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NewsViolinist Donald Hazelwood, former Sydney Symphony concertmaster, has died aged 95
The much-loved and highly respected violinist was concertmaster with the SSO for 33 years, from 1956 until his retirement in 1998
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NewsRespected Ukrainian violinist and teacher Alexandre Zapolski has died aged 74
The violinist was an influential teacher in his adopted home country of Denmark
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NewsSydney Symphony Orchestra 2025 fellows announced
Five string players have secured spots in the top Australian orchestra’s fellowship programme
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NewsViolins to honour war poets at Wilfred Owen Festival
The instruments, dedicated to Owen, Siegfried Sassoon and Robert Graves, will be donated to the town of Oswestry at the festival’s opening on 15 March
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NewsNew Kronos Quartet album to donate streaming proceeds to charity
The new album of works by Mary Kouyoumdjian will support Armenian and Lebanese communities affected by social and political conflict
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NewsIPCI marks 25 years of pernambuco conservation
The International Pernambuco Conservation Initiative will celebrate the anniversary with a benefit concert in May 2025
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NewsCello and marimba duo Stick&Bow named artist in residence at UC Davis
The duo will coach students in chamber music and commission new music, from the start of the 2025-26 season
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NewsStolen: 1900 violin by Eugenio Praga
The instrument was taken from a train carriage in northern Italy on Thursday 5 March
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NewsString players triumph at 2025 RPS Awards
Cellist Laura van der Heijden and bassist Leon Bosch were both winners in their categories during the ceremony that took place in Birmingham
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News‘Saiga Antelope’: an album of female composers by Viktoria Elisabeth Kaunzner
Saiga Antelope is an historic concert tour programme released on CD, along with a YouTube violin concerto marathon EurAsian Flow by female composers live at Philharmonie Berlin with the Universal Korean Organic Ensemble-Viktoria & Virtuosi (UKOREVV)
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NewsCellist Jean-Guihen Queyras issues statement on Ukraine, ahead of US concert engagements
The cellist will honour his US performances this year, donating all proceeds to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky’s United24 Foundation
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NewsViolinist Robert Mozes has died
The Romanian-born musician was a long-standing member of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
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NewsViolin belonging to Strad writer stolen from French train
Jacqueline Vanasse, a violinist, teacher and regular contributor to The Strad, boarded the train from Nice to Menton at 5pm on 1 March
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NewsRoyal Philharmonic Orchestra appoints co-principal violist
Violist Wenhan Jiang assumes the role, having previously served as principal viola of Ulster Orchestra
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NewsBenedict Kloeckner takes up cello teaching role in Paris
The cellist will join the faculty of Paris’s Alfred Cortot School of Music from September 2025
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NewsAizuri Quartet to disband after thirteen years
The quartet’s final performance will take place on 25 April, as part of the Music for Food series benefiting the homeless and hungry
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NewsPittsburgh Symphony Orchestra appoints assistant concertmaster
Ukrainian violinist Marta Krechkovsky takes up the role, having already served in the orchestra’s first violin section
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NewsCellist and double bassist receive $100,000 Jazz Legacies Fellowships
The Mellon Foundation has recognised distinguished cellist Akua Dixon and double bassist Reggie Workman in the inaugural cohort
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NewsHusband-and-wife duo named distinguished artists in residence at Oberlin
Violinist Jamie Laredo and cellist Sharon Robinson will start a residency at the school in April 2025
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NewsJacobs School of Music violist named distinguished professor
Atar Arad has received the university’s most prestigious appointment
