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NewsCity Music Foundation announces its new artists
The ten artists were chosen from over 140 applicants
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Cello varnish badly damaged in calamitous hand sanitiser spill
The repair job on the instrument’s coating took more than 80 hours
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Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival heads online this weekend
Two days and three nights of cutting-edge new music from the UK and around the world
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Violinist Leila Josefowicz to livestream world premiere
Josefowicz will perform a new work by Matthias Pintscher at contemporary New York art gallery Hauser Wirth this Friday - free to view online
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Polish National Violin Competition Zdzisław Jahnke announces prizes
$7600 will be divided amongst this year’s laureates.
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Guildhall School and Age UK partner on musical befriending service ‘Music Bank’
Guildhall Schol musicians will bring music to isolated people living with dementia during the winter months as the pandemic continues
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Incorporated Society of Musicians launches The Empowered Musician 2020
The two-day online conference will take place on 2 and 3 December
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Three days of online events to honour hundredth anniversary of Piero Farulli
‘Paideia 2020: Music and Knowledge’ will feature talks about music and neuroscience, education and society
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Riot Ensemble and Synaesthesis awarded €150k by Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation
Riot Ensemble. Photo: Justyna Skwierawska The Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation has announced the first two recipients of its new Ensemble Prize for outstanding young ensembles. The London-based Riot Ensemble and Synaesthesis from Lithuania will each receive €75,000. In its citation, the foundation said the ...
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The Strad December 2020 issue is out now
Examining the 1734 ’Willemotte’ violin - a masterpiece from Stradivari’s later period, now owned by Leonidas Kavakos
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Anne-Sophie Mutter starts concert series to raise funds for musicians
From this Sunday, the German violinist will be playing in churches with musician friends
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Analysis December 2020: Competing with coronavirus
Most of 2020’s international string competitions were postponed – but with no easy resolution to Covid-19 in sight, how are events planned for 2021 dealing with the uncertainty? By Peter Somerford
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Russian cellist Alexander Buzlov dies aged 37
The international soloist died suddenly of a stroke
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ABO opens applications for grants to champion music by historic women composers
The deadline for receipt of applications is 1 March 2021
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Benedetti Foundation presents the Global Violin Sessions
This new venture by trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and the Benedetti Foundation takes participants on a musical trip around the world
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Metropolitan Opera violinist Patmore Lewis has died
The violinist, who was associate violinist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, sought to bridge the gap between classical music and hip-hop
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Musicians’ Union expresses lukewarm welcome for financial assistance for the self-employed
General Secretary points out that this latest announcement does not achieve parity with employed people on furlough
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Vienna Philharmonic to tour to Japan
The orchestra will be in Japan for ten days, with concerts at Suntory Hall
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Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra calms crowds following terrorist attacks
Following Monday night’s terrorist attacks in Vienna, the ensemble started playing in Wiener Staatsoper to keep audiences calm
