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NewsWinners Announced at 2023 International Paulo Cello Competition
Luka Coetzee won the first prize of €20,000, as well as a cello bow made by Risto Vainio.
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NewsCellist Jérôme Pernoo sentenced for an act of sexual assault on a minor
The cellist received a one-year suspended prison sentence, a ban on teaching minors, inclusion of his name on the sex offender registry, plus an order to pay damages to the victim
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NewsAnimato Quartet receives €50,000 prize
The Dutch ensemble is the recipient of the 2023 Kersjes Prize, which supports emerging young artists
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Premium ❘ ArticleAnalysis November 2023: Health awareness in the music industry
A new report highlights the importance of health awareness for players, teachers and performing arts institutions – and reaches some startling conclusions
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NewsWiener Symphoniker appoints two concertmasters
Following auditions last week, two Moldovan violinists join the orchestra from concertmaster roles elsewhere, in an appointment described as ‘double success’
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NewsCellist mourns felled tree at Sycamore Gap with solo composition
Riccardo Pes’s ’Lament for the Tree’ is a sorrowful response to the act of vandalism that saw the tree felled on 28 September 2023
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NewsThe Strad November 2023 issue is out now!
Principal bassist of the Philadelphia Orchestra Joseph Conyers speaks about his multifaceted career
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NewsViolinist Yevgeny Kutik signs with Epstein Fox Performances
The violinist joins the roster of the performing arts agency for North American and general management
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NewsCremona Museo del Violino dedicates room to Simone Sacconi
The influential Italian luthier and scholar died 50 years ago at the age of 78
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NewsTwo period instrument ensembles to receive 2023 Heinrich Schütz Prize
Musica Fiata and La Capella Ducale will receive the honour at a ceremony on 14 October
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NewsDouble bassist Walter Maurice Wininsky has died
The bassist was a long-standing member of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
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NewsString players victorious at the 2023 Gramophone Awards
Violinist and former Queen Elisabeth Competition winner Stella Chen won the Young Artist of the Year Award, with several violists also enjoying victories for their recordings
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NewsUlster Orchestra appoints section leader cellist
Thomas Isaac joins the Belfast-based orchestra from Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
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NewsNew viola appointment at Manhattan School of Music
Violist and composer Jessica Meyer joins the faculty from autumn 2023
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NewsNo first prize awarded at 2023 Oskar Nedbal Viola Competition
The prize winners received cash, plus products from GEWA and Pirastro
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NewsWinners announced at 2023 Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition
Playing trios by Schubert, three piano trios competed for the top prize of €15,000 and future concert engagements
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NewsCellist Ivan Karizna signs with Maestro Arts
The cellist is a laureate of the Queen Elisabeth and Tchaikovsky competitions, and plays on a cello that once belonged to Paul Tortelier
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NewsTrondheim International Chamber Music Competition announces finalists for its 2023 edition
Three piano trios will compete for the top prize of €15,000 and future concert engagements in the finals on 30 September
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NewsCleveland Institute of Music receives $3.5 million gift
The contribution from the Addicott family will go towards the school’s scholarship campaign
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NewsLong-lost recording of Elgar’s Cello Concerto finally released after 27 years
Ofra Harnoy’s recordings of the concerto vanished after her 1996 Abbey Road sessions. Finally uncovered in 2022, the recordings have now been released by Sony Classical