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NewsThe Strad January 2020 issue is out
Georgian violinist Lisa Batiashvili talks about her new role as artistic director of the Audi Summer Concerts festival, and her most personal recording to date
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Anne-Sophie Mutter wins Baden-Württemberg Culture Prize 2020
Award recognises violinist’s ‘indefatigable activism on behalf of young artists’
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Analysis: Support Network
The past few years have seen a change in attitudes regarding mental health provision at UK music colleges. How are conservatoires responding to rapidly growing demand?
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Competitions, Awards and Appointments: January 2020
This month’s competition results, appointments and forthcoming contests
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Cleveland Institute of Music wins $150,000 diversity grant
Award from the Sphinx Organization will go to support graduate students of African American and Latin descent
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WIN the Ébène Quartet’s seven-disc Beethoven box set
The Paris-based foursome are the cover stars of the February 2020 issue
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Barbican Quartet joins St John’s Smith Square Young Artists scheme
The London-based ensemble will receive performance dates at the chamber venue and career support
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Grand Teton Music Festival president and CEO stands down
Andrew Palmer Todd has overseen a period of expansion and financial security at the festival
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Violist and conductor Simon Streatfeild has died
Streatfeild, who together with Neville Marriner, founded the Academy of St Martin the Fields, has died aged 90
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Salzburg Mozarteum Foundation acquires a lock of Mozart’s hair
Original Mozart documents are also among the collection of ‘priceless acquisitions’ received by the Foundation
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Violinist Daniel Pioro joins Askonas Holt
The soloist has collaborated with author Michael Morpurgo and Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood
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Two chamber groups win the Chamber Music Prize of the Polytechnic Society
A trio and a string quartet share 10,000-euros in prize money
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Tasmin Little appointed co-president of The Yehudi Menuhin School
British violinist takes up new role after retiring from concert performance
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Ligeti Quartet release Solstice Songs to help Britain’s homeless
Proceeds from the new CD will go to the homeless charity Crisis
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Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition 2020 announces Quarter Finalists
Twenty violinists will take place in the Quarter Final round in January 2020
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New film tells the story of the bowmaker’s art
The Bowmakers journeys from the workshops of Port Townsend to the Brazilian Amazon rainforest
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Gavin Bryars raises the Titanic after 50 years
The double bassist and composer marks half a century since writing The Sinking of the Titanic with a performance at Kings Place
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André Rieu donates 425,000-euros to music education fund
The new initiative will provide music lessons to 1,000 children in the Netherlands
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Viola da gamba bought on eBay is smashed in transit
Violist Phillip Serna has posted images of the wrecked instrument on Twitter
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Prizes awarded at International Anton Rubinstein Chamber Music Competition
Poland’s Gidaszewska/Łaguniak Duo are awarded first prize
