All News articles – Page 109
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NewsMusicians of the San Antonio Symphony ‘will keep performing’
Bankruptcy may have closed the orchestra’s doors but their musicians refuse to stop performing
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NewsThe Strad July 2022 issue is out now!
We take an close-up look at a 1671 violin by Girolamo Amati II - the last and least-recognised maker in the illustrious lutherie dynasty
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Premium ❘ NewsCompetitions, Awards and Appointments: July 2022
This month’s competition results, appointments and forthcoming contests
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NewsAustralian Chamber Orchestra acquires ‘ex-Dollfus’ Stradivari violin
The 1732 instrument will be played by ACO principal violin Helena Rathbone
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NewsViolinist Nicola Benedetti to receive honorary fellowship
The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama will present Benedetti with the honour on 8 July
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NewsViolist Maxim Rysanov takes up role at Menuhin School
The Ukrainian violist becomes the school’s first associate artist, in a role combining coaching and conducting
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NewsDaPonte Quartet members rehired, board resigns
After termination of their salaried positions on 10 May, the members of the DaPonte Quartet have been reinstated and will work with the newly-formed DaPonte String Quartet Foundation
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NewsCompetitors announced for the Fritz Kreisler International Violin Competition
The 10th Fritz Kreisler International Violin Competition has released the names of the 50 participants taking part this September
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NewsReturned: stolen Gagliano violin in Chicago
MingHuan Xu’s 1758 Nicolò Gagliano violin, plus two other instruments, had been missing since 11 May
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NewsViolist Yuri Bashmet receives honour from Putin
Bashmet received the title of Hero of Labour from the Russian president on 12 June
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NewsViolinist Catherine Mackintosh to receive lifetime achievement award
The early music specialist will receive the honour at the York Early Music Festival in July
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NewsNew concertmaster for Brussels National Opera
Violinist Sylvia Huang leaves the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra for La Monnaie De Munt
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NewsViolinist Chloé Kiffer joins University of North Texas faculty
The French violinist will begin her role for the new academic year in the autumn
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NewsSingapore Symphony appoints 15-year-old violinist as artist-in-residence
Singaporean violin prodigy Chloe Chua will begin her new role next month for the orchestra’s 2022/23 season
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News1714 ‘da Vinci, ex-Seidel’ Stradivari violin sells for $15.34m
The sale of the violin heard on the soundtrack to The Wizard of Oz constitutes the second-highest amount ever paid for a Stradivari violin at auction
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NewsViolist Carl St Jacques has died
The American violist passed away following a battle with lung cancer, aged 42
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NewsNew Zealand violist Peter Barber has died
The violist was a long-standing member of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra for 47 years
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NewsVisa delays force Ukrainian violinist to cancel UK performance
Valeriy Sokolov is now unable to perform with the Aurora Orchestra tomorrow night, due to the UK’s visa-processing backlog
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NewsNicola Benedetti pulls out of festival due to tendonitis
The Scottish violinist has withdrawn from three performances at the Aldeburgh Festival this month
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NewsFirst ‘del Gesù’ violin auctioned in a decade fetches £3.5 million
The 1736 Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ violin was sold on Friday 3 June by Aguttes auction house in France
