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NewsViolinist Alex DePue killed in car crash
Member of the DePue Brothers Band and violinist for rock guitarist Steve Vai, DePue passed away in an accident on Thursday 27 January
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News2022 Sphinx Competition Laureates announced
With over $100,000 in prize money awarded in total, double bassist Kebra-Seyoun Charles took the senior division first prize of $50,000
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NewsPrizes awarded at the Netherlands Violin Competition
Violinist Isobel Warmelink won the Oskar Back 18-25 years category, while Joshua Tavenier was victorious in the Davina van Wely 14-17 years category
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NewsRyanair: Buy a ticket for your viola or you don’t fly
Violist Danielli Johnson was recently denied onboard a Ryanair flight, scuppering her plans to take an audition in Portugal
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NewsContinuo Foundation invites applications for third round of grants
Following two rounds of grants in 2021 totalling £260,000, a further £100,000 will be made available to support period instrument ensembles in the UK from April to September 2022, including newly-formed ensembles
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NewsLafayette String Quartet to retire
Artists-in-residence at the University of Victoria since 1991, the group will perform its final concert in August 2023
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NewsNew additions to Curtis violin faculty
Violinists and Curtis-alumni Benjamin Beilman and Erin Keefe will begin their new roles for the 2022-23 academic year
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NewsDouble bass wrecked on Southwest Airlines flight
Kaden Henderson received his bass with the neck snapped off following a flight from Denver to Milwaukee
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NewsRPS to host free open rehearsal with Solem Quartet
The event on 9 February will illustrate the inner workings of a string quartet, with an invitation to observe Bartók String Quartet no.1
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NewsThe Strad February 2022 issue is out now!
French Baroque violinist Théotime Langlois de Swarte introduces the works of long-forgotten composers to new audiences
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Premium ❘ NewsCompetitions, Awards and Appointments: February 2022
This month’s competition results, appointments and forthcoming contests
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NewsBenslow Music Instrument Loan Scheme celebrates new home
President of the Benslow Music Trust Judith Weir CBE officially opened The Aston Building, celebrating the loan scheme’s 90th anniversary
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NewsAnn Spurbeck, Memphis violinist for Elvis and Isaac Hayes, has died
The Memphis Symphony Orchestra member and prominent session musician passed away aged 84
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NewsViolin maker Jacek Wesołowski has died
Luthier Andrew Fairfax pays tribute to his friend and colleague, who died in October 2021 aged 43
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NewsJuilliard Quartet violist Roger Tapping has died
The British viola player and prolific chamber musician succumbed to cancer on 18 January 2022, aged 61
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NewsViolinist Edmund Reid has died
The Jamaican-born violinist, who broke down racial barriers to lead numerous UK orchestras, died in December 2021 aged 85
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NewsSalzburg Mozart Week cancelled
The festival is yet another casualty of the rising number of Covid cases in Europe
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NewsYCAT 2022 applications now open
Audition applications are now open until 9 March 2022, with the chance to be selected for career management including a new partnership with Concerts Guild New York
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NewsSingapore International Violin Competition postponed
Originally due to be held this month, the competition will now occur in December 2022
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NewsNew first violinist for Vega Quartet
Emily Daggett Smith joins the resident ensemble at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia
