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NewsStolen: 1900 violin by Eugenio Praga
The instrument was taken from a train carriage in northern Italy on Thursday 5 March
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NewsString players triumph at 2025 RPS Awards
Cellist Laura van der Heijden and bassist Leon Bosch were both winners in their categories during the ceremony that took place in Birmingham
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News‘Saiga Antelope’: an album of female composers by Viktoria Elisabeth Kaunzner
Saiga Antelope is an historic concert tour programme released on CD, along with a YouTube violin concerto marathon EurAsian Flow by female composers live at Philharmonie Berlin with the Universal Korean Organic Ensemble-Viktoria & Virtuosi (UKOREVV)
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NewsCellist Jean-Guihen Queyras issues statement on Ukraine, ahead of US concert engagements
The cellist will honour his US performances this year, donating all proceeds to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky’s United24 Foundation
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NewsViolinist Robert Mozes has died
The Romanian-born musician was a long-standing member of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
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NewsViolin belonging to Strad writer stolen from French train
Jacqueline Vanasse, a violinist, teacher and regular contributor to The Strad, boarded the train from Nice to Menton at 5pm on 1 March
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NewsRoyal Philharmonic Orchestra appoints co-principal violist
Violist Wenhan Jiang assumes the role, having previously served as principal viola of Ulster Orchestra
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NewsBenedict Kloeckner takes up cello teaching role in Paris
The cellist will join the faculty of Paris’s Alfred Cortot School of Music from September 2025
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NewsAizuri Quartet to disband after thirteen years
The quartet’s final performance will take place on 25 April, as part of the Music for Food series benefiting the homeless and hungry
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NewsPittsburgh Symphony Orchestra appoints assistant concertmaster
Ukrainian violinist Marta Krechkovsky takes up the role, having already served in the orchestra’s first violin section
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NewsCellist and double bassist receive $100,000 Jazz Legacies Fellowships
The Mellon Foundation has recognised distinguished cellist Akua Dixon and double bassist Reggie Workman in the inaugural cohort
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NewsHusband-and-wife duo named distinguished artists in residence at Oberlin
Violinist Jamie Laredo and cellist Sharon Robinson will start a residency at the school in April 2025
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NewsJacobs School of Music violist named distinguished professor
Atar Arad has received the university’s most prestigious appointment
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NewsBenedetti Foundation appoints new chief executive
Paul Fitzpatrick joins the foundation, beginning in May
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NewsViolinist Brittany Haas wins the 2025 Eisenson Family Prize for American Roots Music
The award is given annually by the Berklee College of Music in Boston
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NewsOscar win for documentary about US double bassist Orin O’Brien
The 87-year-old is the subject of The Only Girl in the Orchestra, which won Best Documentary Short Film at the 2025 Academy Awards
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NewsAngered by Trump admin policies, violinist Christian Tetzlaff abruptly cancels US tour
German violinist Christian Tetzlaff cancels a spring tour with his quartet to protest Trump administration policies, particularly the US treatment of Ukraine
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NewsMelbourne Symphony Orchestra appoints new concertmaster
Violinist Natalie Chee will commence the role in January 2026
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NewsConcours de Genève announces jury for 2025 viola edition
The jury for this year’s competition features a star-studded line-up of international violists - find out more about them here
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News2025 German Musical Instrument Fund competition announces winners
34 young musicians won valuable stringed instruments at the 32nd German Musical Instrument Fund Competition from 21 to 23 February
