Latest news
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NewsNovo Quartet takes up residency at RNCM
The Danish group has been named ensemble in association for 2025/26
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NewsNew string appointments for Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Double bassist Ha Young Jung takes up the role of principal bass, and violist Andrew Eng joins the section
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NewsBritten Sinfonia appoints new leader
Violinist Zoë Beyers will appear as leader with the ensemble in performances this summer and early 2026, before assuming the role fully for the 2026/27 season
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NewsNorwegian cellist loaned Guadagnini once owned by Rostropovich
Amalie Stalheim has been granted the use of the 1783 G.B. Guadagnini cello from the start of the 2025–26 season
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NewsCologne University of Music and Dance appoints historical violin and viola professor
German violinist Nadja Zwiener takes up the role
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NewsNew cello professor in Maryland
Juan Sebastián Delgado will join the University of Maryland faculty in autumn 2025
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NewsIreland’s RTÉ Concert Orchestra appoints new cello leader
Martin Johnson takes up the role as section leader cello from September 2025, after 25 years with the National Symphony Orchestra Ireland
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NewsSingapore International Violin Competition extends its application deadline
The deadline for the 2026 competition, which will offer USD 110,000 in prize money, instrument loans from the Rin Collection, and performance opportunities, is now 15 August
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NewsTeenage violinists triumph at 2025 Atlanta Festival Academy Young Artist Competition
14-year-old violinist Kazuki Kyo took the grand prize of $10,000 in the Young Artist division, with additional prizes awarded in the Senior and Junior divisions dominated by young violinists
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NewsFinalists selected for the 2025 Barbash J.S. Bach Competition
Three violinists and a violist will perform at the final round on 16 October 2025
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NewsThree violinists and a quartet receive 2025 Salon De Virtuosi career grants
The Dolphins Quartet and violinists Ana Isabella España, Risa Hokamura and Ava Pakiam each receive $5,000
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NewsLong-standing Chicago Symphony Orchestra violinist retires after 46 seasons
Violinist Joyce Noh joined the orchestra in 1979 under the directorship of Sir Georg Solti and retired on 30 July 2025
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NewsFundraiser launched to commemorate late cellist Christian Elliott’s legacy
Money raised will go towards a posthumous recording of Elliott’s compositions and arrangements, as well as to a charity dedicated to ME/CFS research
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NewsStefan Jackiw acquires a Montagnana violin
The violinist announced he will play on the c.1730 Domenico Montagnana ‘Rossi’ violin
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NewsObituary: string maker Dan Meizhen (1944-2025)
The founder of For-Tune Strings was a pioneer of string making in China
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NewsFormer Baltimore Symphony Orchestra violist Mary Woehr has died
The violist performed with the orchestra for over 40 years
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NewsFive Boston Symphony Orchestra string players play final concert
Violinists Victor Romanul and Jennie Shames, violist Rachel Fagerburg, and bassists Edwin Barker and Joseph Hearne gave their final performance with the ensemble on 27 July
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NewsObituary: violin competition founder Michael Hill (1938-2025)
The New Zealand jeweller, entrepreneur and philanthropist, who founded the Michael Hill International Violin Competition, died on 29 July 2025 aged 86
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NewsNew concertmaster for Hamburg’s NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra
US violinist David Radzynski assumes the role
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NewsOrlando Philharmonic Orchestra announces string appointments
Violinist Maria Chirinos is appointed assistant concertmaster, and violist Tyler Pacheco joins the viola section
