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NewsInmates repair violins in Czech prison initiative
More than 200 stringed instruments have been mended, and 30 built from scratch, in the innovative scheme
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UK passport approved for Sheku Kanneh-Mason
The decision by the Passport Office came just hours after the cellist posted an appeal on Facebook
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Sheku Kanneh-Mason refused UK passport
The British cellist was applying for a second passport with the approval of the Home Office only to have his original document cancelled and no replacement issued
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Violinist Roberta Verna named as Copenhagen Philharmonic concertmaster
The 22-year-old has previously held the same position at the Bavarian State Youth Orchestra
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Inaugural Piazzolla Music Competition announces winners
Among those recognised are Quinteto Respiro, which has won Gold in the Ensemble division, and the Sonos Piano Trio, which has won the Pablo Ziegler Award
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Tai Murray to join Yale School of Music Faculty
The violinist is to take up a position as assistant professor
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Konstantin Ishkhanov launches Israeli Classic Strings Competition
Winners of the competition for violin and cello in Tel Aviv will share a prize fund worth €210,000
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‘We are going to become more and more parochial’: Julian Lloyd Webber hits out at post-Brexit visa rules
The British cellist said it will become ’really difficult’ for musicians ’to carve out a great international career’
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Violist Yuchen Lu wins 2021 Klein International String Competition
The 22-year-old Chinese musician wins $13,000 and a number of performance contracts
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Winners announced at ISB Double Bass Competition
The International Society of Bassists’ virtual event took place on 7 and 8 June at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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Violin that inspired acclaimed book in need of funds for fixing
The inspiration behind ‘Lev’s Violin, An Italian Adventure’ is the subject of a crowdfunding campaign that seeks to fix the instrument’s broken neck
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Quartet and violinist receive 2021 Concert Artists Guild prizes
The winners will receive concert opportunities in New York and London following the virtual competition
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Sheku Kanneh-Mason loaned 1700 Gofriller cello
The instrument ‘presents a kaleidoscope of tonal qualities’ and ’has an uncanny capacity to respond’ according to the cellist
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YCAT announces addition of 12 musicians to its roster
The twelve musicians will receive support including artist management and performing opportunities
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Play along with an orchestra with the Tomplay sheet music catalogue
Tomplay’s interactive sheet music app includes a wealth of music for violin, viola, cello and more
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Winners announced at SVA Violin Makers Competition
The contest, which takes place every two years, was held according to strict Covid-19 guidance
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Cellist Victor Simon has died
A highly-respected Soviet-era musician, Simon served as principal cellist of the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio for more than fifty years
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String quartets revealed for 2021 Trondheim Competition
The ten groups will compete for a €15,000 first prize at the contest, to be held in Trondheim in September
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New documentary profiles Janine Jansen and her relationship with 12 Stradivari violins
’Janine Jansen: Falling for Stradivari’ will have its premiere at the Curzon Mayfair in London on 2 September
