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NewsFounding Juilliard Quartet violinist Robert Mann awarded President's Medal
Now aged 93, Mann served as the quartet's first violinist for 51 years
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NewsViolinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja receives RPS Music Award for Instrumentalist
The Moldovan artist is described by the jury as an ‘irresistible force of nature'
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ArticleSeville music conservatory threatened with closure for noise offences
The Manuel Castillo Conservatory has been fined and ordered to reduce noise levels immediately
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ArticleFédor Roudine wins Henri Marteau Violin Competition in Germany
The 21-year-old violinist receives a €10,000 prize
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ArticleUS bow maker William Salchow dies aged 88
The New York-based craftsman had a 50-year career and was a formative influence on the next generation of makers
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ArticleRussian cellist Dmitry Volkov dies aged 26
The cellist's Russian Trio was named winner of the Yellow Springs Chamber Music Competition last month
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ArticleTakács Quartet receives Wigmore Hall Medal
The London venue launched the award for international artists in 2007
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ArticlePhilanthropist donates AUS$510,000 to Australian String Quartet's Guadagnini cello
The instrument is one of a quartet of Guadagninis on loan to the ensemble
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ArticleViolinist Nikolaj Znaider accused of tax evasion by Danish authorities
It has been alleged the violinist overstayed the country's taxation threshold between 2006 and 2007
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ArticleStudy finds musical training increases blood flow to language centres of the brain
Just 30 minutes of musical training can significantly change brain patterns
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ArticleDallas Symphony Orchestra violinist Arkady Fomin has died
The violinist was also artistic director of the New Conservatory of Dallas
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ArticleChicago Symphony Orchestra appoints two new violas
Wei-Ting Kuo from the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and Danny Lai from the Colorado Symphony Orchestra join the CSO on 19 May
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ArticleStudy finds professional musicians are four times more likely to develop hearing loss
The research has also found that musicians are 57 per cent more likely to develop tinnitus
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ArticleNorwegian orchestras hit by pension increases
The Oslo and Bergen Philharmonic Orchestras are each experiencing financial issues due to wage increases and longer life expectancies
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ArticleColorado Symphony launches cannabis-friendly concert series
Classically Cannabis' is sponsored by pro-marijuana promoter Edible Events
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ArticleStephen Miahky named first violinist of the Blair String Quartet
The musician and pedagogue is also named Blair School of Music Joachim Professor of Violin
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ArticlePhilharmonia Orchestra launches iOrchestra to encourage instrumental tuition
The project targets the South West of the UK, where in some areas over a third of children do not learn an instrument
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ArticleCellist Julian Lloyd Webber announces forced retirement from playing
The British musician is suffering from a herniated disc in his neck
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ArticleOsmo Vänskä to return as Minnesota Orchestra music director
The conductor will lead a minimum of ten weeks during the next two seasons
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ArticleRhode Island Philharmonic concertmaster Charles Sherba dies aged 62
The US violinist also taught at Brown University since 1986
