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ArticleScientists reveal secrets of string quartet synchrony
Researchers from the UK’s Royal Academy of Music (RAM) and University of Birmingham and the University of Münster in Germany say they have discovered a way of analysing how musicians in a string quartet stay in time. Musicians in a conductorless group continuously make millisecond timing corrections ...
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ArticleEU pledges €200,000 to Sistema Europe and Canada exchange programme
The project will enable 2,000 young Italian, English and Canadian musicians to perform together
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Article300-year-old ‘Lipinski' Stradivarius violin stolen in armed robbery
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Frank Almond attacked with a stun gun on the evening of 27 January
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ArticleViolinist and Juilliard School dean Stephen Clapp dies
Stephen Clapp, who had a long affiliation with The Juilliard School and was a founding member of the Oberlin Trio, died on 26 January at the age of 74. Clapp joined Juilliard as a student, studying with Ivan Galamian and Dorothy DeLay and gaining his Masters degree ...
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ArticleViolinist Midori and the Minnesota Orchestra receive 2014 Grammy Awards
The 56th annual Grammys were held in Los Angeles on 26 January
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ArticleThe Borletti-Buitoni Trust announces 2014 award winners
The Apollon Musagète Quartet from Poland, Israeli violinist Itamar Zorman and American violinist Benjamin Beilman are among the recipients of Borletti-Buitoni Trust (BBT) Awards and Fellowships for 2014. BBT Awards of up to £30,000 went to the Apollon Musagète Quartet (pictured) and Itamar Zorman, while Benjamin Beilman ...
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Article100 stringed instruments stolen from a property in Bremen, Germany
The collection, worth €150,000, includes violins, violas, cellos and viols by such luthiers as Leopold Widhalm, Emile Laurent and Emile Germain
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ArticleNearly a century after her death, Maud Powell finally receives a Grammy
Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr may have stolen the limelight at the 56th Grammy Awards over the weekend when they collected The Beatles’ Lifetime Achievement Award, but another Lifetime Achievement recipient has waited even longer to receive the accolade. Some 94 years after her ...
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ArticleYsaÿe Quartet says adieu after 30 years
The quartet performs a special farewell concert in Paris on Friday night
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ArticleStolen Poggi violin recovered in Bologna
A 1924 violin by Ansaldo Poggi that was stolen more than five years ago has been recovered by Italian police. The instrument was taken in November 2008 when thieves broke into the safe of Bologna luthier and dealer Roberto Regazzi. Police recovered the violin (pictured) after a ...
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ArticleStudy finds long-term goals are as important to musical achievement as instrumental practice
Australian university researchers arrive at results following ten-year investigation
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ArticleArmenian violinist Sergey Khachatryan wins £50,000 Credit Suisse Young Artist Award
String players continue to dominate the list of winners of the Credit Suisse Young Artist Award, with Armenian violinist Sergey Khachatryan receiving this year's accolade, which carries a cash prize of CHF75,000 (£50,000). Khachatryan also received a concerto performance with the Vienna Philharmonic at Lucerne Festival on ...
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ArticleDouble bassist Richard Davis receives NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship
The American double bassist has performed with Igor Stravinsky, Leonard Bernstein and Bruce Springsteen
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ArticleStudy suggests orchestral first violins experience highest stress levels
Mood also plays a role in reducing anxiety levels during performance
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ArticleLeonidas Kavakos takes on dual role of violin soloist and conductor at Vienna Philharmonic Ball
The violinist replaces Riccardo Chailly, marking the first time in the history of the Ball that a conductor will also play
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ArticleVerbier Festival Academy launches outreach programme
Reaching Out will help Academy graduates to work actively in their communities
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ArticleMenuhin Competition returns to London in honour of the violinist
The 2016 contest will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the great prodigy
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ArticleMinnesota Orchestra ends 15-month musician lockout with a new three-year contract
Orchestral musicians will return to work on 1 February 2014 at a reduced rate of pay
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ArticleCity of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra violinist awarded RPS/ABO Salomon Prize
Catherine Arlidge is the first violinist to receive the award recognising UK orchestral musicians
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ArticleTwelve-year-old violinist takes top prize at Jefferson Competition
A twelve-year-old violinist from California has become one of the youngest prize winners at the Jefferson Symphony International Young Artists Competition in the contest's history. Robert Chien, who was awarded the second prize, performed Pablo de Sarasate's Carmen Fantasy, op.25 in the finals of the competition, held ...
