All News articles – Page 169
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NewsTasmin Little appointed co-president of The Yehudi Menuhin School
British violinist takes up new role after retiring from concert performance
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NewsLigeti Quartet release Solstice Songs to help Britain’s homeless
Proceeds from the new CD will go to the homeless charity Crisis
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NewsElmar Oliveira International Violin Competition 2020 announces Quarter Finalists
Twenty violinists will take place in the Quarter Final round in January 2020
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NewsNew film tells the story of the bowmaker’s art
The Bowmakers journeys from the workshops of Port Townsend to the Brazilian Amazon rainforest
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NewsGavin Bryars raises the Titanic after 50 years
The double bassist and composer marks half a century since writing The Sinking of the Titanic with a performance at Kings Place
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NewsAndré Rieu donates 425,000-euros to music education fund
The new initiative will provide music lessons to 1,000 children in the Netherlands
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NewsViola da gamba bought on eBay is smashed in transit
Violist Phillip Serna has posted images of the wrecked instrument on Twitter
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NewsPrizes awarded at International Anton Rubinstein Chamber Music Competition
Poland’s Gidaszewska/Łaguniak Duo are awarded first prize
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NewsIntermusica signs cellist and Tchaikovsky Competition winner Zlatomir Fung
Zlatomir Fung, the youngest musician ever to win First Prize in the competition’s cello division, has been signed in Europe, Asia and Australasia
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NewsZakhar Bron students take top prizes at 2019 Novosibirsk International Violin Competition
Sara Dragan has been awarded 1st prize in the Senior Category at the 2019 Novosibirsk International Violin Competition
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NewsBowmaker Paul Martin Siefried has died
The eminent American bowmaker, master copyist and restorer has died, aged 69
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NewsConductor Mariss Jansons dies aged 76
Royal Concertgebouw first violinist Christian van Eggelen pays tribute
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NewsMozart portrait sold for record price
The oil-on-canvas portrait was sold for €4 million, well beyond the auction house’s presale estimate
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NewsString players honoured at 2019 RPS awards
Alina Ibragimova and the Castalian String Quartet were among the winners
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NewsSheku Kanneh-Mason and Castalian Quartet shortlisted at RPS Awards
Violinist Alina Ibragimova and cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras also nominated for awards
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NewsMenuhin Competition receives record number of applications
The competition has drawn entries from countries including Albania, Egypt, Macedonia, Thailand and the UAE
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NewsKronos Quartet receives Ouevreprijs
The American Quartet has been honoured with an Edison award for career achievement
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NewsRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic cellist appeals for return of stolen cello
Cellist Gethyn Jones’s Colin Irving 1977 instrument was taken from his car
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NewsMidori awarded 10,000-euro Brahms Prize 2020
Brahms Society recognises ‘one of the most impressive personalities in the music world’
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NewsNew musical toy combines modern technology with aspects of violin-making
Klang2 is a gaming device consisting of smartphone technology and wooden blocks chiselled in a violin-makers’ workshop
