All News articles – Page 157
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NewsMenuhin Competition 2020 announces 44 successful live round candidates
The 44 violinists, chosen from a pool of 321 candidates, will compete in Richmond, Virginia from 14-24 May 2020
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NewsAspen Music Festival & School launches new six-part podcast in association with The Strad
Sarah Chang, Gil Shaham and Lynn Harrell are among the interviewees for ‘Moments Of Musical Revelation’
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NewsAnalysis: The Business of Selling
Ensuring that crowds continue to flock to classical music concerts relies on a top-notch marketing strategy – and retaining audiences is becoming an increasingly sophisticated discipline
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Premium ❘ NewsCompetitions, Awards and Appointments: February 2020
This month’s competition results, appointments and forthcoming contests
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NewsBaum Quartet wins Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition
The musicians receive €4,000 euros
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NewsInternational Classical Music Awards 2020 names winners
The international competition, which marks its 10th anniversary, has announced its list of winners, with two string players among them
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NewsSheku Kanneh-Mason makes UK Official Album Chart history
Musician is the first cellist to break into the Top 10 and the first British classical instrumentalist in 30 years
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NewsTimothy Ridout wins first Jeffrey Tate award
The British violist is the first winner of a €10,000 award, established by the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra
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NewsIndianapolis Symphony announces new concertmaster
American violinist Kevin Lin has been appointed as the Indianapolis Symphony’s new Concertmaster
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NewsJack Liebeck takes up new posts in London and Australia
British violinist is ‘Émile Sauret Professor of Violin’ at the Royal Academy of Music; and incoming artistic director of the Australian Festival of Chamber Music
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ArticleFiddle thought to be played by Robert Burns is to go on tour
A Scottish fiddle, thought to be played by the Bard, more than 250 years ago, is to go on a three-week concert tour
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NewsFrance’s Quatuor Diotima take up residency in Chicago
Group is only the second string quartet to be named University of Chicago ensemble-in-residence
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NewsFlybe amends cabin baggage rules for small instruments
British airline changes terms in response to Musicians’ Union letter
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Premium ❘ ArticlePostcard from London: a new generation
Stradfest, The Strad’s first live event for budding musicians, tackled a range of issues connected to building an interesting career – and brought together a wide variety of young and enthusiastic string players, writes Charlotte Smith
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NewsEx-Nissan boss smuggled out of Japan, hiding in a double bass case
Former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn hid in a double bass case and was smuggled out of Japan by a paramilitary group dressed as musicians hired to perform at a dinner party
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NewsBenedetti Foundation Orchestra releases debut single
Violinist Nicola Benedetti describes recording Mascagni’s Intermezzo as ‘a beautiful and hugely revelatory experience’
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NewsThe violist Yossi Gutmann has died
The Israeli violist, who studied with William Primrose and Nadio Boulanger, has died, aged 72
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NewsString players take top prizes at Gisborne Music Competition
Australian cellist Miles Mullin-Chivers wins first prize at the New Zealand contest
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NewsThe Strad January 2020 issue is out
Georgian violinist Lisa Batiashvili talks about her new role as artistic director of the Audi Summer Concerts festival, and her most personal recording to date
