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Obituary: Roger Norrington (1934-2025)
The influential conductor and champion of historically informed performance practice has died, aged 91
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Semi-finalists announced for the 7th Oskar Nedbal International Viola Competition 2025
18 violists under the age of 30 have been selected to take part in the competition’s live rounds in Prague from 23 to 26 October
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Violin and cello semi-finalists named at the Schoenfeld International String Competition
Seven violinists and seven cellists will proceed to the next round
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New professor of violin at the University of Music and Theatre Munich
Sarah Christian will start in the role on 1 October this year
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Ensembles announced for the Schoenfeld International String Competition chamber music division
Nine chamber groups will perform on the 21 July final
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Pioneering double bassist Gary Karr has died
Karr’s extraordinary musicianship and technical prowess made him one of the world’s most influential bassists
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Obituary: violist Karen Ritscher (1952-2025)
The influential violist had a wide-ranging career in performance and academia, with a special interest in movement and self-expression as a champion of Karen Tuttle’s coordination approach
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Violin and cello candidates announced for Harbin’s Schoenfeld International String Competition second round
14 musicians in both the violin and cello divisions have progressed to take part in the competition’s second round on 17 and 18 July, where competitors will perform sonata repertoire, a virtuosic piece, plus a Chinese commission
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August 2025: Editor’s welcome and contents
The Strad’s editor Emma Baker introduces the August 2025 issue which stars genre-defying South African cellist Abel Selaocoe
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Former Mozarteum Salzburg director Reinhart von Gutzeit has died aged 78
The influential music professor was also a respected teacher of violin, viola and conducting
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Latvian cellist Marta Sudraba has died
The cellist, who was a member of Kremerata Baltica since 1997, was 50
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New principal second violinist at the LA Phil
Canadian violinist Melody Ye Yuan will move from the orchestra’s first violin section to the principal role
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Man arrested over theft of 285-year-old violin, worth £150k
A 43-year-old man has been arrested for suspicion of theft of the violin, stolen from a London pub earlier this year
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Prizes awarded at the 2025 Ysaÿe International Violin Competition
13-year-old Yoojun Curtis Lee and 20-year-old Julian Kainrath took home the junior and senior category first prizes respectively
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Renaud Capuçon cancels three summer festival performances
The violinist’s 14, 15 and 16 July concerts will go ahead with revised programmes and musicians
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Results announced for the 13th Vaclav Huml International Violin Competition
The top three winners took home prizes worth €12,000 and a series of concert dates
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Partial success for Newark violin making students as one-year courses announced
The new courses will cost £4,000 and students will receive certificates of competency on completion
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Winners of the 2025 Il Piccolo Violino Magico competition announced
South Korean violinist Choi Soojin took home the €5,000 first prize
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US visa issues force TwoSet Violin to postpone start of world tour
Brett Yang’s application for a visa to work in the US was denied in May, leaving the duo no choice but to postpone five West Coast concerts in July as Yang makes a second visa application
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Galvin Cello Quartet signs new management deal
The group will be represented in a partnership between Epstein Fox Performances and Dinin Arts