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Premium ❘ NewsCompetitions, Awards and Appointments: March 2020
This month’s competition results, appointments and forthcoming contests
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NewsOn Valentine’s Day, trumpeter proposes on-stage to a violinist
Trumpeter proposes to girlfriend violinist during a Philadelphia Orchestra live concert
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NewsObituary: Soroku Murata (1927–2020)
The veteran violin maker and teacher was head of the Tokyo Violin Making School and a respected jury member at international making competitions
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NewsSchoenfeld International String Competition launches 5th edition in Harbin
Competition will also host the World Federation of International Music Competitions general assembly in 2023
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NewsEndellion String Quartet set to retire
After forty-one years, the group is set to retire at the end of this year’s Leeds residency
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NewsThe Juilliard School names violist Adam Meyer as incoming provost
Meyer is a Juilliard alum and the School’s current deputy dean and director of the music division
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NewsGrand Teton Music Festival announces Simon Woods as interim executive director
News follows the resignation of president and CEO Andrew Palmer Todd in December
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FocusHilary Hahn marks 30 years since her debut solo recital aged ten
‘I built up to it for months, and I’ll never forget it,’ says the American violinist
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NewsImportant Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ violin returns to the stage after 30 years
The c.1744 ‘Leduc, Szeryng’ is to be loaned exclusively to the German-American violinist Augustin Hadelich
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NewsTamsin Waley-Cohen appointed Artistic Director of Two Moors Festival
The violinist has been appointed Artistic Director for the festival’s 20th anniversary season
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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
