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ArticleCarnegie Hall makes first 50 years of performance history available for online research
New York's Carnegie Hall has made records of the first 50 years of its performance history freely available to the public for the first time. The venue's website now includes a search feature, giving access to details of more than 12,500 events, spanning the years 1891 to ...
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ArticleUK conservatoires to collaborate on four-year study of musicians' health
Nine UK conservatoires will take part in a four-year research project investigating the health and well-being of musicians. The study, called Musical Impact, will be funded by an £800,000 grant from the Arts and Humanities Research Council, together with £200,000 from the participating institutions. Beginning in ...
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ArticleLuthier documentaries focus on Italian tradition and a Catalan's unusual violins
Four contemporary Italian violin makers and a Catalan luthier who created violins with sympathetic strings are the subjects of two new documentaries currently in production. Parma luthier Andrea Zanrè and art historian Paolo Parmiggiani are making a film about the lives and careers of four of ...
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ArticleIrish violinist and pedagogue Hugh Maguire dies
The Irish-born violinist Hugh Maguire, who led symphony orchestras and chamber groups including the Allegri Quartet and the Melos Ensemble, has died at the age of 86. Maguire (pictured coaching a young piano trio in 1980) grew up in Dublin, where he studied at the College of ...
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ArticleOnline archive showcases English folk song and fiddle music collections
A new online archive from the English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS) will make more than 58,000 documents from twelve of England’s most important folk music collections freely available to all, including a wealth of fiddle- and string-related material. The Full English will be the ...
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ArticleRomanian cellist wins Aram Khachaturian Competition
Andrei Ionita, a 19-year-old cellist from Romania, won first prize at the Aram Khachaturian International Competition for cellists, held in Yerevan, Armenia. Ionita (pictured performing with the State Youth Orchestra of Armenia conducted by Sergey Smbatyan) is a student of Jens Peter Maintz at the Berlin University ...
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ArticleLindsay Quartet co-founder Roger Bigley dies aged 69
Violist Roger Bigley, one of the founders of the UK-based Lindsay Quartet, has died at the age of 69. Bigley (pictured) formed the quartet at London's Royal Academy of Music in 1966 with violinists Peter Cropper and Michael Adamson and cellist Bernard Gregor-Smith. After studying with Sidney Griller, ...
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ArticleUK's Northern Sinfonia awarded royal status
The Northern Sinfonia, the UK's only full-time professional chamber orchestra, will from now on be known as the Royal Northern Sinfonia. The 'royal' title was bestowed on the Gateshead-based orchestra by the Queen. It is the first such honour for any UK orchestra for more than 20 ...
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ArticleLuthier–dealer reunited with stolen violins after seven years
An Italian violin maker and dealer has been reunited with two violins that were stolen from him in Paris seven years ago. Alberto Giordano (pictured), from Genoa, was on his way to the Musicora expo in March 2006 when his case containing a Giuseppe Pedrazzini, a Paolo ...
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ArticleSouth Korean violinist Youjin Lee wins Klein String Competition
Youjin Lee, a 17-year-old South Korean violinist, has won first prize at the Irving M. Klein International String Competition in San Francisco, US. Lee (pictured), who studies with Danielle Belen and Robert Lipsett at the Colburn Young Artists Academy in Los Angeles, received cash and solo appearances ...
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ArticleChinese bassist and US maker take top prizes at ISB competitions
Tian Yang Liu took first prize in the International Society of Bassists (ISB) Solo Competition last week at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. The 28-year-old Chinese bassist (pictured), who studied with Jeff Bradetich at the University of North Texas and is currently a ...
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ArticleNikki Chooi wins Michael Hill International Violin Competition in New Zealand
Canadian violinist Nikki Chooi (pictured) won first prize at the Michael Hill International Violin Competition, which concluded in Auckland, New Zealand, on Saturday 8 June. Chooi, 24, who studies with Ida Kavafian and Donald Weilerstein at the Juilliard School, received NZ$40,000 (£20,000). Second prize went to Sarah ...
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ArticleViolinist Richard Lin triumphs at Sendai International Music Competition
US–Taiwanese violinist Richard Lin won first prize at the Sendai International Music Competition in Japan at the weekend. The 21-year-old (pictured), a student of Aaron Rosand at the Curtis Institute of Music, received JPY3,000,000 (£19,500). Japanese violinists Tatsuki Narita and Chieri Tomii, both 21, took second ...
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ArticleCellist Erling Blöndal Bengtsson dies aged 81
Danish cellist and teacher Erling Blöndal Bengtsson has died at the age of 81. A student of Gregor Piatigorsky at the Curtis Institute of Music, he went on to become an international soloist and a champion of new works. Born in 1932 in Copenhagen, Bengtsson began ...
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ArticleFlood warnings put paid to 2013 Handel Festival in Halle
The Handel Festival in Halle, central Germany, has been cancelled due to fears of flooding. The festival, traditionally themed around the music of Handel and his contemporaries, was to have taken place from 6 to 16 June. Artists involved in this year’s event would have included viola ...
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ArticleAmerican cellist and teacher Paul Olefsky dies aged 87
US cellist and pedagogue Paul Olefsky has died at the age of 87. During his long career he was a member of several American orchestras and a recitalist in North America and Europe. For almost four decades he taught cello and chamber music at the University of ...
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ArticleKarl Roy, Mittenwald Violin Making School director, dies aged 80
Luthier and author Karl Roy has died aged 80. For two decades he was director of the Mittenwald School of Violin Making in southern Germany, which he joined as a tutor in 1960. Born in 1933 in Potsdam, Roy grew up and went to school in Hanover. ...
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ArticleJailed former Chetham's music director Michael Brewer stripped of OBE
The Queen has annulled Michael Brewer's OBE for services to music after the former music school director was convicted of sexually abusing violinist Frances Andrade more than 30 years ago. Brewer, 68, was jailed for six years in March for indecently assaulting Andrade while she was ...
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ArticleNEC violin teacher Masuko Ushioda dies aged 71
Violinist and pedagogue Masuko Ushioda has died at the age of 71. For almost 40 years she taught at the New England Conservatory in Boston, Massachusetts. Born in Japan, Ushioda originally studied at the Toho Gakuen Academy and the Leningrad Conservatory before beginning private studies with ...
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ArticleLord Mayor of London launches foundation for young musicians
The Lord Mayor of London has launched a foundation to help young players at the outset of their professional careers. The City Music Foundation will give financial support and mentoring and performance opportunities to individuals or groups in classical, jazz, folk and world music genres. The ...
