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NewsNetherlands Bach Society appoints new concertmaster
Violinist Cecilia Bernardini will assume the role for the upcoming 2025/26 season
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NewsCello winners announced for Prague Spring International Music Competition
27-year-old Japanese cellist Yuya Mizuno won first prize, plus special prizes including future concert opportunities
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NewsWinners announced for Markneukirchen International Instrumental Competition for Violin
17-year-old Corina Deng took the top prize of €7,000, a future concert engagement, plus multiple string accessories
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NewsDover Quartet violinist Joel Link appointed concertmaster of the Cleveland Orchestra
However the quartet plans to stay together in its current configuration
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NewsViolinist Odin Rathnam sentenced for rape and sexual abuse
Rathnam pleaded guilty to 28 charges of child rape and sexual abuse; he will spend between 15 and 30 years in prison and undergo an additional ten years of probation
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NewsA peaceful musical invasion: the Late Spring Music Festival 2025 at Reggia di Venaria
The third edition of the festival will be held at the elaborate Reggia di Venaria and Gardens from 30 May to 2 June, where musical performances will give sound to the extraordinary venue
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NewsBritish cellist David Watkin has died aged 60
The respected musician had been forced to give up his playing career due to an auto-immune condition
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News‘Save the Newark School’: grassroots campaign launched
Notices are going up around the market town in protest at the decision not to open the 2025-26 degree programme to new students
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News2025 Fischoff Competition winners announced
The Katarina Quartet from the Juilliard School scooped the grand prize of $15,000 as well as topping the senior string division
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NewsViolinist Kirill Troussov takes up professorship in Munich
Troussov will assume his role of professor of violin at the University of Music and Theatre on 1 October 2025
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NewsWinners announced for the International Klaipėda David Geringas Cello Competition
Cellists over four age categories competed for a prize pool totalling €20,000 at the competition held in Klaipėda, Lithuania from 5 to 10 May 2025
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NewsUS classical musicians defend free speech in open letter
The signatories include several soloists and members of leading orchestras across the US
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NewsFundraiser launched for luthier’s stroke recovery
US luthier and The Strad contributor Gary Vessel suffered a stroke last week; his son Dylan Vessel has set up a GoFundMe page to cover his medical bills and living costs
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NewsHeath Quartet announces new violinist
The British ensemble welcomes Maja Horvat as its new violinist
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NewsViolist Rosalind Ventris named Yehudi Menuhin School director of music
The British musician, pedagogue and frequent contributor to The Strad will take up the post in September
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NewsViolinist Janine Jansen named Berlin Philharmonic artist in residence
Jansen will make solo and chamber appearances with the orchestra over the 2025/26 season
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NewsPetition launched to protest Newark Violin Making School changes
The school has announced that the degree programme will not be commencing for first-year students in the 2025-26 academic year
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NewsNo degree course for Newark School of Violin Making students beginning in 2025
In a shock move, the school has informed foundation-year students that they will not be progressing to the degree course in the 2025–26 academic year
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NewsViolinist Itamar Zorman joins Jacobs School of Music faculty
The violinist will assume the role of associate professor of music in violin from 1 August 2025
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NewsECHO Rising Stars announced for 2026/27 season
Violinist Ava Bahari and cellist Petar Pejčić are included in the latest cohort, along with the Amelio Trio and Javus Quartet
