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NewsEdinburgh luthier crafts ‘Wilfred Owen Violin' to commemorate First World War
The instrument has been made from the branch of a tree growing in the grounds of the former Craiglockhart War Hospital
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NewsProfessor Zakhar Bron launches International Boris Goldstein Violin Competition Bern
The Swiss competition takes place in January next year
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NewsConductor and period music specialist Frans Brüggen has died aged 79
The Dutch musician co-founded the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century
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NewsMozarteum Orchestra Salzburg principal double bass Martin Bürgschwendtner has died aged 48
The musician performed with the orchestra for 30 years
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NewsViolinist Kyung Wha Chung to make UK stage comeback
The return follows a five-year hiatus for the Korean artist and educator due to injury
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NewsViolist Kim Kashkashian awarded Golden Bow
The annual prize is given by the Foundation of the Geigenbauschule Brienz in Switzerland
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NewsBritish Airways breaks violin
Airline staff forced the musician to check the instrument into the hold
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NewsCellists can be adrenaline 'thrivers' or 'crumplers', finds study
Explore more Featured Stories like this in The Strad Playing Hub A new study into cellists’ behaviour has identified two different reactions to performing on stage. Researchers at the University of Birmingham found that the musicians could be categorised as either ‘thrivers’ or ‘crumplers’ when placed in a performance ...
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NewsAdrian Brendel appointed Nash Ensemble cellist
UK cellist Adrian Brendel has been appointed as a member of the Nash Ensemble. His first performance with the chamber music group will take place on 18 October at London's Wigmore Hall. The concert will mark the start of the ensemble's 50th anniversary season. Born in 1976, ...
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NewsYouth orchestra concertmaster, 18, loaned c.1685 ‘Sauret' Stradivarius violin
Roberto Ruisi, the 18-year-old concertmaster of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain (NYOGB), will perform on the c.1685 ‘Sauret’ Stradivarius violin for the orchestra’s final three concerts this season. The instrument, valued at £1m, has been loaned by 83-year-old violinist and teacher John Ludlow, who in ...
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NewsNew international jazz violin competition awards first €10,000 prize
Bartosz Dworak has won the €10,000 first prize at the inaugural Zbigniew Seifert International Jazz Violin Competition. The 26-year-old received the award on 19 July at a gala concert in Kraków, Poland. The competition was held as part of the city’s 2014 Summer Jazz Festival. Second ...
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NewsFormer head of strings Malcolm Layfield charged with rape
The musician was formerly head of strings at the Royal Northern College of Music and taught at Chetham's
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NewsMusic competitions are rife with corruption, says cellist Julian Lloyd Webber
The British musician claims many competitions exist ‘only as a way for teachers to promote their own pupils'
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NewsViolinist Frances Andrade ‘failed' by mental health services, says coroner
The 48-year-old musician took her own life after giving evidence of sexual abuse against former Chetham's School of Music teacher Michael Brewer
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NewsLipinski Stradivarius violin thief receives three-and-a-half-year prison sentence
Universal Knowledge Allah admitted supplying the Taser used to attack Milwaukee Symphony concertmaster Frank Almond
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NewsViolinist and pedagogue Ik-Hwan Bae has died aged 57
The South-Korean-born artist taught at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University and Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music
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NewsViolinist Hilary Hahn cancels all performances for six weeks
The star performer is suffering from an inflamed muscle
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NewsISM's Protect Music Education secures £17m in extra funding for UK children
The Incorporated Society of Musicians' project was launched in April in response to proposed government cuts
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NewsJapanese student wins violin category of International Bach Competition
Seiji Okamoto triumphed at the final, held in Leipzig, Germany on 18 July
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NewsJoshua Bell renews music director contract with Academy of St Martin in the Fields
The violinist has signed a three-year extension until summer 2017
