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NewsObituary: Tom Blackburn (1944-2022)
The London-based luthier and restorer ran Blackburn Stringed Instruments for more than 50 years
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NewsViolinist Maxim Vengerov appointed visiting professor at London's Royal College of Music
The virtuoso performer will visit the college at least three times per year
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ArticleMusicians respond to Brexit with Beethoven performance in London
The night after the UK's EU referendum, a group of musicians and singers from around Europe and the UK, who had never performed together before, played Beethoven's Ode To Joy live outside St Martin-in-the-Fields in London.Video © 2016 Apple and Biscuit RecordingsRead: Association of British Orchestras warns ...
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ArticleViolins made with spiders' silk played in duet
A violin made from a composite material including spiders’ silk has been developed at Imperial College London.Luca Alessandrini, a postgraduate from the Dyson School of Design Engineering, has made a prototype instrument from the material, which features three strands of golden silk, spun by an Australian Golden Orb ...
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NewsNew prototype violin made with spiders’ silk
The composite material, which uses the silk’s vibrating properties, has been developed at Imperial College London
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NewsZiyu He wins Menuhin Competition 2016 Senior Division
This year’s contest, celebrating the centenary of its famous namesake, takes place in London
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NewsYesong Sophie Lee wins Menuhin Competition 2016 Junior Division
This year’s contest, celebrating the centenary of its famous namesake, takes place in London
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Premium ❘ GalleryFrom the Archive: a violin by Richard Duke, London, c.1770-80
This illustration of a violin by Richard Duke was published in The Strad, August 1972
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NewsMenuhin Competition 2016 names 44 shortlisted violinists in a list dominated by females
This year’s contest, celebrating the centenary of its famous namesake, takes place in London during April
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NewsProposal for a new Centre for Music in London moves forward
The Centre, originally suggested by incoming London Symphony Orchestra music director Sir Simon Rattle, would have 'a transformative effect on public engagement with music'
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NewsMenuhin Competition 2016 receives record number of applications
The contest has conducted a survey of its young violin entrants, producing interesting findings
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NewsPaul Silverthorne leaves London Symphony principal viola post for China appointment
The musician, who is also a professor at London’s Royal Academy of Music, will take up a post at Soochow University in Suzhou
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NewsLondon cab driver steals musician’s violin and viola
The unlicensed driver sped off with the instruments on the back seat of his vehicle
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NewsTop lots from spring 2015 London stringed instrument sales
Highlights included a Balestrieri violin, a composite del Gesù violin and the ex-Brodsky Guadagnini
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NewsCellist Tanya Prochazka, who forged successful careers in the UK and Canada, has died
The Australian-born musician was a prolific performer, recording artist and professor at the University of Alberta
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NewsViolist Lionel Tertis honoured with English Heritage Blue Plaque
The plaque marks the virtuoso performer’s former flat in Wimbledon, London
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NewsMidori cancels LSO International Violin Festival appearances
The violinist has been advised by her doctor not to travel
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NewsEntries for Menuhin Competition London 2016 open today
Next year’s contest will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the great violin prodigy
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GallerySimon Rattle conducts the first Young Orchestra for London
As part of the Berlin Philharmonic’s week-long London residency in February 2015, the Barbican and Southbank Centres joined forces with the London Symphony Orchestra to launch a new mixed-ability Young Orchestra for London.The ensemble comprised 100 students aged between 11 and 21, of Grade 3 standard and above, ...
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NewsViolinist Rachel Podger awarded Royal Academy of Music Bach Prize 2015
The UK period musician is the first female to receive the award, worth £10,000