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NewsCleveland Orchestra principal violist Robert Vernon to retire after 40 years
The long-serving musician will continue as an instructor at the Cleveland Institute of Music and Juilliard School
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NewsBorodin Quartet signs to Decca Classics
Long-standing Russian quartet will record major Shostakovich cycle
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NewsNew York's Avery Fisher Hall to be renamed David Geffen Hall following $100m donation
The entertainment mogul-turned-philanthropist will contribute toward the concert hall’s extensive renovation
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NewsNew York’s last classical sheet music store to close
Frank Music Company, which opened in 1937, will cease trading on Friday
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NewsSimon Rattle announced as London Symphony Orchestra music director
The British conductor will join the LSO in September 2017
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NewsStudy finds classical music has a calming effect on dogs
Research was undertaken by the Scottish Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the University of Glasgow
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NewsA bow hair disaster
A violinist is taken by surprise when the majority of her bow hair suddenly detaches from the point - midway through a performance of Kreisler's Tambourin Chinois.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click here.
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NewsEaling Strings director Alan Mann dies aged 71
Alan Mann, co-founder of Ealing Strings music shop in London, has died aged 71. For more than four decades he attended to the instruments of string players from around the globe; regular customers based in the British capital included Gyorgy Pauk, Robert Smissen, Paul Silverthorne and Thomas Gould.Born ...
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NewsAustralian Chamber Orchestra teams with Spotify to release live recordings
The six concert performances will be released throughout 2015
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News24-year-old Friederike Starkloff named NDR Radiophilharmonie concertmaster
The violinist replaces Volker Worlitzsch with the Hanover orchestra
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NewsThe Strad March 2015 issue is out now
Danish violinist Nikolaj Znaider and fellow soloist-conductors, including Joshua Bell and Maxim Vengerov, explain the attraction of the podium
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NewsFrank Peter Zimmermann forced to hand back ‘Lady Inchiquin’ Stradivarius
The violinist, who turns 50 this Friday, is attempting to buy the instrument, which was previously on loan from failed bank WestLB AG
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NewsWitold LutosŠ‚awski International Cello Competition awards joint first prize
Cellists Maciej KuŠ‚akowski and Zuzanna Sosnowska share the top honour
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NewsVienna Philharmonic Orchestra advertises for new concertmaster
The orchestra is expressly looking for a female candidate who will first perform with the Vienna State Opera Orchestra
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NewsPhilharmonie de Paris architect sues venue’s sponsors
Jean Nouvel claims the new building differs from his original design
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NewsMinnesota Orchestra to perform in Cuba following restoration of US diplomatic relations
The orchestra last performed in Havana in 1929
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NewsCalling Canadian violinists and cellists: applications now open for Musical Instrument Bank
The Canadian organisation loans fine instruments and bows to musicians every three years
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NewsViolinist Rachel Podger awarded Royal Academy of Music Bach Prize 2015
The UK period musician is the first female to receive the award, worth £10,000
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NewsBerlin Philharmonic manager calls for an increase in public funding
The orchestra’s yearly subsidy has remained at the same level for the past 13 years
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NewsPerformances for an audience ‘sound better’ despite musician nerves, says study
The experiment tested recordings of performances by 13 pianists on 153 listeners
