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NewsNew instrument gifted to viral Kolkata street violinist
Police department in Kolkata gift a brand new violin to Bhagaban Mali, whose street performances have enjoyed thousands of views online
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Benedetti Foundation begins new Baroque Virtual Sessions
The sessions will take place for three weeks from 5 – 25 July with a final concert on Sunday 1 August
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Arabella Steinbacher to play on 1718 ‘Benno Walter’ Stradivari
The instrument was formerly played by Dezsö Szigeti, the uncle of Hungarian violinist Joseph Szigeti
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Violinist Marlon Barrios Araya wins Junior Guildhall Lutine Prize 2021
The 18-year-old violinist performed a winning recital of Beethoven, Ysaÿe and Sarasate at Milton Court Concert Hall on 25 June
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Online competition jury ‘watched 22 seconds of my video’, claims entrant
Arseniy Strokovskiy also alleged that some videos submitted by him and his duo partner were not watched at all
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Cellist John-Henry Crawford named as National Federation of Music Clubs Young Artist
The biennial award, worth $20,000, is given to unrepresented young artists ready for a concert career
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Violin prodigy Leia Zhu to perform at free BMW Classics concert in Trafalgar Square
The 14-year-old will perform with the London Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle
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New study reveals the wood treatments used by Stradivari, Amati and Guarneri
The report reveals how the luthiers changed the molecular structure of the spruce used for instrument tops
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Pinchas Zukerman apologises for ‘culturally insensitive’ masterclass
The violinist’s masterclass at Friday’s Starling-DeLay symposium was withheld due to racially insensitive comments
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Violinist Arkadij Vinokurow dies aged 72
The Ukrainian musician and professor worked in Austria for the last three decades of his life
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EasyJet updates cabin baggage policy for musical instruments
Instruments up to 30 x 117 x 38 cm can now be taken onboard
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Zachary DePue to become concertmaster of the Carmel Symphony Orchestra
The violinist previously held a position as concertmaster of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra for more than ten years
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Juilliard withholds Pinchas Zukerman’s masterclass
The masterclass contained use of ’insensitive and offensive cultural stereotypes’
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Royal Northern Sinfonia appoints Maria Włoszczowska as its new leader
The Polish violinist’s first concert in the role will be the season-opening concert on Saturday 18 September at Sage Gateshead
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Obituary: professor and cellist Tao Song 1932-2021
The cellist was a long-standing pedagogue at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing
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Fire breaks out at Chetham’s School of Music
The fire started in a concert hall at the Long Millgate campus around 2.20am on Thursday
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Andrew Lloyd Webber demands results of UK government’s test pilot events
‘When you find a viola player who has been playing the Walton Concerto stacking shelves in Tesco you begin to weep,’ he said
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Violinist Randall Goosby signs joint management deal with HarrisonParrott and Primo Artists
’For me, personally, music has been a way to inspire others’
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Co-principal double bass of London Symphony Orchestra retires
Colin Paris joined the orchestra in 1988, becoming co-principal in 1991
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BBC Radio 3 announces record number of New Generation Artists, including rising star violinist
Among the artists selected for the talent development scheme is the Spanish violinist María Dueñas, winner of this year’s Menuhin Competition
