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ArticleTitanic bandleader Wallace Hartley's letter goes up for auction
A letter written by Titanic violinist and bandleader Wallace Hartley aboard the doomed ship is set to be sold on 20 April at an auction in Wiltshire, UK. The letter, which Hartley wrote to his parents four days before the disaster, is being sold by Henry ...
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ArticleInfluential French-Canadian violin pedagogue Jean Cousineau dies at the age of 75
The French-Canadian violinist, pedagogue and composer Jean Cousineau has died in Montreal at the age of 75. He was hailed by Shin'ichi Suzuki as the most important violin teacher in North America for his influential work with early learners, and the Montreal academy that he established has ...
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ArticleElias and Heath quartets feature among nominees for UK's RPS Music Awards
The Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS) has unveiled the shortlist for its annual music awards. The awards are among the most prestigious given for live classical music-making in the UK. The Elias Quartet (pictured) and Sheffield-based promoter Music in the Round are both shortlisted in the Chamber ...
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ArticleCanadian violinist Andrew Dawes receives Governor General's lifetime achievement award
Canadian violinist Andrew Dawes is to receive a lifetime achievement award as part of the 2013 Governor General's Performing Arts Awards. Dawes, 73, is one of six award-winners, each of whom will receive C$25,000. Dawes is best known as first violinist of the Orford Quartet, with ...
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ArticleYo-Yo Ma takes centre stage on Arts Advocacy Day in the US
The cellist and arts education campaigner Yo-Yo Ma played a leading role in Arts Advocacy Day in the US on Monday. The highlight of the day, which was sponsored by Americans for the Arts, the national arts advocacy organisation, was a lecture given by Ma in Washington DC's ...
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ArticleLast-minute deal between St Paul Chamber Orchestra musicians and management is set to end lock-out
The six-month lock-out of St Paul Chamber Orchestra (SPCO) musicians may be about to end after the players reached a tentative deal with SPCO management yesterday. The musicians must now vote to accept the agreement, which calls for their annual pay to be cut by $15,000 ...
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ArticleIvry Gitlis, movie star: Legendary violinist back on screen at the age of 90 in new French comedy
The great violinist Ivry Gitlis stars in a new film that opens in French cinemas tomorrow. In the Danièle Thompson-directed 'Des gens qui s'embrassent' (People Kissing), Gitlis plays Aron (pictured), the patriarch of a Jewish family that comes together for a funeral and a wedding. Comedic tensions ...
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ArticleBrothers Amati viola is returned to Italian soloist after legal tussle over ownership
The Italian soloist and conductor Luigi Alberto Bianchi has been confirmed as the owner of a 1595 Brothers Amati viola following a lengthy legal dispute with an insurance company, reports L'Inviato. The viola (pictured), which was commissioned for the Medici family, is known as the ...
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ArticleNew York dealer sued over alleged loss of $400,000 Pressenda violin
A violinist has launched a legal claim against a New York dealer who she alleges lost her violin while it was on consignment – by giving it out for trial to someone who never returned. A lawsuit was filed on 26 March against dealer Emmanuel Gradoux-Matt ...
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ArticleAmsterdam's Rijksmuseum to reopen after renovation with new room devoted to music
Violas da gamba feature in special music room following museum's renovation
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ArticleSydney Symphony Orchestra cancels tour of Europe over eurozone crisis
The Sydney Symphony Orchestra (SSO) has had to shelve a European tour planned for this November. The orchestra (pictured) was to have visited Germany, Russia and Armenia with principal conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy, who will be replaced next year by David Robertson. The SSO's managing director Rory ...
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ArticleSwift conclusion to SF Symphony strike as musicians return to work
The musicians of the San Francisco Symphony have agreed to return to the concert stage after reaching an agreement with the management over a new contract. Although the agreement is subject to the approval of the orchestra’s board of governors and of all 103 of its players, ...
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ArticleFind out about the extra content hidden in The Strad's digital edition, out now
You can now download every issue of The Strad for the past two years on to your iPad, smartphone, PC, Mac or tablet computer. Since January we have been adding extra content to some of the features and regulars in each issue. Here’s a summary of the ...
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Tertis competition won by 15-year-old Ziyu Shen
The jury at the Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition in Port Erin, Isle of Man, UK, awarded first prize to the youngest competitor, Chinese 15-year-old Ziyu Shen. A student of Sheng Li at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, she received £7,000. Kei Tojo, 21, from Japan, won second prize ...
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Award for folk fiddler and singer Eliza Carthy
The English folk fiddler and singer-songwriter Eliza Carthy has received a £50,000 award from the Paul Hamlyn Foundation (PHF), one of the largest independent grant-making foundations in the UK. Carthy was one of three composers named as recipients of the PHF's 2012 Awards for Artists. Five visual artists also ...
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ArticleFemale luthier wins Triennale gold
Ulrike Dederer viola wins in a first for Cremona competition
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ArticleNew Zealand violinist Benjamin Baker, 23, takes £5,000 first prize in Windsor
New Zealand-born violinist Benjamin Baker has won the fourth Windsor Festival International String Competition. The 23-year-old (pictured), who is studying with Natasha Boyarsky at the Royal College of Music, received £5,000, engagements, a solo recording with Champs Hill Records and a violin bow. As part of the ...
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ArticleIntroduction to klezmer fiddle
Alicia Svigals presents a guide to performing traditional Jewish folk music
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