All News articles – Page 156
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NewsDouble bass cracked after United Airlines flight
Louis Levitt, a member of Sybarite5, has reported damage to his instrument following a United Airlines flight
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NewsCoronavirus latest: Hong Kong Arts Festival cancelled
The Shanghai Quartet is among the string ensembles to be affected by the announcement
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NewsCellist–composer Hildur Guðnadóttir wins Best Score Oscar
The Icelandic composer’s score for Joker featured her own cello playing
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NewsWinners named in 2020 Sphinx Competition
Gabriel Martins takes $50,000 first prize in senior division while Esme Arias-Kim wins the junior section
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NewsMusicians’ instruments confiscated at Domodedovo Airport, despite having passports
Two violinists from the Moscow Philharmonic have their instruments confiscated by Customs at Domodedovo Airport, despite both having passports
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NewsClarissa Bevilacqua wins International Mozart Competition
The 18-year-old takes home €11,000 in prize money at the Salzburg-based contest
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NewsLuthiers sans Frontieres UK heads to Malawi
Organisation plans to establish a fully-equipped workshop in the city of Blantyre
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NewsCoraline Groen, new 2nd violinist of Concertgebouw, wins Netherlands Violin Competition
The 24 year-old-violinist, who has just started as a second violinist in the Concertgebouw, has won the Netherlands Violin Competition
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NewsDwight Shambley, founder of Dallas Symphony’s Young Strings, has died
Double bassist founded education programme to address diversity imbalance in professional orchestras
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NewsJan Vogler’s contract as director of the Dresden Music Festival is extended
Jan Vogler is to remain director of the Dresden Music Festival
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NewsBoston Symphony Orchestra cancels East Asia tour over coronavirus concerns
Decision follows government agency advice and consultations with the tour’s presenters
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NewsPrizes announced at the Irene Steels-Wilsing Foundation string quartet competition
The competition is open to young European ensembles
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NewsCoronavirus threatens Boston Symphony Orchestra tour to Asia
US issues Level 3 warning advising against ‘all non-essential travel to China’
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NewsViolist Tabea Zimmermann wins 2020 Ernst von Siemens Music Prize
German musician praised for bringing the viola ‘into the consciousness of the contemporary music world’
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NewsJuilliard string faculty appoints two new double bassists
Joseph H. Conyers and Rex Surany join the faculty from this spring semester
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NewsViolin played by woman in Auschwitz given new life by Yehudi Menuhin School pupils
18-year-old Kingsley Lin and 17-year-old Ezo Dem Sarici now play the instrument, once belonging to a member of the Auschwitz Women’s Orchestra
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NewsPrize winners announced at Elmar Oliveira Violin Competition
Nineteen year old US violinist Julian Rhee clinches $30,000 first prize
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NewsNicola Benedetti wins Grammy for Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Violinist, who performed at the ceremony, described the recording project as ‘a deeply edifying experience’
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NewsMaxim Vengerov announces new music streaming partnership
Violinist marks 40 years on the concert stage by releasing three recordings on the classical music streaming app Idagio
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NewsThe Strad February 2020 issue is out now
The members of the Ébène Quartet talk about the group’s 20th anniversary, and the challenge of finding a new violist
