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1714 ‘Joachim-Ma’ Stradivari violin fetches $11.25 million at auction
The instrument went up for auction at Sotheby’s New York on 7 February 2025, with proceeds going towards scholarships at New England Conservatory
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Obituary: Turkish composer and cellist İlhan Usmanbaş (1921-2025)
Mehmet Gökhan Bağcı remembers prolific composer Usmanbaş, who composed about 120 works throughout his career, following his death on 30 January 2025 in Istanbul at the age of 104
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Christchurch Symphony Orchestra appoints new concertmaster
Violinist Justine Cormack comes full circle to assume the role in her hometown, having performed widely as chamber soloist, guest concertmaster and festival director
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Come and meet Team Strad at BVMA Makers’ Day 2025!
Find out what to expect ahead of Sunday’s event at Kings Place, and drop by The Strad at Table 14 to check out what’s in store!
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Violinist Malin Broman appointed musical director of the Nordic Chamber Orchestra
Broman will begin her three-year tenure with the Swedish ensemble in the 2025–2026 season.
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Brazilian cello professor dies in car accident in Germany
A cello professor in Berlin and Münster, Matias de Oliveira Pinto died on 4 February 2025
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Paddington Trio signs with Domselaer Artist Management
The ensemble joins the roster for management in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg
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Virginia Symphony Orchestra appoints new concertmaster
Violinist Grace Park assumes the role with inaugural performances in March
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Amit Peled loaned c.1780 Storioni cello
Peled will play the instrument for a short time to promote the instrument’s sound and history with audiences, describing its public debut as a ‘first date’
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Obituary: luthier Gene Horner (1933 - 2025)
A fixture of the east Tennessee music scene, the fiddle and mandolin maker died on 14 January aged 91
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Lysander Piano Trio appoints new cellist
James Kim joins the ensemble, succeeding Michael Katz, who has been appointed to the Philadelphia Orchestra cello section
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Australian Chamber Orchestra announces 2025 Emerging Artists
Six string players have been selected to take part in the orchestra’s programme in its anniversary year
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RNCM appoints cellist to chamber music leadership role
Cellist Jennifer Langridge will assume the role of head of strings chamber music in February 2025
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Analysis February 2024: Star string players targeted online
Some of the world’s top string players have become targets for online scammers – and it doesn’t stop there. What steps should all musicians take to help protect their fanbase?
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Odesa International Violin Competition announces new location
It will be the first edition of the competition since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began in 2022
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Top job for Top: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra appoints new concertmaster
Violinist Tjeerd Top departs the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra to take up the leading role in Rotterdam
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Shortlists for 2025 RPS Awards include top string players
Cellist Laura van der Heijden and violinist Leia Zhu are among those nominated for this year’s RPS Awards to be held 6 March
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RNCM announces winners of award supporting disabled and neurodiverse musicians
The Lucy Hale Award, worth £5,000, will help support a violist with hypermobility and a baritone horn player with hearing loss
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Cellist Yo-Yo Ma performs in the snow above Davos
The cellist performed atop Schatzalp above Davos during the World Economic Forum, with the aim to raise awareness about climate change and glacier preservation
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Laurence Lesser establishes new string scholarship in memory of his wife, Masuko Ushioda
New England Conservatory’s Masuko Ushioda Dean’s Scholarship Fund will provide financial support to promising string students that embody the musical motivation of Ushioda, who died in 2013