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NewsItzhak Perlman targeted in social media scam
The 78-year-old superstar violinist has warned his Facebook followers not to be fooled by anyone masquerading as him online
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NewsYoujin Lee loaned 1736 ‘Muntz’ Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ by Nippon Music Foundation
The 29-year-old Korean violinist is a laureate of numerous major competitions
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NewsTerra Quartet announced as Yale’s fellowship quartet-in-residence
The foursome, who won the 2022 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, succeed the Callisto Quartet in the position
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NewsAlleged Stradivari violin seized at Ukrainian border
The instrument, containing a label dated 1713, was found in a car travelling to Romania
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News‘Barjansky’ Stradivarius cello tokenised by digital asset firm
The c.1690 instrument, formerly owned and played by Julian Lloyd Webber, is one of very few Stradivari cellos in existence
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NewsViolist to depart Casals Quartet after 22 years
US violist Jonathan Brown leaves the quartet to take up the role of professor of chamber music at the Colburn School in Los Angeles
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NewsNew co-principal guest concertmasters at the Singapore Symphony Orchestra
The two violinists will begin the role in the 2024-25 season
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NewsApplications open for Continuo Foundation’s eighth round of grants
The grants will support projects taking place from November 2024 to April 2025
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News11-year-old violinist wins the 2024 Piccolo Violino Magico competition
South Korean violinist Hyunsuk Ryu receives a €5,000 scholarship and a violin made by Fabio Piagentini
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NewsCellist Antonio Meneses diagnosed with aggressive brain cancer
The Brazilian cellist has been diagnosed with an incurable brain tumour and has stepped down from his concert and teaching schedule
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NewsViolinist and conductor Liana Isakadze has died
The Georgian musician, who studied with Oistrakh and received first prize at the 1970 Sibelius Competition, was 77 years old
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NewsAskonas Holt signs a trio of violinists and more, as Opus 3 Berlin office rebrands
Violinists Benjamin Beilman, Diana Adamyan and Nemanja Radulović are among the artists on the new Askonas Holt Berlin roster
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NewsViolin vanishes after owner is abandoned on motorway during bus journey
The violin and bow disappeared from a bus after the owner was left stranded a motorway service station en route to Brussels in May 2024
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NewsThe Benedetti Foundation launches new Youth Ambassador Programme
Young musicians aged 15 to 18 across the UK are invited to apply for the programme, which will give an insight into music career paths via mentoring, networking and workshop sessions
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NewsContestants announced for the 2024 Mieczysław Wajnberg International Violin Competition
30 violinists from around the world will compete for the chance to win the top prize of €10,000 this December in Katowice, Poland
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NewsRecipients of the 2025 Kaiser Otto Prize announced
Violinist Lisa Batiashvili and pianist Igor Levit will be recognised for their work promoting peace and European values at an awards ceremony in July 2025
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NewsChiaroscuro Quartet announces new violinist
Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux succeeds Pablo Hernán Benedí, who has been a member of the quartet since 2010
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NewsViolin worth $11,000 stolen from Suzuki programme
The instrument was last seen at Evansville University in Indiana, US
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NewsThe Corrs violinist left ‘humiliated’ after Ryanair refuses to let her board with violin
Sharon Corr was about to board a flight to Dublin but claims she was denied boarding by the airline for having her violin with her
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NewsMissing: a 1754 Giovanni Battista Gabrielli violin stolen from Belgian train
The instrument was stolen in transit between Antwerp and Bruxelles Midi, Belgium
