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ArticleRare 1719 Stradivarius viola to go on sale
The 1719 ‘Macdonald’ Stradivarius viola is to go on the market. One of only ten surviving violas made by the master luthier, the instrument will be offered for sale in a sealed bid process by auctioneers Sotheby’s and Ingles & Hayday. Made during Stradivarius’s so-called ‘golden ...
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ArticleThe Strad April 2014 issue is on sale now
Tributes to János Starker, 40 years of the Arditti Quartet and a beautifully decorated bow are among this month's features
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ArticleYo-Yo Ma to receive the inaugural Fred Rogers Legacy Award
US cellist Yo-Yo Ma has been named the recipient of the inaugural Fred Rogers Legacy Award. The 58-year-old (pictured) will receive the honour at a ceremony on 23 May at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, location of the Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media.In ...
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ArticleMinnesota Orchestra president to step down in August
The Minnesota Orchestra has announced that Michael Henson, president and chief executive since 2007, is to step down from both roles in August. A statement from the orchestra’s board said that Henson would remain to ‘lead the organisation through a transition period over the next five months’ ...
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ArticleViolist Dimitri Murrath and Calder Quartet to receive Avery Fisher career grants
The Los Angeles-based Calder Quartet and the Belgian violist Dimitri Murrath have each been named as recipients of Avery Fisher Career Grants for 2014. Worth $25,000, the grants give professional assistance to instrumentalists judged to have exceptional career potential. Formed in 1998 at the Thornton School ...
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ArticleYuri Bashmet loses honorary professorship at Lviv music academy
The violist, violinist and conductor Yuri Bashmet has been stripped of his title as honorary professor at the Lviv National Music Academy (LNMA) in Lviv, Ukraine. Bashmet, 61, was granted the title in 2012. According to a statement from the LNMA, the decision was taken in response ...
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ArticleToronto Symphony Orchestra cellists to give 22 ‘pop-up' performances
The performances will take place daily in unexpected locations as part of the Keep Toronto Reading festival
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ArticleLondon's Royal College of Music launches postgraduate string quartet programme
The new Artist Diploma provides an intense year of study for a pre-formed quartet
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ArticleStudy finds orchestras are judged more on what audiences see than what they hear
Research conducted at University College London pitted world-ranking orchestras against regional and university ensembles
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ArticlePacem in Terris competition awards cellist Valentino Worlitzsch €10,000 first prize
The event for young violinists and cellists takes place for the first time in seven years in Bayreuth
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ArticleViolinist Nicola Benedetti named Cheltenham Music Festival artist-in-residence
The UK festival celebrates its 70th birthday in July this year
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ArticleHungarian violinist and teacher Dénes Zsigmondy has died aged 91
Isabelle Faust pays tribute to her former teacher, who inspired her 2013 Bartók Violin Concertos recording on Harmonia Mundi
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ArticleResearch discovers links between wealth and musical skill
An online study involving 147,000 people finds correlations between affluence and musical sophistication and ability
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ArticleAriane Todes to leave The Strad
Ariane Todes, editor of The Strad, is to leave the magazine following a restructuring of the team to support the online and magazine sides of the brand. Todes joined the magazine in 2002 and became editor in June 2006. She will pursue a career as a freelance ...
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ArticleStudies reveal musical training in childhood aids language learning ability
Just one hour a week of musical interaction greatly increases linguistic aptitude, even into adulthood
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ArticleMenuhin Competition 2014 announces winners
Violinists Stephen Waarts and Rennosuke Fukuda triumph in the Senior and Junior Divisions
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ArticleThe Strad March 2014 issue is on sale now
German special celebrates the Mandelring Quartet's 30th anniversary and German string education
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ArticleSlatkin asks audiences to 'turn their cell phones on' at Detroit Symphony concert
Ensemble makes a bid to be ‘the most accessible orchestra on the planet'
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ArticleDouble bassist wins $50,000 Sphinx prize
Xavier Foley is the first bassist ever to win the Detroit competition for Black and Latino musicians
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ArticleIn Harmony Telford and Stoke launches new online teaching resource
The digital practice system will benefit just under 900 children in the area
