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NewsCompetitors announced at the Tibor Junior International Violin Competition
The participants will perform in the first round of the competition in Sion, Switzerland, on 20 August 2024, following the order draw on 19 August
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NewsFormer concertmaster charged with rape of a child
The charges against violinist Odin Rathnam also include multiple accounts of sexual abuse of a child under the age of ten
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NewsCellist Frans Helmerson joins Stauffer Academy faculty
The cellist will assume the role of professor for the Advanced Cello Course at the start of the 2024/25 academic year
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NewsQueensland Symphony Orchestra appoints Hyung Suk Bae as principal cello
Cellist Hyung Suk Bae steps up to the position having served in the orchestra as acting principal cello since 2020 and associate principal cello since 2018
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NewsLong-standing Boston Symphony Orchestra principal double bassist announces retirement
Edwin Barker was appointed to the role nearly 50 years ago in 1976
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NewsViolinist Alena Baeva signs with Harrison Parrott
The Luxembourgish violinist joins the roster for worldwide general management
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NewsCompetition preview: What to know before the International Bach Competition results
We’ll be bringing you the results of the Leipzig-based competition on Monday. Here’s everything you need to know until then!
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NewsLong-serving cellist leaves San Diego Symphony Orchestra after 47 years
Cellist Marcia Bookstein has been with the orchestra since 1977
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NewsCello finalists announced at the International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition
The six finalists will perform both solo and orchestral works at the 26 July final
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NewsCandidates announced for the Lionel Tertis and Cecil Aronowitz International Viola Competitions
More than 60 violists have been selected for the two competitions, which will take place in the UK in January 2025
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NewsViolist Cristina Cordero joins the Casals Quartet
Cordero replaces Jonathan Brown, who left the the quartet after 22 years to take up the role of professor of chamber music at the Colburn School in Los Angeles
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NewsViolinist Eugene Sarbu has died
A former pupil of Ivan Galamian and Nathan Milstein, the London-based Romanian violin virtuoso died on 21 July 2024, aged 73
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NewsLeon Bosch receives the centenary Cobbett Medal for services to chamber music
The South African-born bassist is both the first double bassist and the first black musician to receive the award
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NewsObituary: violin maker Rowland Ross (1945 - 2024)
Martin Restall and Ninian Boyle look back on the life of the British violin maker, who died in March 2024 aged 79
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NewsFormosa Quartet appoints new violinist
David Bernat succeeds Wayne Lee, who has served the ensemble for twelve years
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NewsViolist David Samuel joins Vanderbilt University faculty
Samuel has been appointed assistant professor of viola at the university’s Blair School of Music
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NewsTelegraph Quartet to take up residency at the University of Michigan
The ensemble will begin a three-year residency at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance from autumn 2024
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NewsViola and violin contestants announced for 2024 International Max Rostal Competition
22 violists and 21 violinists will compete in the competition held at the Berlin University of the Arts from 19 to 25 October
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Premium ❘ ArticleAnalysis August 2024: String quartets and the ‘Bridgerton effect’
String quartets have seen a surge in business from weddings and events – all thanks to the success of one particular Netflix series. What can we learn from the so-called ‘Bridgerton effect’?
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NewsMusicians’ Union members vote in favour of potential strike action at Welsh National Opera
The vote comes as a response to management’s plans to make the orchestra part-time, cutting pay by 15 per cent with a reduction in touring