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Minnesota violinist Richard ‘Dick’ Adams has died
A former assistant concertmaster of the Minnesota Orchestra for over 30 years, Richard ‘Dick’ Adams has passed away aged 94
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Violinist Dmitry Sitkovetsky joins the Purcell School as a patron
Sitkovetsky accepts his new honour with ’great joy and enthusiasm’
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Canadian cellist Marcel Saint-Cyr has died
The founding cellist of the Orford Quartet, as well as a viola da gambist, baryton player and educator was 85 years old
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Cellists needed to help raise funds for hunger charity
The Simple Gifts Cello Project invites cellists of all abilities to submit a video recording and a donation to the charity Rise Against Hunger
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New solo cello for Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Anton Spronk will take up the post of solo cellist from March 2024
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Violinist Jason Yu joins the Cleveland Orchestra
Yu departs the New York Philharmonic to take up the role of assistant principal second violin in Cleveland, along with fellow new appointment Luke Sieve on bass trombone
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Missing cello in San Francisco
The instrument was stolen on Sunday 17 December 2023 in the suburb of Japantown
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Analysis January 2024: A case for small-group teaching
Julian Lloyd Webber’s recent comments about one-to-one tuition in conservatoires has ignited a debate: should small-group teaching be more widely offered as an alternative?
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Trio Pantoum announces new member
Pianist Kojiro Okada joins violinist Hugo Meder and cellist Bogeun Park
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Winner announced for the 2024 Credit Suisse Young Artist Award
28-year-old Austrian cellist Julia Hagen has won CHF 75,000 (£68,400) and a performance engagement with the Vienna Philharmonic
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The Strad January 2024 issue is out now!
We examine the 1713 ‘Boissier, Sarasate’ Stradivari violin from the maker’s ’Golden Period’ that was once owned by Spanish virtuoso Pablo Sarasate
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Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne appoints new first concertmaster
French violinist Clémence De Forceville will assume the role in March 2024
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Competitions, Awards and Appointments: January 2024
The latest competition results, appointments and forthcoming contests
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Hungarian violinist János Rolla has died
Rolla was concertmaster of the Liszt Ferenc Chamber Orchestra for over 50 years
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Found: Fiddler Alasdair Fraser reunited with his violin and bows
The bows and instrument, stolen on 13 November, were recovered by the David Kerr Violin Shop
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Violin signed by John Lennon and Yoko Ono expected to fetch over €35,000 at auction
The Jean Nicolas Lambert violin was signed by the pair in a Mallorca restaurant in 1971
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Emily Sun loaned ‘The Adelaide’ Guadagnini violin
The violinist was formally handed over the instrument from UKARIA on 18 November 2023
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Novo Quartet wins €68,000 grant from the Danish Arts Foundation
The recent string quartet winners of the 2023 Concours de Genève will take part in the Young Artistic Elite programme from 2024 for two years
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Former Vienna Philharmonic principal cellist has died
Cellist Franz Bartolomey has died aged 76