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News2025 Sphinx Competition semi-finalists announced
The 19 string players will travel to Detroit for the competition’s semi-finals in January
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NewsKun Seven meets a violin maker
Luthier John Francis Wright gives his opinion of the Kun Seven, a shoulder rest developed with both player and instrument in mind
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NewsThe show goes on: Arditti Quartet to open Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2024
Celebrating its 50th anniversary this season, the Arditti Quartet will open the 2024 edition of the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival – hcmf // 2024 – on Friday 15 November, despite recent injury setbacks
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NewsWinners announced at the IsangYun Violin Competition
Chinese violinist Chaowen Luo took home the KRW30,000,000 (£16,400) first prize
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NewsNew viola professor at the Lyon Conservatoire
Noémie Bialobroda will begin the role in January 2025
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News2025 Grammy nominations, strings edition
Here’s a list of all things strings related among the 2025 Grammy Award nominations.
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NewsViolinist Stefan Jackiw’s E string breaks during hefty Shostakovich performance; continues to transpose like a pro
Jackiw’s string broke during a climactic point in Shostakovich’s Piano Trio no.2, yet the violinist attempted to carry on in a valiant effort
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NewsLong-standing Berlin Philharmonic violinist announces retirement
Alessandro Cappone has served the orchestra for 44 years, describing it as ‘one of the best jobs in the world’
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NewsFinalists announced for the IsangYun Violin Competition 2024
Four contestants will take to the stage in the final round on Saturday 9 November
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NewsLSO principal violist joins RCM faculty
Eivind Ringstad joins the Royal College of Music as professor of viola
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NewsGeorge Enescu’s violins to appear onstage together in a historic first
Four violins, including the ’Enescu, Cathedral’ Guarneri ‘del Gesù’, that belonged to the renowned violinist and composer, will take to the stage in a Romanian tour
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NewsThe Shepherd School of Music appoints Valentin Radutiu as cello professor
The German cellist succeeds Desmond Hoebig, and will begin the role in September 2025
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NewsPrizes awarded at Dubai Classic Violin Competition
US violinist Elli Choi scooped the top prize of €20,000 and along with Ruifeng Lin, qualifies for the Classic Violin Olympus International Competition next year
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News1760 Charles & Samuel Thompson violin reported stolen in London
The violin was last seen on 28 September 2024 near the Guildhall School of Music and Drama
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NewsViolinist María Dueñas to feature in new movie ‘Measures for a Funeral’
The contemporary film explores the life of 20th-century Canadian violinist Kathleen Parlow, with a performance of Johan Halvorsen’s Violin Concerto from Dueñas
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GallerySparks, joy and sunlight: Academy of St Martin in the Fields launches new season with cellist Anastasia Kobekina
A lively baroque-infused programme set the scene for the ensemble’s first concert of its 2024/25 season
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NewsNine violinists progress to the IsangYun Violin Competition semi-finals
The semi-finals will take place on 6 and 7 November in Tongyeong, South Korea, with each contestant performing a recital with piano
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NewsDarshan Trio signs with Visconti Arts
The piano trio and composer Damien Geter have been signed to the agency which manages ‘artists who are re-imagining rather than simply re-creating’
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NewsNew exhibition of Count Cozio di Salabue drawings to open in Cremona
The collection of manuscripts by the 19th-century Italian violin connoisseur is to be preserved for future study
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NewsYo-Yo Ma awarded the Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal
The award, which is the society’s highest honour, recognises the cellist’s outstanding musicianship and humanitarian efforts
