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NewsThe film composer Ennio Morricone has died
Renowned for scoring Sergio Leone’s Spaghetti Westerns that made Clint Eastwood a star, the Italian composer has died in Rome at the age of 91
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Schoenfeld International String Competition postponed to December
The competition was originally scheduled to take place this July 2020
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Government announces £1.57 bn lifeline for arts and culture sector
UK music venues and theatres to benefit from new government support package following months of closure due to the coronavirus crisis
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Harrogate International Festivals to put on virtual arts weekender
The HIF Weekender runs from 23-26 July
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BBC Proms reveals full details of socially-distanced 2020 season
Alina Ibragimova, Nicola Benedetti and Sheku Kanneh-Mason are among the string players to be performing live at this year’s BBC Proms
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London Symphony Chorus to launch musical tribute to health and care workers
Never to Forget pays homage to the health and care workers who have died from Covid-19
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Violinist Ida Haendel has died
The ‘grande dame of the violin’ had a seven-decade career in performing, recording and teaching
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YCat finalists to receive career support packages
Two cellists, a violinist, a double bassist and three chamber groups are among the twelve finalists this year
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New software allows users to recreate the sound of a Stradivarius
Native Instruments’ ‘Stradivari Violin’ uses tones captured at Cremona’s Museo del Violino in January 2019
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Israel Philharmonic Orchestra: Global Gala 2020
The virtual concert on 28 June was the victim of a cyberattack but can now be seen in its entirety
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Cecil Aronowitz International Viola Competition 2020 announces live competitors
40 violists aged 21 and under will compete at the event held at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire from 14 - 20 November
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2020 Osaka Chamber Music Competition and Festa postponed to 2021
The competition will now take place from 16-21 May 2021
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Kenneth Goldsmith - pedagogue, concertmaster and chamber musician - has died
The violinist was 81 years old
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Violin vigil for Elijah McClain interrupted by riot police
Police deploy pepper spray and foam munitions in what had been intended as a peaceful musical protest
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New Zealand Symphony Orchestra to perform live concerts
The ensemble will perform two concerts to a live audience in July
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Incorporated Society of Musicians responds to UK government’s ‘road map’ for return of performing arts
‘Now is the time for a bold vision and firm action’ says ISM Chief Executive Deborah Annetts
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Czech Philharmonic performs first live concert with no social distancing restrictions
This is the first ensemble concert since the start of the lockdown, in which no social distancing was required
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Israel Philharmonic to put on virtual gala hosted by Helen Mirren
Helen Mirren The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra is to put on a virtual gala hosted by Helen Mirren on Sunday 28 June. All proceeds from the event, which will feature performances by the IPO musicians and guest performers including Yefim Bronfman, Khatia Buniatishvili, Martin Fröst, Evgeny ...
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Josef Gingold Chamber Music Festival to go virtual this summer
In response to the ongoing health crisis, the Miami-based festival will take place on the Zoom platform
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New concert series to launch in Clerkenwell
Fidelio Unbound will feature performers including Steven Isserlis and Alina Ibragimova, with attendance limited to 25 spectators per evening
