongside ‘Young Elite’ solo and audience prizes
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NewsMemphis Symphony musicians agree on 38 per cent pay cut
It is hoped the one-year emergency measure will help the orchestra balance its books
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NewsNew York Philharmonic gives violinist Frank Huang week-long concertmaster trial
The American musician is the second candidate to audition for the role following the departure of Glenn Dicterow
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NewsViolinist Hilary Hahn cancels yet further concerts
The star soloist is continuing to recover from a muscle injury
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NewsLufthansa airline loses cello, says musician
Lachezar Kostov was forced to perform several concerts on borrowed instruments before being reunited with his cello
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NewsViolinist In Mo Yang wins 2014 Concert Artists Guild Competition
The Korean musician receives $5,000 and two years of management
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NewsNorthern Ireland’s Ulster Orchestra faces imminent closure, warns chairman
The ensemble has appealed for £500,000 in emergency funding from Belfast City Council
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NewsSingapore’s inaugural $50,000 International Violin Competition names 35 shortlisted candidates
The participants from 14 countries will perform in nine live rounds in January 2015
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NewsLondon stringed instrument dealer J & A Beare launches its first exclusively online auction
The initial sale features 37 instruments, including a Stradivarius violin and two Guadagninis
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NewsOrpheus Chamber Orchestra receives $400,000 from Andrew W Mellon Foundation
The ensemble will use the grant to launch ‘Next Generation Orpheus’
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NewsCellist and conductor Mats Rondin has died aged 54
The Swedish musician was formerly principal cellist of the Malmö Symphony Orchestra and the Swedish Radio Symphony
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NewsGerman luthier Andreas Haensel wins gold and silver in Pisogne
The maker won for two of his instruments at the 5th International Violin Making Competition
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NewsVienna Philharmonic to invest $1m Birgit Nilsson Prize in Historical Archives
The award is the largest of its kind in the field of classical music
