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NewsKleio Quartet wins at the Carl Nielsen International Chamber Music Competition
The string quartet division finals in Copenhagen saw three quartets compete for the €15,000 first prize
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NewsWinners announced at the Bad Tölz 1st International String Quartet Competition
The Chaos Quartet took the top prize, which includes €10,000 and future concert opportunities
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NewsISB announces 2023 Jane Little Scholarship recipient
Maggie Carter receives the $10,000 grant, which is awarded to a female double bass major entering college
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NewsDetails of Gianandrea Noseda’s instrument loan scheme revealed
The conductor is loaning out instruments from his own collection to members of the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington DC, which he conducts
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NewsBerlin Philharmonic announces patronage of Ukrainian orchestras
It is hoped the agreement will help organise performances by the Kyiv Symphony and Youth Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine
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BlogsCellist Antonio Meneses on the unique qualities of his Luiz Amorim cello
The cellist shares his impressions of Luiz Amorim’s unique and expressive contemporary instruments
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NewsPaddington Trio wins 2023 Parkhouse Award
The UK based piano trio will receive future concert opportunities over the next two years
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NewsNew string appointments at Manhattan School of Music
The school’s pre-conservatorium programme will welcome three violinists and a cellist to its faculty
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NewsViolinist Anne Akiko Meyers to receive honorary doctorate
Meyers will receive the award at the Colburn School Conservatory of Music Commencement ceremony on 1 May 2023
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NewsConsone Quartet takes up new residency
The period instrument quartet will take up a three-year residency at Music at Paxton as the festival’s associate ensemble
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NewsJAM and Sacconi Quartet call for string quartet composers
The deadline for composers to apply for the free summer residency at the JAM on the Marsh Festival is 26 April 2023
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NewsTrio E.T.A. wins €12,000 Berenberg Culture Prize
The German piano trio received the award at a ceremony on 29 March
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NewsSinfonietta Riga concertmaster resigns, citing performances of Russian repertoire
Violinist Marta Spārniņa believes the ensemble is performing too much music by Russian composers during the war with Ukraine
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NewsCollection of violin expert Norman Rosenberg fetches £4.7 million at auction
Ingles & Hayday held the first of two online auctions for Rosenberg’s collection, comprising 96 lots including a c.1685 Stradivari violin
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NewsVienna Philharmonic commemorates Holocaust victims outside former concertmaster’s house
A memorial service was held on 28 March 2023 outside violinist Arnold Rosé’s former residence
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NewsViolinist Ladislav Jásek has died, aged 93
The former winner of the Carl Flesch Violin Competition spent much of his life leading orchestras in Australia
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NewsDouble bassist and string quartet among 2023 Avery Fisher Career Grant recipients
Nina Bernat and the Isidore Quartet will both receive $25,000 to advance their musical careers
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NewsWinners announced at the 2023 Plowman Chamber Music Competition
Houston-based Trio Menil scooped the grand prize of $5,000 along with a future performance opportunity
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NewsLong-standing BBC Philharmonic violinist has died
Clare Dixon was a member of the orchestra for 33 years