Latest news – Page 46
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NewsAustralian principal violist John Dean has died, aged 90
John Dean was the longest-serving principal viola in the Western Australian Symphony Orchestra’s history from 1970 to 1989
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NewsViolin maker Ansaldo Poggi to be celebrated in new exhibition
One of the most highly regarded Italian luthiers of the 20th century, he was an apprentice of Giuseppe Fiorini
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NewsLondon Symphony Orchestra announces new cello appointment
Spanish cellist Salvador Bolón has joined the British orchestra
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NewsThe violin and cello winners of the Accordi Musicali Academy International Competitions
Chinese violinist Zhiyuan Qian and New Zealand-German cellist Matthias Balzat won their respective categories, receiving €5,000 each
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NewsWinners announced for the 2024 Kreutzer International Music Competition
South Korean violinist Jieun Son wins the €1,000 first prize in the senior solo violin category
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NewsViolinist retires from Pittsburgh Symphony after 36 years
First violinist Christopher Wu joined the orchestra in 1988
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News‘A band needed a cellist. It saved my life’ – Holocaust survivor and cellist meets Auschwitz director’s son in new documentary
Holocaust survivor and cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch meets Auschwitz director Rudolf Höss’s son in the new documentary The Commandant’s Shadow
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NewsCellist Gautier Capuçon runs a marathon at the Paris 2024 Olympics
The ‘Marathon Pour Tous’ was run by more than 20,000 members of the public and followed the same route as the Olympics marathon
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NewsPaul McCartney discovery refreshes search for 46-year-missing double bass
UK principal bassist Nic Worters is spreading the word once again about his missing bass that was stolen in 1978
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NewsCellist activist arrested for playing Bach in Citibank protest
John Mark Rozendaal faces up to seven years in prison for playing solo Bach in a performance entitled ‘A Plea for Our Future’ outside the fossil fuel financier’s New York City headquarters
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NewsJean-Guihen Queyras to perform in Ukraine in an act of hope and solidarity
The cellist will perform with the Kyiv Camerata, as well as visit a rehabilitation centre for wounded soldiers and a clinic for children suffering from war trauma
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NewsCellist Seth Parker Woods appointed to new role at USC Thornton School of Music
American cellist Seth Parker Woods has been promoted to the Robert Mann Chair in Strings and Chamber Music at the Los Angeles-based USC Thornton School of Music
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NewsTennis superstar Novak Djokovic swaps racquet for the viola
The Olympic gold medallist has been spotted playing a Storioni viola with Julian Rachlin and Sarah McElravy, while on holiday in Croatia
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NewsLong-standing Utah Symphony violinist Frances Darger dies, aged 99
Darger played with the Utah Symphony for seven decades from 1942 to 2012
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NewsYehudi Menuhin’s daughter, Zamira Menuhin Benthall, has died aged 84
The former governor of the Yehudi Menuhin School died peacefully at her home on 31 July
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NewsLong-standing Royal Northern Sinfonia violist dies
Malcolm Critten joined the orchestra in 1987
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News‘The yellow violin’: Cremona’s Museo del Violino to display Sarasate’s 1724 Stradivari
The exhibition ‘Sarasate, il violino dei virtuosi’ will mark the instrument’s 300th anniversary
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NewsLydian Quartet appoints a new violinist
Clara Lyon will join the quartet in September 2024 and replaces Andrea Segar
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NewsLong-standing Boston Symphony players perform final concert
Violinist Valeria Vilker Kuchment and bassist John Stovall performed their last concert with the orchestra after 38- and 36-year careers respectively
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NewsViolinist Samuel Vargas Teixeira joins Schwob School of Music faculty
The role will begin in August 2024
