All News articles – Page 17
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NewsString players triumph at 2025 Opus Klassik awards
This year’s award winners include a host of string players, who won prizes in categories including Instrumentalist of the Year, Young Talent of the Year and more
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NewsCellist receives Canada’s 2025 Virginia Parker Prize
Joanne Yesol Choi receives $30,000 in recognition for her achievements in chamber music and education
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NewsLong-lost works by Satie heard for the first time 100 years after composer’s death
A world-premiere recording of numerous uncovered works will feature violinist Nemanja Radulović alongside pianist Alexandre Tharaud
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Premium ❘ ArticleAnalysis July 2025: The effects of Leicester Square’s ban on buskers
Now that buskers have been banned in London’s Leicester Square, how does the future of street entertainment look for those who depend on it for their livelihood? By Peter Somerford
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NewsViolinist Jack Liebeck takes up teaching role at St Mary’s Music School
The London-based violinist will work closely with the school’s violin and viola pupils over the next year
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NewsPittsburgh Symphony Orchestra appoints principal viola and assistant principal bass
Violist Zhenwei Shi and bassist Michael Banks join the orchestra from posts in Atlanta and Los Angeles respectively
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NewsVerona Quartet receives 2025 Fischoff Ann Divine Educator Award
The Fischoff competition alumni receive the award in recognition for their outstanding educational outreach work for children and youth in the US
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NewsBellot Ensemble named as 2025-27 New Generation Baroque Ensemble
The early music ensemble will undergo a career development programme comprising coaching, performances and radio broadcasts over a two-year period
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NewsBoston’s Handel and Haydn Society announces fellows for 2025-27 seasons
Violinist Eliana Estrada and cellist Sarah Ghandour join H+H in a two-year fellowship aimed to foster development in early-career musicians of underrepresented ethnicities
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NewsDavid Finckel and Wu Han to step down from Music@Menlo leadership roles
The founding artistic directors will conclude tenure after 25 years of leadership, following the summer 2026 season
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NewsMetropolitan police release CCTV images of suspected £150k violin thief
David López Ibáñez’s 1740 Carcassi violin and bows were stolen from a pub in Canonbury, London on the evening of Tuesday 18 February 2025
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NewsResults announced for the 2025 Antonio Mormone International Prize
Dutch violinist Hawijch Elders receives €30,000, artistic management and an album recording opportunity
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NewsIsraeli violist Gad Levertov has died
The musician and pedagogue, who taught at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music, was 86 years old
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NewsEstonian cellist Teet Järvi has died
The cellist, who was part of the extensive Järvi musical dynasty, died aged 67
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NewsThe youngest-ever Tibor Varga winner signs with Harrison Parrott
Seohyun Kim, who won the Tibor Varga International Competition at the age of 14 in 2023, joins the roster for worldwide general management
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NewsBarrier-breaking double bassist Charles Burrell has died, aged 104
Referred to as the ‘Jackie Robinson of Classical Music,’ Burrell was the first Black member of the Denver Symphony in 1949
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NewsFast fashion in music: Arco to hold violin recycling event in London
London-based charity Arco, which provides affordable tuition and stringed instruments to students, is seeking donations of violins and accessories on 21 June
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NewsViolinist Renaud Capuçon extends tenure with Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
The violinist will serve as artistic director through to the end of the 2028/29 season
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NewsLucile Boulanger joins Paris Conservatoire faculty
Boulanger joins the faculty as a viola da gamba teacher in the conservatoire’s ancient music department
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NewsJuly 2025: Editor’s welcome and contents
The Strad’s editor Emma Baker introduces the July 2025 issue, which features Domenico Montagnana’s 1730 ‘Farina’ cello
