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NewsFinalists announced for the 2025 Tibor Varga Competition
Three violinists will take to the stage to perform a concerto of their choice with orchestra on 30 August in Sion, Switzerland
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Premium ❘ ArticleAnalysis September 2025: The plight of music shops
The rise in online shopping has hit bricks-and-mortar retailers hard. What can instrument and sheet music shops do to entice customers back into the city centre? By Peter Somerford
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NewsCenter for Musical Excellence announces new violin Young Artist
22-year-old violinist Christina Nam joins the programme
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NewsBerlin Philharmonic cellist Christoph Igelbrink to retire after 36 years
The long-standing cellist joined the orchestra in 1989 and was also a member of the 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic
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NewsViolinist Elias David Moncado loaned a Strad
The violinist will now play on the 1724 ’Ludwig, Szigeti’ Stradivari violin, describing it as ’a privilege and a most inspiring experience’
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NewsString quartet recipients named for the 2025 John Lad Prize
The Balourdet and Terra quartets will feature in a collaborative performance during the 2026-27 St. Lawrence Legacy Series at Stanford Live
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NewsSemi-finalists announced for the 2025 Tibor Varga Competition
Six violinists have been selected to progress to the semi-final chamber round
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NewsViolinist Anthony Marwood loaned c.1709 Stradivari
The British musician will give his first performance on the c.1709 ‘Scotta’ on 14 September
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NewsViolinist Svetlana Makarova appointed professor in Vienna
Makarova will begin her professorship in October 2025
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NewsJupiter Quartet appoints a new violinist
Mélanie Clapiès will join the Illinois-based ensemble, succeeding Nelson Lee
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NewsPrague Philharmonia appoints new concertmaster
Violinist Pavla Tesařová will take up the role alongside current concertmaster Romana Špačková from September 2025
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NewsViolinist Anna Agafia joins the Royal Danish Academy of Music
The Danish-Ukrainian violinist takes over the class of Alexandre Zapolski, who died earlier this year
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NewsReason revealed for ICE detainment of Utah violinist
The violinist received an impaired driving ticket in 2019, which was flagged by immigration authorities
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NewsViolinist Hilary Hahn withdraws from the Proms due to injury
Violinist Isabelle Faust steps in to play Dvořák’s Violin Concerto, with Hahn out of action until at least November
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NewsCallisto Quartet appoints new first violinist
Taiwanese-American violinist Eric Tsai joins the quartet
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NewsFundraiser launched for Utah violinist detained by ICE
Violinist John Shin’s wife is raising funds for the expensive legal process required to bring him home
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NewsTransavia airlines refuses to board Stradivari violin
Patrick Roberts said there was no concern expressed for the safety of his instrument by airline staff on a recent flight from Paris to Milan
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NewsDouble bassist Uxía Martínez Botana signs with Fuga Libera
Martínez Botana will release an album of Felix Mendelssohn’s string quartet repertoire, in arrangements replacing the cello with double bass
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NewsNew string appointments at Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Four string players have been appointed to the orchestra, including two bassists, one violinist and one cellist
