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NewsNew technology turns violins into digital music creators
Inventors Alessandro Baticci and Rafal Zalech have begun a Kickstarter campaign to launch the product
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Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra suspends payment for musicians
The orchestra has cancelled all performances until 27 May and is placing its musicians in unpaid furlough
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UK cellist Martin Loveday dies of coronavirus
The 62-year-old performed with a number of leading London ensembles
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St John’s Smith Square introduces free ticket scheme for NHS staff
‘Pay it forward’, a new project at the London concert venue, aims to fund free tickets for National Health Service workers
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New Music Emergency Covid-19 Solidarity Fund increased
The New Music Solidarity Fund, an initiative aimed to grant emergency funding to musicians impacted by COVID-19, has increased its funds to $270,000
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Benedetti Foundation announces online daily music lessons
As part of the programme, Nicola Benedetti is to host three sessions a week ‘Live at Five’ on her channels every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday
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Tarisio announces auction to benefit musicians affected by Covid-19
Tarisio presents GiveBack, a special auction to benefit the musicians who have been profoundly affected by COVID-19.
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Metropolitan Opera Orchestra violist dies of coronavirus
Vincent Lionti, a violist with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, has died due to complications related to Covid-19
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New cello album explores the life of a man caught up in the Albanian conflict of the 1990s
Cellist Redi Hasa, a member of Ludovico Einaudi’s touring group, has put together an album that tells his personal story
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World Federation of International Music Competitions appoints new Secretary General
The Geneva-based federation has appointed Florian Riem as its new Secretary General, with immediate effect
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Tasmin Little postpones retirement
In response to concert cancellations as a result of the coronavirus crisis, the violinist has postponed her retirement from the concert platform to December 2020
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Isabelle Faust plays Bach in empty St Thomas Church, Leipzig
The concert took place at 4pm on Sunday 5 April
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Geneva Competition extends its cello application deadline to 15 June
Due to the impact of the coronavirus, the Geneva Competition has extended the registration deadline for this year’s Cello Competition to 15 June
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London Music Masters waives group teacher training fee
In response to the impact of Covid-19 on the arts, the music education charity will waive its course fee for the 2020/21 cohort of Team Teach
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Violin and bow makers collaborate to raise money for musicians’ fund
Luthier Jacob Brillhart is live-streaming the building of a $10k violin for ’Musician Aid’
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London’s Barbican extends closure to 30 June 2020
The arts space also calls for donations from audiences ’to enable it to keep investing in the artists and organisations it works with’
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Fundraising campaign launched for freelance musicians in Germany
The German Orchestra Foundation has so far raised more than €855,000 for the emergency fund
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Tamsin Waley-Cohen has co-founded Living Room Live
The violinist has co-founded a website streaming live concerts from musicians’ homes
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Julian Lloyd Webber curates online concert series in aid of NHS workers
‘Art Saves Us’ is an online concert series in support of NHS Workers, launching on Friday 3rd April
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Anne-Sophie Mutter pays tribute to Krzysztof Penderecki
The German violinist honours the Polish conductor and composer whose death was announced yesterday, describing his loss as ‘a huge void in my heart’
