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NewsJuilliard string faculty appoints two new double bassists
Joseph H. Conyers and Rex Surany join the faculty from this spring semester
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Violin played by woman in Auschwitz given new life by Yehudi Menuhin School pupils
18-year-old Kingsley Lin and 17-year-old Ezo Dem Sarici now play the instrument, once belonging to a member of the Auschwitz Women’s Orchestra
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Prize winners announced at Elmar Oliveira Violin Competition
Nineteen year old US violinist Julian Rhee clinches $30,000 first prize
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Nicola Benedetti wins Grammy for Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Violinist, who performed at the ceremony, described the recording project as ‘a deeply edifying experience’
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Maxim Vengerov announces new music streaming partnership
Violinist marks 40 years on the concert stage by releasing three recordings on the classical music streaming app Idagio
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The Strad February 2020 issue is out now
The members of the Ébène Quartet talk about the group’s 20th anniversary, and the challenge of finding a new violist
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Menuhin Competition 2020 announces 44 successful live round candidates
The 44 violinists, chosen from a pool of 321 candidates, will compete in Richmond, Virginia from 14-24 May 2020
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Aspen Music Festival & School launches new six-part podcast in association with The Strad
Sarah Chang, Gil Shaham and Lynn Harrell are among the interviewees for ‘Moments Of Musical Revelation’
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Analysis: The Business of Selling
Ensuring that crowds continue to flock to classical music concerts relies on a top-notch marketing strategy – and retaining audiences is becoming an increasingly sophisticated discipline
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Competitions, Awards and Appointments: February 2020
This month’s competition results, appointments and forthcoming contests
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Baum Quartet wins Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition
The musicians receive €4,000 euros
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International Classical Music Awards 2020 names winners
The international competition, which marks its 10th anniversary, has announced its list of winners, with two string players among them
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Sheku Kanneh-Mason makes UK Official Album Chart history
Musician is the first cellist to break into the Top 10 and the first British classical instrumentalist in 30 years
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Timothy Ridout wins first Jeffrey Tate award
The British violist is the first winner of a €10,000 award, established by the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra
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Indianapolis Symphony announces new concertmaster
American violinist Kevin Lin has been appointed as the Indianapolis Symphony’s new Concertmaster
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Jack Liebeck takes up new posts in London and Australia
British violinist is ‘Émile Sauret Professor of Violin’ at the Royal Academy of Music; and incoming artistic director of the Australian Festival of Chamber Music
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Fiddle thought to be played by Robert Burns is to go on tour
A Scottish fiddle, thought to be played by the Bard, more than 250 years ago, is to go on a three-week concert tour
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France’s Quatuor Diotima take up residency in Chicago
Group is only the second string quartet to be named University of Chicago ensemble-in-residence
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Flybe amends cabin baggage rules for small instruments
British airline changes terms in response to Musicians’ Union letter
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Postcard from London: a new generation
Stradfest, The Strad ’s first live event for budding musicians, tackled a range of issues connected to building an interesting career – and brought together a wide variety of young and enthusiastic string players, writes Charlotte Smith
