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Premium ❘ NewsAnalysis November 2020: The devil and the deep blue sea
With a Covid-19 second wave looking increasingly likely in the UK, string teachers are faced with the choice of returning to work in schools, or continuing with online tuition. By Peter Somerford.
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NewsJennifer Pike awarded MBE
The British-Polish violinist has been awarded an MBE for services to classical music
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NewsCzechs to shut down all cultural venues as COVID cases surge
The two-week closure is one of several measures taken by the Czech government, as coronavirus cases rise to Europe’s fastest rate per capita
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NewsLondon Philharmonic Orchestra plays in National Gallery in COVID tribute to World War II concerts
Four video concerts, featuring orchestral players performing chamber music selected to match the gallery’s paintings, will be shown from 10 October
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NewsHungarian cellist Tamás Mérei has died, aged 47
The cellist played with conductors including Lorin Maazel and Christoph Eschenbach over his 20-odd year career
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News400 orchestral players take part in musical protest in UK’s Parliament Square
The musicians played 20% of ‘Mars’ from Holst’s The Planets, reflecting the fact that freelancers can only claim 20% of their income
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NewsFilm of Concerto Budapest and Kremerata Baltica wins Golden Lion at Venice TV festival
Among other works, the film featured the Hungarian premiere of Weinberg’s ‘Kaddish’ symphony
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NewsViolin stolen from Japan found in Italy 15 years later
The instrument, a 1675 Nicolò Amati, was stolen in 2005
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NewsCellist Inbal Segev launches 20 for 2020 commissioning project
The project will see the cellist commission and record new chamber works from 20 of today’s composers
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NewsJuilliard to hold virtual gala on Monday 5 October
The gala will feature hundreds of students and alumni performing from locations around the world
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NewsNew England Conservatory introduces free live streams
The live streams will include orchestral and chamber music concerts and talks
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NewsYuri Bashmet hospitalised with Covid-19
The 67-year-old musician’s condition is not thought to be serious
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NewsI Musici cellist Francesco Strano has died
The musician, 80, was also known as a tutor at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
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NewsBBC launches new project to celebrate diverse ethnic classical composers across the centuries
The composers’ work will be broadcast in a special concert in autumn/winter 2021
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NewsBBC launches Experience Classical
This digital experience, launched with the help of Sheku Kanneh-Mason, aims to provide a new way to discover classical music
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NewsBeijing Music Festival announces programme of live and online events
The programme includes operas, concerts, documentary films and commentary
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NewsMetropolitan Opera cancels its 2020-21 season
Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, the opera house has cancelled its 2020-21 season, but has announced its lineup for 2021-22
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NewsAve verum Kürbis: Enormous pumpkin grown to Mozart’s music
Japanese farmer Hiroyoshi Utsunomiya wins national contest with his classically inspired vegetable
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NewsUK concertmaster Barry Griffiths has died
Griffiths led the Royal Philharmonic, BBC Northern Symphony and English National Opera orchestras
