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NewsBBC Proms to return this year
The festival will take place between Friday 30 July and Saturday 11 September
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Prime Minister promises to fix Brexit crisis for creative industries
UK leader Boris Johnson said challenges around touring and cultural exports ‘must get ironed out’
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Benedetti Foundation presents new Virtual Benedetti Sessions
The new sessions, running from 28 March to 18 April, will explore the physicality and psychology of playing
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Music Masters waives group teaching course fee for second year running
The charity has taken the decision to fund places worth £6000 in response to the impact of Covid-19
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Geneva International Music Competition moves first part online
Web broadcasts will replace the first two rounds, with the semi-finals and finals still expected to take place in person
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The Strad April 2021 issue is out now
Crossover superstar David Garrett tell us he has no intention of abandoning his classical roots
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Analysis April 2021: Crossing the streams
Live streaming has become one of the main – and in some cases the only – outlet for musicians to perform during the pandemic. But how viable is it as a profit-making enterprise? By Peter Somerford
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Competitions, Awards and Appointments: April 2021
This month’s competition results, appointments and forthcoming contests
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Violin making firm Maison Bernard wins €100,000 PFV Prize
The Brussels-based luthiers are the inaugural winners of the annual prize from a consortium of wine makers
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Kyung-Wha Chung cancels performances due to hand injury
The exact nature of the injury remains unspecified
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Yo-Yo Ma’s Silkroad receives largest gift in its 21-year history
The organization, founded by Yo-Yo Ma, receives $3 million from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
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Indianapolis competition announces details for its 2022 edition
The 11th Quadrennial Competition will be held in September 2022
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Conductor James Levine has died
The conductor and pianist, who was dismissed from the Metropolitan Opera following allegations of sexual misconduct, was 77 years old
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Violist Richard O’Neill wins Grammy
He is the second person to receive the award for a viola performance in the history of the category
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National Children’s Orchestra to launch 2021 digital programme
With over 450 live sessions, the programme runs from 18 March to 1 July
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Two cellists and two violinists among recipients of 2021 Avery Fisher Career Grants
Each receives $25,000 to be used for specific needs in advancing a career
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Online music school teams up with MET Orchestra Musicians for virtual masterclass
Violinist David Chan will be giving a virtual masterclass as part of a collaboration between Lessonface and MET Orchestra Musicians
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Royal Opera House to welcome in-person audiences from 17 May
Beginning next month, the London venue will also live stream fully staged performances of ballet and opera
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Hannari Piano Trio wins Lenzewski Foundation Prize
The award is open to students of the Frankfurt Hochschule für Musik
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Online ‘Coffee Mask’ International Music Video Competition announces winners
First prize went to Czech violinist Marie Hasoňová and Romanian flautist Raluca Tihon
