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My violin heroine Maud Powell, by Rachel Barton Pine

2023-03-07T12:26:00Z

Violinist Rachel Barton Pine examines why Powell's pioneering contribution to the art of violin recording so richly deserved the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 56th Grammy Awards in 2014

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Was Maud Powell's famous Guadagnini violin actually a modern instrument?

2016-05-25T00:00:00Z

Joseph Curtin examines the evidence – and the violin itself – to discover whether the American luthier George Gemünder was its actual maker

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Violinist Midori and the Minnesota Orchestra receive 2014 Grammy Awards

2014-01-28T00:00:00Z

The 56th annual Grammys were held in Los Angeles on 26 January

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Rachel Barton Pine performs Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Deep River arr. Maud Powell

2014-01-27T00:00:00Z

American violinist Rachel Barton Pine performs Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's Deep River arranged by her compatriot, violinist Maud Powell (1867-1920), with pianist Matthew Hagle on Chicago Tonight. Pine paid tribute to Powell at the 56th Grammy Awards ceremony on 25 January 2014 as the Recording Academy honoured the ...

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Nearly a century after her death, Maud Powell finally receives a Grammy

2014-01-27T00:00:00Z

Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr may have stolen the limelight at the 56th Grammy Awards over the weekend when they collected The Beatles’ Lifetime Achievement Award, but another Lifetime Achievement recipient has waited even longer to receive the accolade. Some 94 ...

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A lifetime of achievements: pioneering American violinist Maud Powell

2013-12-20T00:00:00Z

Karen Shaffer celebrates the groundbreaking US performer, whose consummate skill and communicative abilities impressed aficionados and the general public alike

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American violinist Maud Powell to receive posthumous lifetime achievement Grammy

2013-12-20T00:00:00Z

The great American violinist Maud Powell (1867–1920) will be awarded a posthumous lifetime achievement award by the Recording Academy at a ceremony the night before the 56th Grammys in January. Powell is credited with being a groundbreaking pioneer, whose consummate skill and communicative abilities impressed aficionados ...