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NewsRoyal Opera House loses appeal against viola player with hearing damage
Violist Chris Goldscheider won a momentous case against the Royal Opera House in March 2018 after blaming his hearing issues on unacceptable noise levels during rehearsals
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André Rieu pledges 700 tons of steel towards Notre Dame restoration
The Dutch violinist has offered the scaffolding from his life-size Schönbrunn Palace set – which nearly bankrupted him a decade ago
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Strings at the BBC Proms: our pick of the 2019 programme
What does the biggest classical music festival in the world offer in terms of string concertos and other highlights for Strad readers?
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Paul Vincent Laraia wins Lionel Tertis Viola Competition
The American violist receives £7000, a new bow and a London recital at Wigmore Hall
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Yang Xi, concertmaster of the Raleigh Symphony Orchestra, has died
The violinist, who had a varied career as a concertmaster, soloist and musical educator, has died of colon cancer
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Yo-Yo Ma plays cello at US-Mexico border
The Chinese-American cellist played Bach’s Cello Suite No 1, making a point about global unity
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Meet the candidates: Sendai International Music Competition
The Japanese competition offers $27,000 first prize plus a package of concerts and other benefits
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Queen Elisabeth Competition announces starry jury panel
Midori, Vadim Repin, Jaime Laredo and Arabella Steinbacher among jurors for €25,000 top prize event in Brussels
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Violinist Gabriela Peña-Kim selected for LA Phil Resident Fellows Programme
She joins the scheme that prepares musicians from historically underrepresented populations for positions in major orchestras
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700 smiling Beethovens to festoon Bonn for 2020 anniversary
The statues, designed by Ottmar Hörl, will be installed in the composer’s birth city this spring
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Texas orchestra violinist dies onstage after medical crisis
Yu Zhao Gu was sitting beside his wife when he fell from his seat mid-performance – fundraiser launched to help with medical bills and funeral costs
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Barbican Quartet wins International Joseph Joachim Chamber Music Competition
The British ensemble receives €10,000 and a special prize for the best interpretation of a work composed before 1830
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Cellist whose playing saved her life in Auschwitz awarded German National Prize
Anita Lasker-Wallfisch has been awarded the prize for her decades of campaigning against anti-semitism
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Composer and double bass player Tony Osborne has died
Particularly known for this bass ensemble works and learner-friendly solo pieces, Osborne was 71 years old
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International Max Rostal Competition 2019 announces prize-winners
Tobias Reifland was awarded first prize in the viola category, receiving €7,000
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Auryn Quartet to disband after 40 years
The quartet, which was founded in 1981, plans to disband at the end of the 2020-21 season
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Documentary based on 'Lipinski' Stradivarius robbery to be released
The film, based on the 2014 robbery, will be premiered in late April
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Johan Dalene wins violin section of Nielsen Competition 2019
The violinist wins a cash award of €12,000, a CD recording with the Odense Symphony Orchestra on Orchid Records, and performance opportunities
