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ArticleMexican string siblings murdered by organised crime group
José Alberto, Ana Karen and Luis Ángel González Moreno were kidnapped and killed by members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel
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NewsBritten Sinfonia returns to perform to live audiences in June
Among the offerings is Surround Sound, a multi-stage classical ‘mixtape’, performed in Ely Cathedral
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NewsStauffer Center for Strings to open in Cremona this October
The new centre will be dedicated to higher education, research, composition, production, management and innovation
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NewsViolinist thwarted by Covid-19 finds success with dog business
Charlotte Moseley has created a booming business making and selling a variety of clothes for dogs
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NewsBudleigh Music Festival returns this year
The line-up includes 18-year-old violinist Coco Tomita, who won the strings final of BBC Young Musician in 2020
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NewsSummer at Snape to run in place of full Aldeburgh Festival
Britten Pears Arts to put on performances that have a strong Festival feel
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NewsArtists and musicians speak out against proposed 50% funding cut to arts
Under the proposed cuts, spending for arts subjects at universities will be cut from £36 million to £19 million
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NewsTop violinists record tribute to Corinne Chapelle
Alumni of the Yehudi Menuhin School are raising money for the family of the violinist, who died in March
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NewsViolist Laurent Verney killed in Paris road accident
Verney was first solo violist of the Paris Opera for more than 35 years and was closely associated with the Bayreuth Festival
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NewsViolinist, 5, awarded distinction in grade 8 exam
Travis Wong Kai Xuan, from Singapore, could barely read or write when he had his first violin lesson at the age of three
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NewsProject 80/90 opens second round of grants for double bassists in need
The initiative founded by double bassists Gary Karr and François Rabbath is open to all double bassists, including those who previously received a grant
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NewsMenuhin competition announces Junior and Senior semi-finalists
The semi-final rounds will be streamed on 15 and 16 May
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NewsPostponed Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition to return this autumn
The 36 contestants appearing in the Quarter-Final round have been announced
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NewsThe Strad May 2021 issue is out now
We mark the 70th birthday of British cellist Julian Lloyd Webber with a look back at his life and career
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Premium ❘ NewsAnalysis May 2021: Seeing the wood for the trees
A new campaign is under way to save Brazil’s endangered pernambuco tree, the wood most favoured by bow makers. The goal is clear, but the devil is in the detail. By Anthony Fort
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Premium ❘ NewsCompetitions, Awards and Appointments: May 2021
This month’s competition results, appointments and forthcoming contests
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NewsPhilharmonia to return to live music-making at the Southbank Centre in June
The concerts, on 4 and10 June, will also be the last in Esa-Pekka Salonen’s tenure as the orchestra’s Principal Conductor & Artistic Advisor
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NewsFrench lutenist signs to Warner Classics
Thomas Dunford performs with Jupiter, the instrumental ensemble he founded in 2018, on the forthcoming Erato release Amazone
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NewsCellist appointed as director at Dr. Bobbie Bailey School of Music in Georgia, USA
Jesús Castro-Balbi takes on his new role from 1 July
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NewsJourney through the Australian outback with cellist Richard Narroway
Funded by the Freedman Classical Fellowship, Narroway’s performances along the 3000km train route will be turned into a film
