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NewsViolin sound and design developed by accident, say researchers
The evolution of f-hole shape and back plate thickness are likely the result of small errors in the copying process
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NewsBelenus Quartet wins first prize at the ‘Franz Schubert and Modern Music’ Competition
The Swiss ensemble triumphed in the string quartet category; no first prize was awarded in the piano trio section
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NewsCanadian violist Stanley Solomon has died aged 97
The musician was principal viola of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra from 1949 to 1983
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NewsVideo: Seattle Symphony musicians perform on delayed flight
During a two-hour delay to take off on an Alaska Airlines flight to Palm Springs, four members of the Seattle Symphony – violinists Mikhail Shmidt and Elisa Barston, violist Susan Gulkis Assadi and cellist Walter Gray – whipped out their instruments to perform a string quartet. The performance ...
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NewsCellos are too big to be transported in the cabin, says airline
Air Canada refused to sell Richard Harwood an extra ticket for his cello as it exceeded the requisite dimensions, according to the musician
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NewsValery Gergiev announces Tchaikovsky Competition 2015 judges
A number of today's leading names will join the violin, cello, piano and voice panels this summer
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NewsVideo: violinist Hilary Hahn wins 2015 Grammy Award for ‘In 27 Pieces’ album
Hahn shares the Best Chamber Music prize with her piano collaborator Cory Smythe
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NewsKristen Bruya appointed Minnesota Orchestra principal double bass
The musician was formerly assistant principal bass of the Toronto Symphony
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NewsEduardo Ríos wins Sphinx Competition $50,000 first prize
The annual Detroit contest, including senior and junior divisions, is open to black and Latino US string players
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NewsJulian Lloyd Webber to sell his Stradivarius cello
The cellist was forced to retire from performing last year due to a neck injury
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NewsMunich will not be granted a new concert hall
The city’s existing Philharmonie im Gasteig will instead be renovated to improve its acoustics
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NewsInternational Boris Goldstein Violin Competition responds to criticism
The event was accused of favouring students of its founder and jury chair, Zakhar Bron, writes Rebecca Schmid
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NewsMone Hattori wins inaugural Boris Goldstein International Violin Competition in Switzerland
All six of the top prizes went to students of competition founder Zakhar Bron
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NewsDanish National Chamber Orchestra fights for survival
Crowdfunding scheme aims to raise 3m Danish kroner before 28 February
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NewsBoris Goldstein Violin Competition names finalists
Seven violinists have made it through to the final of the International Boris Goldstein Violin Competition Bern. The candidates were selected from a second-round field of 14.The finalists are:Benjamin Baker (24, New Zealand/United Kingdom)Mone Hattori (15, Japan)Furong Li (24, China)Arsenis Selalmazidis (24, Greece/Russia)Aleksey Semenenko (26, Ukraine)Stefan Tarara (28, ...
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NewsThe Strad February 2015 issue is out now
Philippe Graffin, Jean-Jacques Kantorow, Benoît Rolland and Paul Tortelier all feature in a French-focused edition
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NewsViolins of Hope: an exhibition at the Berlin Philharmonie
27 January is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. To mark the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz in 1945, members of the Berlin Philharmonic will play a special chamber concert this evening, using the instruments of Jewish musicians who fled from the Nazis in Germany or survived ...
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NewsBoris Goldstein Violin Competition names second-round candidates
Fourteen violinists have made it through to the second round of the International Boris Goldstein Violin Competition Bern. The candidates were selected from a first-round field of 31.The second-round candidates are:Benjamin Baker (24, New Zealand/United Kingdom)Mizuki Chiba (18, Japan)Soo Jin Hannah Cho (19, South Korea)Mone Hattori (15, Japan)Alexander ...
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NewsUK Treasury announces consultation on orchestral tax relief
Orchestras in the UK are to receive tax relief to match that currently enjoyed by Britain’s theatres, according to a statement released by the UK Treasury on 23 January. Originally announced by Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne on 3 December as part of his 2014 Autumn Statement, ...
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NewsViolist Sara Kim wins €8,000 Mendelssohn Prize
This year’s competition took place from 14–18 January at the Berlin University of the Arts
