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NewsAmati five-string cello bought by New York museum
The c.1610 instrument is thought to be the only surviving five-string cello made in Cremona from that era
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ReviewConcert review: Big Dog Little Dog
Leah Hollingsworth reports on ’Musical Storefronts’, an innovative way of performing during the pandemic, in New York on 5 February 2021
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VideoAlexander Hersh plays Giovanni Sollima's Lamentatio for solo cello
In this video, New England Conservatory educated Alexander Hersh plays Giovanni Sollima’s 1998 work Lamentatio. Hersh won the cello category of the 2017 New York International Artists Competition and will be performing Lamentatio at the competition winners’ showcase on 24 September at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall. He also won ...
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ArticleThe daily torment suffered by violists
Was violin too hard?''Hey, what's it like never playing in tune?'Submediant has produced a spoof video of the daily abuse suffered by violists in an effort to #endviolajokes. A female violist walks the streets of New York and is subjected to taunts and catcalls.Read: The history of the ...
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NewsLev Sivkov wins 2015 Naumburg International Cello Competition in New York
The 25-year-old Russian cellist receives $15,000 and two recitals
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NewsChristie’s exhibits $60m Stradivarius and Guarneri collection in Shanghai and Hong Kong
'The Art of Music' sale features seven violins and one cello from a private European collection
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NewsRenowned American violin maker Luiz Bellini dies aged 79
Brazilian-born US luthier Luiz Bellini died on 4 June at the age of 79. Musicians such as Yehudi Menuhin, Gidon Kremer, David Nadien, Glenn Dicterow and Berl Senofsky all owned and played Bellini instruments during their careers.Born on 25 November 1935 in SÁo Paulo, Bellini originally trained as ...
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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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ArticleString quartet joined by impromptu ballet dancers in the NY subway
The Brazilian Arts Ensemble, violinists Eliano Braz and Rebekah Butler, violist Allyson Clare and cellist Tim Rusterholz, performs Bach's Third Brandenburg Concerto in the New York subway † joined halfway through by a group of impromptu ballet dancers.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part ...
