Latest news – Page 47
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NewsBrazilian cellist Antonio Meneses dies at age 66
The soloist and chamber musician died in Basel, Switzerland, following a cancer diagnosis in July
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NewsPhiladelphia Orchestra appoints four new string players
A new assistant principal double bass and three recently appointed second violins will add to the mix of the Philadelphia Orchestra’s string sound this season.
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NewsLark Music and Allianz UK combine forces in musical insurance acquisition
The two musical instrument insurance businesses will service 68,000 customers
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NewsNotos Quartet appoints a new cellist
Benjamin Lai will join the piano quartet from September 2024, replacing Philip Graham
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NewsOrquesta de Baja California appoints new concertmaster
US-Mexican violinist Luis Angel Salazar Avila takes on the role
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NewsNorthern Chamber Orchestra appoints two violinists to artistic leadership roles
Zöe Beyers has been appointed music director and Sarah Brandwood-Spencer has been appointed associate director
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NewsViolinist Hilary Hahn withdraws from concerts due to injury
The violinist will be resting throughout the summer due to a double pinched nerve injury
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NewsColburn School Academy and Conservatory appoint violinist as director and professor
Margaret Batjer will join both the Colburn School’s Music Academy and Conservatory of Music
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NewsSpanish cellist wins the International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition
Baroque cellist Víctor García García receives €10,000 and further performance engagements
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NewsCompetitors announced at the Tibor Junior International Violin Competition
The participants will perform in the first round of the competition in Sion, Switzerland, on 20 August 2024, following the order draw on 19 August
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NewsFormer concertmaster charged with rape of a child
The charges against violinist Odin Rathnam also include multiple accounts of sexual abuse of a child under the age of ten
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NewsCellist Frans Helmerson joins Stauffer Academy faculty
The cellist will assume the role of professor for the Advanced Cello Course at the start of the 2024/25 academic year
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NewsQueensland Symphony Orchestra appoints Hyung Suk Bae as principal cello
Cellist Hyung Suk Bae steps up to the position having served in the orchestra as acting principal cello since 2020 and associate principal cello since 2018
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NewsLong-standing Boston Symphony Orchestra principal double bassist announces retirement
Edwin Barker was appointed to the role nearly 50 years ago in 1976
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NewsViolinist Alena Baeva signs with Harrison Parrott
The Luxembourgish violinist joins the roster for worldwide general management
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NewsCompetition preview: What to know before the International Bach Competition results
We’ll be bringing you the results of the Leipzig-based competition on Monday. Here’s everything you need to know until then!
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NewsLong-serving cellist leaves San Diego Symphony Orchestra after 47 years
Cellist Marcia Bookstein has been with the orchestra since 1977
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NewsCello finalists announced at the International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition
The six finalists will perform both solo and orchestral works at the 26 July final
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NewsCandidates announced for the Lionel Tertis and Cecil Aronowitz International Viola Competitions
More than 60 violists have been selected for the two competitions, which will take place in the UK in January 2025
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NewsViolist Cristina Cordero joins the Casals Quartet
Cordero replaces Jonathan Brown, who left the the quartet after 22 years to take up the role of professor of chamber music at the Colburn School in Los Angeles
