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NewsViolinist Esther Hoppe appointed Camerata Zürich’s new artistic director
The Swiss violinist begin the role for the 2025/26 season
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Premium ❘ ArticleAnalysis April 2023: Brexit troubles faced by publishers and auction houses
Brexit continues to blight the UK music industry and businesses such as auction houses and music publishers are among the affected parties
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NewsNew viola appointments at the Royal Conservatoire Antwerp
Mathis Rochat and Razvan Popovici will join the teaching faculty in 2023
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NewsThe Strad April 2023 issue is out now!
Violinist Carolin Widmann features in a German-focused issue
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Premium ❘ NewsCompetitions, Awards and Appointments: April 2023
This month’s competition results, appointments and forthcoming contests
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NewsContinuo Foundation awards £100,000 in grants and announces new digital platform
Continuo Connect will provide period instrument performances online and digital resources for musicians
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NewsViolinist Esther Abrami appointed as English Symphony Orchestra’s artist in residence
The English Symphony Orchestra has named UK–French violinist Esther Abrami as creative partner and artist in residence
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NewsBenedetti Foundation 2023 Ambassadors announced
The foundation’s Ambassador Programme offers young students experience in the field of music education
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NewsFormer violin professor denies two counts of sexual assault
Jan Repko, a former tutor at the Royal College of Music, entered a plea at Southwark Crown Court on 17 March
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NewsGuarneri ‘del Gesù’ c.1731 ‘Baltic’ violin sells for $9.44 million at auction
The violin is now the most expensive instrument by the maker ever to be sold at auction
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NewsSphinx Organization wins inaugural ASTA Outstanding Service Organization Award
The inaugural award was given at the ASTA National Conference in Orlando, Florida
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NewsViolinist Nicola Benedetti to receive Award of Excellence
The UK star soloist will receive the honour at the 2023 Women in Classical Music Symposium in Dallas
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NewsMusicians attack proposed US visa fee increases
Under the new proposals, the cost of P-type and O-type visas could see ‘a 250% increase’
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News‘We cannot sit and wave goodbye’: Young Musician winners condemn BBC music cuts
Artists including Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Nicola Benedetti and Jennifer Pike have condemned the move to close the BBC Singers and cut 20% of salaried orchestral posts
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NewsTwo new concertmasters for London Symphony Orchestra
Benjamin Marquise Gilmore and Andrej Power will join Roman Simovic in the role in August 2023
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NewsMahler Chamber Orchestra appoints violinist José Maria Blumenschein as co-concertmaster
The violinist is currently first concertmaster of the WDR Radio Symphony Orchestra in Cologne, Germany
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News‘Earliest stringed instruments’ found in Vietnam
Researchers from the Australian National University believe that 2,000-year-old deer antlers may have been used as primitive chordophones
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NewsKorean violinist and tutor Nam Yun Kim has died aged 74
The former soloist was a highly respected and successful pedagogue, with many competition winners under her tutelage
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NewsLaughter is music for the soul: Help Musicians to hold April Fools’ charity gala
Help Musicians will present an evening of orchestral comedy to support musicians in crisis
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NewsTÁR cellist Sophie Kauer signs with DG
The musician, acclaimed for her role in Todd Field’s 2023 film, will release her first EP on 17 March