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NewsChicago Sinfonietta names new principal cello
Lindsey Sharpe assumes the role, having previously served as section cello in the 2024-25 season
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NewsNew violin professor at University of Ljubljana Academy of Music
Violinist Dan Zhu will join the faculty from October 2025
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NewsSeptember 2025: Editor’s welcome and contents
The Strad’s editor Emma Baker introduces the education-themed September 2025 issue, starring German violist and educator Tabea Zimmermann
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NewsRussian authorities place violinist Asya Sorshneva under house arrest
The violinist has pleaded guilty to making seven payments to Alexei Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation between August 2021 and February 2022
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NewsViola and bow stolen from Mathieu Herzog
The former Ébène Quartet violist’s 2016 Charles Coquet viola was last seen at La Teste-de-Buch in southwestern France
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News‘Nobody should have to go through that’: cellist refused boarding on Frontier Airlines
Frontier Airlines refused to accommodate for Andrew Shulman and his instrument and forced him to rebook with Delta, despite him having booked extra seats
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NewsUniversity of Manitoba violin professor charged with sexual assault
Oleg Pokhanovski allegedly groomed and assaulted his then-15-year-old student more than a decade ago
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NewsObituary: violinist Anna Lemiszka (1971-2025)
The violinist was a long-time member of the Polish Radio Orchestra in Warsaw
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NewsNew cello professor at the Yehudi Menuhin School Qingdao
Joanna Sachryn will join the school in October 2025
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NewsFormer long-standing Cincinnati Symphony cellist has died
Norman E. Johns was formerly assistant principal cellist of the orchestra, having joined 50 years ago in 1975
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NewsNovo Quartet takes up residency at RNCM
The Danish group has been named ensemble in association for 2025/26
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NewsNew string appointments for Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Double bassist Ha Young Jung takes up the role of principal bass, and violist Andrew Eng joins the section
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NewsBritten Sinfonia appoints new leader
Violinist Zoë Beyers will appear as leader with the ensemble in performances this summer and early 2026, before assuming the role fully for the 2026/27 season
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NewsNorwegian cellist loaned Guadagnini once owned by Rostropovich
Amalie Stalheim has been granted the use of the 1783 G.B. Guadagnini cello from the start of the 2025–26 season
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NewsCologne University of Music and Dance appoints historical violin and viola professor
German violinist Nadja Zwiener takes up the role
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NewsNew cello professor in Maryland
Juan Sebastián Delgado will join the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, faculty in autumn 2025
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NewsIreland’s RTÉ Concert Orchestra appoints new cello leader
Martin Johnson takes up the role as section leader cello from September 2025, after 25 years with the National Symphony Orchestra Ireland
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NewsSingapore International Violin Competition extends its application deadline
The deadline for the 2026 competition, which will offer USD 110,000 in prize money, instrument loans from the Rin Collection, and performance opportunities, is now 15 August
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NewsTeenage violinists triumph at 2025 Atlanta Festival Academy Young Artist Competition
14-year-old violinist Kazuki Kyo took the grand prize of $10,000 in the Young Artist division, with additional prizes awarded in the Senior and Junior divisions dominated by young violinists
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NewsFinalists selected for the 2025 Barbash J.S. Bach Competition
Three violinists and a violist will perform at the final round on 16 October 2025
