Latest news – Page 7
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NewsViolinist James Ehnes extends contract with Seattle Chamber Music Society
The violinist will serve as the Gilbert Omenn and Martha Darling artistic director through 2032
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NewsObituary: British violin maker Peter Voigt
The Sussex-based luthier enjoyed a 67-year career restoring stringed instruments and was also a keen amateur motor racer
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NewsChicago Violin Competition announces 2024 winners and laureates
Violinists Audrey Park and Stephan Zhang took first prize in the Senior and Young Artists divisions respectively
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NewsJazz double bassist Mark Izu has died
The Japanese-American bassist and composer was 70 years old
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NewsViolin and piano trio winners announced at the 2025 Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition
Tsukushi Sasaki won the violin category, while the Bernstein Trio scooped multiple prizes in the piano trio category
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Premium ❘ ArticleFebruary 2025: Editor’s welcome and contents
The Strad’s editor Emma Baker introduces the February 2025 issue, which presents the ever-evolving Attacca Quartet
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NewsHilary Hahn withdraws from Munich Philharmonic concerts due to nerve injury
Violinists Clara-Jumi Kang and Esther Yoo step in as soloists
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NewsViolinist Mary O’Reilly has died
O’Reilly had a long-standing association with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra as a violinist and board member
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NewsOver $300,000 raised to help jazz double bassist affected by Los Angeles fires
John Clayton was away accepting a jazz award when his house burnt down in California, US
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NewsCellist Tommy Mesa joins Manhattan School of Music faculty
The Cuban-American cellist and recipient of the Sphinx Organization’s 2023 Medal of Excellence will join the school’s cello faculty starting autumn 2025.
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NewsCellist Marie-Elisabeth Hecker signs with Dorn Music
The cellist joins the roster for worldwide general management
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NewsFlorian Leonhard awarded MBE
The London-based violin maker and dealer received the honour for services to fine historical and modern string instruments
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NewsSimon Rattle receives €250k Ernst von Siemens Music Prize
The conductor receives the award for his lifelong dedication to music
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NewsNew full-time violinist joins Australian Chamber Orchestra
Thibaud Pavlovic-Hobba joins the ensemble having led the Flinders Quartet for five years
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NewsZlatomir Fung loaned 1696 ‘Lord Aylesford’ Stradivari cello
The Nippon Music Foundation has facilitated the loan of the cello, which was previously played by Gregor Piatigorsky and János Starker
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NewsFormer Ysaÿe Quartet cellist has died
Michel Poulet was a member of the Ysaÿe Quartet from 1986 to 1995
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NewsThe Twiolins appoints new violinist
Marta Danilkovich replaces Christoph Dingler and joins his sister Marie-Luise in the established violin duo
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NewsSymphonic Stradivarius: a 335-year-old Strad violin gives voice to the music of today
Davide Alogna performs twelve contemporary compositions on the 1690 ‘Stephens’ Stradivari violin in a new album
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NewsNew Holocaust documentary features music performed on a violin that survived Auschwitz
The documentary film The Lost Music of Auschwitz commemorates 80 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp
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News13-year-old violinist wins $20k first prize at Cooper International Competition
Swiss violinist Edna Unseld scooped an impressive prize package, which also includes a two-year loan of an Italian violin, career mentorship and a future performance engagement
