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NewsZehetmair Quartet awarded Paul Hindemith Prize, worth €10,000
The biennial award is given by the City of Hanau in recognition of the famous composer
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NewsViolinist Esther Yoo and cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan join 2014 BBC New Generation Artists scheme
This year's crop also includes the Armida Quartet
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NewsYale Collection of Musical Instruments acquires violins by Guarneri and Amati
The bequest from the Andrew F. Petryn Collection also includes three Tourte bows
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NewsHan-Na Chang resigns as music director of Qatar Philharmonic with immediate effect
The cellist and conductor has cited ‘irreconcilable artistic differences'
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NewsFrancisco Fullana and Michiaki Ueno named winners of 21st Johannes Brahms Competition
Prizes were awarded in violin, viola, cello, piano, vocal and chamber divisions
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NewsAtlanta Symphony Orchestra musicians and management fail to reach contract agreement
The deadlock ‘may delay or cancel portions' of the forthcoming season
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NewsTwo musicians to leave Australian String Quartet, citing ‘irreconcilable differences'
Violinists Kristian Winther and Ioana Tache will see out the remainder of the 2014 season
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NewsApplications now open for 5th Windsor Festival International String Competition 2015
The event takes place at Windsor castle, outside of London, in March next year
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Cellist and teacher Rhuna Martin has died at the age of 82
The South-African born artist was a highly influential pedagogue at such London institutions as the Royal College of Music and Guildhall School
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NewsRoyal Concertgebouw Orchestra management warns top international status in jeopardy
The orchestra posted a fiscal deficit of €836,461 in 2013
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NewsVideo: eleven-year-old busking violinist is surprised by his idol Joshua Bell
The young musician was performing on NBC's Today show
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NewsSusanna Mälkki named Helsinki Philharmonic's first female chief conductor
The Finnish conductor and former Gothenburg Symphony cellist takes up the role in 2016
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NewsRTÉ National Symphony Orchestra violist dies while trying to save drowning partner
John Lynch was the orchestra's associate principal viola from 2000
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NewsMinnesota Orchestra receives $10m gift from anonymous donor
The donation has inspired three further contributions totalling $3.2m
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NewsViolinist Grace Clifford, 16, wins AU$25,000 first prize at Australia's ABC Young Performers Award competition
Sydney violinist Grace Clifford has won the 2014 ABC Symphony Australia Young Performers Award. The 16-year-old (pictured), who performed Beethoven’s Violin Concerto with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra in the final round, received AU$25,000 (£14,000) as well as concert engagements, professional development opportunities and CDs of her winning ...
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NewsAnnouncement that Chicago Chamber Musicians will disband is false, say musicians
The society's board will no longer support the ensemble, but musicians will present 2014-15 season regardless
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NewsAnne-Sophie Mutter, Jan Vogler and David Garrett named 2014 Echo Klassik winners
This year's annual awards, given by the German music industry, take place on 26 October
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NewsTwo men arrested over the murder of New York violinist Mary Whitaker
The suspects are also charged with home invasion and robbery, and are being held without bail in Chautauqua County Jail, Mayville
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NewsViolin maker and restorer Michael Carlton Byrd has died aged 62
The American worked for J&A Beare for 20 years
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NewsWestchester Philharmonic violinist shot dead in upstate New York home
A prolific freelance musician, Mary Whitaker was a member of the orchestra for over 25 years
