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NewsQuatuor Ébène establishes new string quartet class in Munich
The Ébène Quartet Academy will teach string quartet playing to a new generation of students
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Omobono Stradivari violin loaned for Biden’s inauguration ceremony
The violin, valued at just under $4 million, was played by the Irish violinist Patricia Treacy
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Guarneri ‘filius Andreae’ violin at centre of Holocaust storm
The German foundation holding the instrument has failed to pay €100,000 compensation to the heirs of its former owner
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Top UK musicians decry new costs of EU performances
Artists from Nicola Benedetti to Ed Sheeran and Simon Rattle to Iron Maiden have joined forces to call for government action
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Free live streamed concert series from New York’s Atterbury House announced
Violinist Lara St John presents the ’Atterbury House Sessions’ - a series of chamber concerts beginning this month and featuring musical colleagues - in celebration of the New York venue’s 150th anniversary
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Brussels’ Centre for Fine Arts to close after fire
Two firefighters were injured while saving the multi-purpose arts complex
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ISM launches new Visa and Work Permit Advice Service for members
Viva la Visa will provide ISM members with free 30 minute telephone consultations in worldwide visa and work permit procurement
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Steven Isserlis to give free online talk about Beethoven’s piano and cello sonatas
The talk is part of Kirill Gerstein Invites, a series in which leading musical figures speak about a topic of their choice
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Boston Symphony Orchestra’s first female string player dies at 101
Winifred Mayes beat 14 men for a cello post in the ensemble in 1957
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TwoSet Violin make a return
The violin comedy duo makes a comeback, a few weeks after announcing they would take a break
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The violinist and composer Haim Shtrum has died from Covid-19
As part of a wide-ranging career, Shtrum played as a member of the orchestra for movies including Titanic and ET
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Midori to receive Kennedy Center Honors
The violinist is one of five artists to be honoured for her lifetime artistic achievement
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Concert halls safe at 50 per cent capacity, reports German study
The experiments at the Dortmund Konzerthaus suggest a checkerboard-style seating arrangement would be sufficient to keep audience safe from Covid-19
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Maxim Vengerov launches new educational website
The violinist is offering free masterclasses to students and audiences around the world in response to the Covid-19 pandemic
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UK rejected visa-free travel for touring musicians in the EU - yet blamed Brussels for permit blow
Ministers are now being called upon to reveal exactly what took place during negotiations
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Simon Rattle to leave the London Symphony Orchestra
The conductor is to take up the directorship of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
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Benedetti Foundation announces New Year Sessions
Beginner, intermediate and advanced string players can participate in classes delivered over Zoom
