All News articles – Page 135
-
NewsViolinist Yehonatan Berick has died aged 52
The Israeli-born virtuoso was also a respected teacher in Canada
-
NewsSphinx Competition semi-finalists announced
Prizes totalling nearly $100,000 are available at the contest for US-based Black and Latinx string players
-
NewsCity of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra launches activities for older people in care home settings
Cuppa Concerts: At Home is a series of filmed concerts, specially designed for older people living in care settings, to watch from home
-
NewsWinners announced for Pablo Casals International Award 2020
First prize went to the 16-year-old Chinese cellist Xuanhan Xu
-
NewsShanghai Quartet announces new member
Angelo Xiang Yu joins the group as its new second violinist
-
NewsNew partnership between Music Masters and YCAT gets underway with a new series
A YCAT artist will give a session to a KS2 Musicianship class via Zoom once a month
-
-
NewsCity Music Foundation announces its new artists
The ten artists were chosen from over 140 applicants
-
FocusCello varnish badly damaged in calamitous hand sanitiser spill
The repair job on the instrument’s coating took more than 80 hours
-
NewsHuddersfield Contemporary Music Festival heads online this weekend
Two days and three nights of cutting-edge new music from the UK and around the world
-
NewsViolinist Leila Josefowicz to livestream world premiere
Josefowicz will perform a new work by Matthias Pintscher at contemporary New York art gallery Hauser & Wirth this Friday - free to view online
-
NewsPolish National Violin Competition Zdzisław Jahnke announces prizes
$7600 will be divided amongst this year’s laureates.
-
NewsGuildhall School and Age UK partner on musical befriending service ‘Music Bank’
Guildhall Schol musicians will bring music to isolated people living with dementia during the winter months as the pandemic continues
-
NewsIncorporated Society of Musicians launches The Empowered Musician 2020
The two-day online conference will take place on 2 and 3 December
-
NewsThree days of online events to honour hundredth anniversary of Piero Farulli
‘Paideia 2020: Music and Knowledge’ will feature talks about music and neuroscience, education and society
-
-
NewsRiot Ensemble and Synaesthesis awarded €150k by Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation
Riot Ensemble. Photo: Justyna Skwierawska The Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation has announced the first two recipients of its new Ensemble Prize for outstanding young ensembles. The London-based Riot Ensemble and Synaesthesis from Lithuania will each receive €75,000. In its citation, the foundation said the Riot Ensemble ...
-
NewsThe Strad December 2020 issue is out now
Examining the 1734 ’Willemotte’ violin - a masterpiece from Stradivari’s later period, now owned by Leonidas Kavakos
-
NewsAnne-Sophie Mutter starts concert series to raise funds for musicians
From this Sunday, the German violinist will be playing in churches with musician friends
-
Premium ❘ NewsAnalysis December 2020: Competing with coronavirus
Most of 2020’s international string competitions were postponed – but with no easy resolution to Covid-19 in sight, how are events planned for 2021 dealing with the uncertainty? By Peter Somerford
