All News articles – Page 167
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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
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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
