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NewsViolinist Curtis Stewart awarded Sphinx Medal of Excellence
The highest honour of the Sphinx Organization comes with a $50,000 career grant
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NewsHanoi’s Sun Symphony Orchestra appoints associate principal viola
Filipino violist Gerry Varona joins the Vietnamese orchestra from Brazil
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News1720 Brescian viola reported stolen in Hamburg
A €10,000 reward has been offered for the viola, which was last seen at Brasserie Carls at the Elbphilharmonie in the evening of 4–5 July
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NewsCurtis Institute of Music announces three cello faculty appointments
All three cellists are alumni of the Philadelphia school
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NewsWinner of the 2024 Tibor Junior International Violin Competition announced
Of a total of 15 candidates from all over the world who came to Sion, Switzerland, to participate in the biannual competition, the 16-year-old Corina Deng won first prize as well as three special prizes.
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NewsVeteran DSO Berlin violinist Eberhard Wangemann has died, aged 104
Joining the orchestra in 1955, Wangemann maintained an ongoing relationship with the ensemble for nearly 70 years, as a player, board member and historian
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NewsFinalists announced for the Tibor Junior International Violin Competition
Three violinists will play in the final round on Saturday 24 August for the chance to win the top prize of CHF5,000 (£4,400)
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NewsBoston Symphony Orchestra names three string players as its new resident fellows
Violinist Rachel Arcega Orth, cellist Maximiliano Oppeltz and violist Yuri Hughes will perform with the orchestra and the Boston Pops to gain professional experience and career support
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Premium ❘ ArticleAnalysis September 2024: Teaching folk fiddling
Since folk fiddling is a very different discipline from playing classical music, how do teaching strategies need to change to accommodate the differences?
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NewsChicago Symphony Orchestra cellist to retire after 39 years
US cellist Loren Brown will retire from the orchestra in September, receiving the Theodore Thomas Medallion for Distinguished Service
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NewsViolinists recognised in the latest round of German Record Critics’ Awards
Violinists Isabelle Faust, Sergey Khachatryan and Antje Weithaas have received awards for their recent recordings
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NewsTibor Junior International Violin Competition semi-finalists announced
Six violinists between the ages of 14 and 17 will compete in the second round on 22 August
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News‘Auer, Benvenuti’ Stradivari violin tokenised by digital asset company
A Digital Product Passport has been created with blockchain technology to preserve the violin’s unique provenance, which includes Leopold Auer and Joseph Benvenuti
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NewsSpanish cellist wins the Filón Prize for best Flamenco Instrumentalist
José ’El Marqués’ receives the €6,000 award at the International Cante de las Minas Festival, the first time the prize has ever been granted to a cellist in the festival’s history
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NewsEnsemble intercontemporain mourns violinist
Maryvonne Le Dizès was a member of the group since 1979 and was the first woman to win the Paganini Competition in 1962
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NewsNew string appointments at San Francisco Symphony
The new players join the first violin, cello and bass sections
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NewsTÁR cellist Sophie Kauer lands another film role
The cellist joins the cast of indie film All Five Eyes, which is currently filming in Kent, UK
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NewsBluegrass fiddler Bobby Hicks dies at age 91
A legendary figure in Bluegrass and country music, the fiddle master Bobby Hicks died at his home in western North Carolina from complications of heart disease at the age of 91.
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NewsCellist Camille Thomas signs with Keynote Artist Management
The Franco-Belgian cellist joins the roster for general management
