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NewsViolinist Anastasia Subrakova wins 2021 Fritz Gerber Award
The Russian violinist receives CHF10,000 and a chance to study at the Lucerne Festival Academy
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NewsCellist becomes youngest ever winner of George Enescu competition
Jaemin Han, 15, performed Shostakovich’s First Cello Concerto at the final in Bucharest, Romania
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NewsViolin found in attic identified as Guarneri ‘filius Andreae’
Dendrochronology study confirmed the date of the wood on the basis of a WhatsApp photo
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ArticleAudiences return to UK concert halls
Performances by the LSO, Steven Isserlis and the Heath Quartet among the first to welcome spectators since late last year
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NewsAnne-Sophie Mutter says her appeals to politicians have failed
The violinist accuses the German government’s pandemic reposnse of showing ‘downright disregard’ for musicians
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NewsMenuhin competition finalists announced
Nine young violinists will compete next week for their share of more than $80,000
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NewsWigmore Hall to launch 120th anniversary celebrations with free outdoor concerts
The three free ticketed concerts will take place in Portman Square Garden, London, on Sunday 30 May
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NewsRussia announces new system of instrument passports
Following a number of wrongful confiscations at Russian airports, the new system aims to make life easier for traveling musicians
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ArticleRoyal wedding conductor and violinist quits Charlotte Symphony
Christopher Warren-Green, a former concertmaster of the Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted at the weddings of Princes Charles, William and Harry
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ArticleMexican string siblings murdered by organised crime group
José Alberto, Ana Karen and Luis Ángel González Moreno were kidnapped and killed by members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel
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NewsBritten Sinfonia returns to perform to live audiences in June
Among the offerings is Surround Sound, a multi-stage classical ‘mixtape’, performed in Ely Cathedral
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NewsStauffer Center for Strings to open in Cremona this October
The new centre will be dedicated to higher education, research, composition, production, management and innovation
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NewsViolinist thwarted by Covid-19 finds success with dog business
Charlotte Moseley has created a booming business making and selling a variety of clothes for dogs
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NewsBudleigh Music Festival returns this year
The line-up includes 18-year-old violinist Coco Tomita, who won the strings final of BBC Young Musician in 2020
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NewsSummer at Snape to run in place of full Aldeburgh Festival
Britten Pears Arts to put on performances that have a strong Festival feel
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NewsArtists and musicians speak out against proposed 50% funding cut to arts
Under the proposed cuts, spending for arts subjects at universities will be cut from £36 million to £19 million
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NewsTop violinists record tribute to Corinne Chapelle
Alumni of the Yehudi Menuhin School are raising money for the family of the violinist, who died in March
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NewsViolist Laurent Verney killed in Paris road accident
Verney was first solo violist of the Paris Opera for more than 35 years and was closely associated with the Bayreuth Festival
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NewsViolinist, 5, awarded distinction in grade 8 exam
Travis Wong Kai Xuan, from Singapore, could barely read or write when he had his first violin lesson at the age of three
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NewsProject 80/90 opens second round of grants for double bassists in need
The initiative founded by double bassists Gary Karr and François Rabbath is open to all double bassists, including those who previously received a grant
