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‘They send us garbage and we send back music’ - Orchestra of landfill instruments to accept award in Cremona
A social initiative to overcome poverty in Paraguay, the Recycled Orchestra of Cateura will attend Cremona Musica International Exhibitions And Festival next week, showcasing its instruments made from landfill materials
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Cellist Joy Hall has died, aged 102
The British cellist featured on ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ by The Beatles and was a prolific performer and pedagogue
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The Strad October 2023 issue is out now!
The players of the Berlin-based Leonkoro Quartet speak to Peter Somerford about their future ambitions in our cover feature
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Carpe Diem Quartet appoints new first violinist
Sam Weiser takes up the role in the quartet’s 18th season, effective immediately
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New York Philharmonic receives $40 million gift
The largest-ever single contribution to the NY Phil from Oscar L. Tang and Agnes Hsu-Tang will establish the artistic director chair and expand the orchestra’s future programming and engagement
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Winners announced at 2023 Bartók World Competition
Lilia Pocitari took the top prize of €22,000, as well as the prize for best performance of the compulsory contemporary piece
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Alexander Quartet announces new second violinist
Yuna Lee succeeds Fred Lifsitz, who retired from the group earlier this year
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Malawian one-man band creates and performs on his own unique one-stringed instrument
Gasper Nali’s Babatoni is played sliding a beer bottle along the string and struck with a stick
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US double bassist Richard Davis dies aged 93
The American musician was also a highly regarded pedagogue at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
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New Stradivari exhibition to open in Cremona
’Il Mistero di Stradivari’ will show how the legend of the master luthier was created and enhanced in the 19th and early 20th centuries
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Winners announced at 2023 ARD International Music Competition
This year’s contest saw winners in the piano trio, viola and double bass categories
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Searching for the ideal bow: Archet x Bunkyo Gakki
In celebration of Archet’s 40th anniversary, a new documentary highlights the collaboration between violinist Fumiaki Miura and bow maker Kunitaka Ohse
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Violinist Giles Broadbent has died
The violinist was a founding member of the quartet Stringfever, famous for its video with all four members playing Ravel’s Bolero on one cello
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Belcea Quartet announces new second violinist
Korean-Australian violinist Suyeon Kang replaces Axel Schacher
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Missing: violin bow stolen in Miami Airport
The item, worth $10,000, went missing on 6 July 2023
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Pacifica Quartet takes up residency at University of Chicago
The Grammy Award-winning ensemble returns to the university in its second appointment as the Don Michael Randel ensemble-in-residence
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Violinist William Wei to perform on 1722 ‘Joachim, Elman’ Stradivari
The instrument has been in the collection of the Chimei Culture Foundation since 1991
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Applications open for National Youth Orchestras of Scotland’s refocused orchestral programmes
The organisation will offer new musical pathways to widen awareness, access and inclusion throughout the country
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Quartet Draig named Young Ensemble for 2023 Cowbridge Music Festival
The emerging Welsh quartet will receive chamber coaching sessions and a performance opportunity on 21 September
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Royal Academy of Music names Hannah Roberts as its Jacqueline du Pré Professor of Cello
The British cellist is a long-standing teacher at the institution, with former students including Sheku Kanneh-Mason