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NewsMelbourne Digital Concert Hall launches on Friday
A new online concert platform aims to support classical musicians who have lost work due to the coronavirus crisis
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French violinist Jean Leber dies of coronavirus
The French violinist Jean Leber, founder of the Paris Octet, has died of coronavirus
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Musicians’ Union sets up £1m hardship fund for MU members
Members ‘with genuine and pressing hardship’ invited to apply for individual grants
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London Mozart Players launch ‘At Home with LMP’ web page
New resource offers audiences live-streamed performances and educational talks, plus concerts for children
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Cellist Jan Vogler announces 24-hour music video livestream marathon event
‘Music Never Sleeps NYC’ will be a 24-hour music video livestream marathon event taking place on Friday March 27 2020
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Australian-Chinese violinist Christian Li becomes youngest ever Decca Classics signing
The 12-year-old is also the youngest ever winner at the Menuhin Competition
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ISM urges UK government to provide emergency funds to musicians
The Incorporated Society of Musicians has written to parliamentarians, civil servants and ministers outlining the impact of Covid-19 on the creative industries
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Cello playing robot forms part of exhibition at the Kunsthaus Zurich
The artwork, which plays music created in collaboration with cellist-composer Hildur Guðnadóttir, is part of artist Olafur Eliasson’s Symbiotic Seeing
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The Associated Board suspends all music exams in the UK and Ireland
The UK music examinations board has postponed all examinations at all public venues and private visits from 18 March until further notice
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The Strad April 2020 issue is out now
The Strad talks to the indefatigable German violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter about her plans for the Beethoven 250th anniversary year, and her recent recording collaboration with film composer John Williams
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Cremona events postponed in the midst of coronavirus crisis
Cremona musical calendar disrupted as a result of the ongoing coronavirus crisis
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Southbank Centre and Wigmore Hall are amongst several venues to close doors
A wave of classical music venues have announced their immediate closure, following government coronavirus advice to the public
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The Strad launches Cello Focus digital resource
The new micro-site brings together a selection of the best cello coverage from The Strad’s extensive archive - and all content is free to view until 23 April 2020
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Musikmesse, Musikmesse Plaza 2020 and Musikmesse Festival have been cancelled
Europe’s biggest trade fair for the music industry, with events attracting more than 1,000 attendees, will not go ahead
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Concert halls, musicians and audiences embrace live-streaming
With cancellations and closures being announced daily, venues and artists are turning to the internet to keep the music playing
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Nicola Benedetti receives honorary degree from Robert Gordon University Aberdeen
The violinist was rewarded for her ‘outstanding contribution to arts and continued work in making music accessible to young people’
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Concertgebouw concerts cancelled
All Concertgebouw Orchestra concerts up to and including 31 March 2020 have been cancelled due to Coronavirus
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New York’s major cultural institutions close due to Coronavirus
Institutions including Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center are temporarily closing owing to the spread of Coronavirus.
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The 2020 Salzburg Easter Festival has been cancelled
Organisers make ‘extraordinarily distressing’ decision to cancel in light of the coronavirus pandemic
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Emerson Quartet cancels Europe concert dates
The ensemble will forego March concerts in Finland, France, Spain, Austria and Poland as a precaution in the light of coronavirus
