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NewsJoseph Joachim violin competition announces competitors
The 36 hopefuls will be required to play solo and chamber repertoire, as well as direct an orchestra to be in with a chance of winning the €30,000 top prize
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Bergen International Festival features young talent and composer Missy Mazzoli
Other artists to appear include violinists Johane Dalene and Ragnhild Hemsing and the Trondheim Soloists
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Violist James Durrant has died
In a career spanning more than six decades, this doyen of British violists played with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, the Scottish National Orchestra and taught many of today’s eminent viola players
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Attacca Quartet signs exclusively to Sony Classical
The ensemble’s first album with the label is due out in July
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Menuhin Competition Richmond 2021 announces this year’s Prizewinners
The Gala Presentation takes place on Sunday 23 May at 5pm EDT
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Orchestra disbanded 6 decades ago is revived to support English musicians hit by pandemic
The Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra is due to accompany major headline acts and to go on a concert tour
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Suntory Hall launches online concert venue
The Digital Suntory Hall will provide a way to deliver music safely both during and after the pandemic
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Violinist Anastasia Subrakova wins 2021 Fritz Gerber Award
The Russian violinist receives CHF10,000 and a chance to study at the Lucerne Festival Academy
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Cellist becomes youngest ever winner of George Enescu competition
Jaemin Han, 15, performed Shostakovich’s First Cello Concerto at the final in Bucharest, Romania
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Violin found in attic identified as Guarneri ‘filius Andreae’
Dendrochronology study confirmed the date of the wood on the basis of a WhatsApp photo
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Audiences return to UK concert halls
Performances by the LSO, Steven Isserlis and the Heath Quartet among the first to welcome spectators since late last year
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Anne-Sophie Mutter says her appeals to politicians have failed
The violinist accuses the German government’s pandemic reposnse of showing ‘downright disregard’ for musicians
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Menuhin competition finalists announced
Nine young violinists will compete next week for their share of more than $80,000
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Wigmore Hall to launch 120th anniversary celebrations with free outdoor concerts
The three free ticketed concerts will take place in Portman Square Garden, London, on Sunday 30 May
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Russia announces new system of instrument passports
Following a number of wrongful confiscations at Russian airports, the new system aims to make life easier for traveling musicians
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Royal wedding conductor and violinist quits Charlotte Symphony
Christopher Warren-Green, a former concertmaster of the Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted at the weddings of Princes Charles, William and Harry
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Mexican string siblings murdered by organised crime group
José Alberto, Ana Karen and Luis Ángel González Moreno were kidnapped and killed by members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel
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Britten Sinfonia returns to perform to live audiences in June
Among the offerings is Surround Sound, a multi-stage classical ‘mixtape’, performed in Ely Cathedral
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Stauffer Center for Strings to open in Cremona this October
The new centre will be dedicated to higher education, research, composition, production, management and innovation
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Violinist thwarted by Covid-19 finds success with dog business
Charlotte Moseley has created a booming business making and selling a variety of clothes for dogs
