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NewsNo degree course for Newark School of Violin Making students beginning in 2025
In a shock move, the school has informed foundation-year students that they will not be progressing to the degree course in the 2025–26 academic year
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NewsViolinist Itamar Zorman joins Jacobs School of Music faculty
The violinist will assume the role of associate professor of music in violin from 1 August 2025
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NewsECHO Rising Stars announced for 2026/27 season
Violinist Ava Bahari and cellist Petar Pejčić are included in the latest cohort, along with the Amelio Trio and Javus Quartet
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NewsCandidates announced for 2025 Il Piccolo Violino Magico competition
The annual competition for violinists under the age of 13 will take place from 7 to 13 July in San Vito al Tagliamento, Italy
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NewsABO calls for ‘an orchestra in every school’ in a drive for accessible music making for children
The Association of British Orchestras is calling on the Government to pledge its support to help provide a minimum of two hours of active music making every week for all young people up to age 16
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NewsViola da gambist to undertake three-month UK tour, completely by bicycle
Avoiding flights and trains, Sarah Small will travel 2,500 miles sustainably by bicycle with her instrument in tow, to raise awareness of the environmental impact of musicians on tour
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NewsAcademy of St Martin in the Fields to take up residency at Bravo! Vail Music Festival
Having first appeared at the festival in 2016, the ensemble will return in 2026 as chamber orchestra in residence
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NewsFundraiser for cellist suffering spinal injuries from Texas car accident
Cellist Amber Den Exter is receiving treatment following a car crash last month in Houston, which resulted in serious spinal injuries and paralysis
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NewsViola candidates announced for 2025 Concours de Genève
38 violists under the age of 30 have been selected to produce a video recital, for the chance to progress to the competition’s live rounds in November
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NewsScandinavian Cello School appoints new director
Anna Boysen Lauritsen takes up the role of director, while founder Jacob Shaw steps aside into the role of artistic director
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NewsViolinist Melissa White takes up artistic director role
The violinist has been appointed artistic director of Clarion Concerts, which provides chamber music concerts and experiences in New York’s Hudson Valley
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News2025 BBC New Generation Artists scheme welcomes two string ensembles
The Astatine Trio and Novo Quartet join the scheme from 2025–2027
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NewsCompetitors announced for 2025 Banff International String Quartet Competition
Ten ensembles will compete for the chance to win the top prize package, worth over $500,000, at this year’s competition from 25 to 31 August
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NewsRecord breaker: Library of Congress acquires ‘Tuscan-Medici’ Stradivari viola for $30 million
The 1690 instrument is one of less than a dozen surviving violas by the master luthier
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NewsAlfred Cortot School of Music announces new viola professor
A champion of new repertoire and founding member of Ensemble Intercontemporain, French violist Gérard Caussé joins the faculty
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NewsViolin used in Titanic film sells for £54k
The violin, played by violinist and actor Jonathan Evans-Jones in the 1997 film, sold at auction on 26 April 2025
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NewsHolocaust violin’s history revealed in hidden note
The instrument was built in 1941 by Polish violin maker Franciszek Kempa while imprisoned at the Dachau concentration camp in Germany
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NewsArmenian violinist wins €200k in Classic Violin Olympus International Competition
Haik Kazazyan, 42, won the top prize in the competition in Dubai, in which the average age of contestants was 32
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NewsViolin expert Charles Beare has died
Beare, considered to be one of the world’s most respected violin experts, died on 26 April aged 87
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NewsViolinist Christina Bouey joins Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts
The founding first violinist of the Ulysses Quartet takes up the role of Assistant Professor of Violin
