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NewsViolinist Simone Lamsma joins AVROTROS as artist in residence
Lamsma will perform in the radio series’ Friday concerts for the 2024–2025 season
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NewsLeading Suzuki Method figure Yasuki Nakamura dies aged 82
Nakamura was one of Australia’s leading Suzuki Method teachers and was honorary president of the New South Wales Suzuki Association
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NewsHolocaust violin to be played at Cremona Musica
The Violin of the Shoah will be played by Alessandra Sonia Romano on Sunday 29 September, as a tribute to its former owner Eva Maria Levy and late instrument collector Carlo Alberto Carutti
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NewsViolinist Anne Akiko Meyers receives two Latin Grammy nominations
The nominations are for Arturo Márquez’s Fandango, recorded with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Gustavo Dudamel
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NewsString player recipients of the 2024 Salon de Virtuosi career grants announced
Violinist James Birch, violist Emad Zolfaghari, and the Renaissance Quartet each receive $5,000
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News15-year-old cellist wins the 2024 Antonio Janigro International Cello Competition
Chinese cellist Ziyang Zhao receives €10,000, concert engagements and $1,000 from the Janigro family
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NewsPreviously unknown Mozart string trio discovered in Leipzig library
Lasting about twelve minutes, a string trio dated to Mozart’s early teenage years has been rediscovered in a German library and just received its modern premiere
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NewsJoseph Joachim Violin Competition announces semi-finalists
Eight violinists will progress to the semi-final rounds, which will take place from 22 to 25 September 2024
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NewsObituary: cellist and carbon fibre instrument inventor Luis Leguia (1935-2024)
Leguia was a long-standing member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and renowned for his Luis and Clark carbon fibre instruments
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NewsKebra-Seyoun Charles receives rare 18th-century double bass from pioneering surgeon
A surgeon at Mount Sinai Hospital and former Juilliard student, Dr Jess Ting has loaned the bass attributed to Luigi Alosio Marconcini to Charles
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NewsViolinist Francisco Fullana takes up leadership roles in San Antonio
Fullana’s new appointments aim to inspire and grow the musical and educational impact in the predominantly Spanish speaking San Antonio community
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NewsMike Block’s ‘Play for the Vote’ calls for musicians to perform at polling locations on US Election Day
The initiative aims to use the power of music to amplify voter turnout on Tuesday 5 November 2024
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Premium ❘ ArticleAnalysis October 2024: The state of UK national Music Hubs
The UK Government’s decision to reduce the number of national Music Hubs from 114 to 43 has sent shockwaves throughout the music education field
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NewsRyanair ‘shouted without any respect’ at neurodivergent double bassist
Double bassist Valentina Ciardelli experienced confusion and rudeness regarding Ryanair’s musical instrument and passenger support policies, despite presenting her Hidden Disabilities Sunflower card
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NewsDover Quartet violist announces departure
Violist Julianne Lee will return to the Boston Symphony Orchestra, after joining the Dover Quartet in 2023, stating that she misses the lifestyle of playing in orchestra
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NewsNew instrument loan scheme invites applications from emerging Irish string players
The future of string playing in Ireland has received an investment boost of more than €1 million
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NewsBach at 35,000 feet: cellist performs on a Southwest flight
Following the first violin performance in space on 13 September, Frances Borowsky entertains fellow passengers during a recent US flight
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NewsCello winners announced for the ARD International Music Competition
Russian cellist Maria Zaitseva receives €10,000 and the audience prize
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NewsViolin winners announced at the 2024 Enescu Competition
30-year-old US-Japanese violinist Mayumi Kanagawa won the top prize of €15,000, plus €3,000 for her performance of a George Enescu sonata
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NewsGaiaTone sets new standard for sustainable elegance
Find out how GaiaTone offers a sustainable and environmentally friendly alternative to ebony fingerboards
