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NewsFinalists named at Spohr Competition for Young Violinists
The event’s 9th edition reaches the final stages across three age categories in Weimar, Germany
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ArticleCompetitions and Award Winners: December
Elias David Moncado Elias David Moncado has won the €20,000 top prize at the International Karol Lipiński Violin Competition in Toruń, Poland. Moncado, 18, of German–Spanish and Malaysian descent, is a student of Pierre Amoyal at the Mozarteum Salzburg. Second prize went to Robert Łaguniak, 22, from ...
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NewsSheku Kanneh-Mason returns with new Elgar album
Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason is to release his new album, Elgar, in January 2020
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NewsViolinist Hansheinz Schneeberger, 1926-2019
The Swiss musician, who has died aged 93, premiered concertos by Bartók and Frank Martin
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NewsTecchler violin missing after being left on train in London
The 1709 instrument, worth a reported £250,000, was lost on Tuesday evening
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NewsDocumentary today celebrates Elgar’s Cello Concerto centenary
Elgar’s Cello Concerto, which was premiered 100 years ago today, is the subject of a two-hour programme on Classic FM
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NewsBaryshnikov Arts Center presents Beginner’s Ear
This listening experience aims to open the ear to both silence and sound
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NewsCMS introduces The Phenomenal 50 Podcast
Free podcasts, each with a spoken introduction by David Finckel and Wu Han, bring us fine performances from the last 50 years
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NewsDouble virtuoso appointed as USC Thornton School of Music professor
The violinist and violist Yura Lee will join the faculty as Associate Professor of Practice for viola
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NewsBows worth $55,000 stolen from car in Midtown Manhattan
Lamy and Voirin cello bows were on trial from Salchow & Sons
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NewsObituary: Vagram Saradjian, cellist, 1948-2019
Student of Mstislav Rostropovich at the Moscow Conservatory who went on to performing and teaching career in the US
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NewsObituary: Michael Flaksman, cellist, 1947-2019
Student of Paul Tortelier and Antonio Janigro was head of strings at the Musikhochschule in Mannheim
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NewsShanghai Quartet appointed to faculty of Tianjin Juilliard School
The members of the ensemble will coach and perform with students as part of their new role
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NewsConductor ploughs on despite clothing mishap
Muhai Tang continued conducting after his trousers fell down mid-concert
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NewsIs this a true portrait of Stradivarius?
Recently discovered painting appears to be copy of portrait made in the luthier’s lifetime
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NewsSimply Quartet crowned winners at Nielsen Competition
Ensemble based in Austria but with roots in Shanghai scoops top prize in Copenhagen
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NewsQuartet finalists at the Nielsen Chamber Music Competition
Event in Copenhagen ends this evening with three ensembles vying for €15,000 first prize and list of engagements
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NewsCello stolen on Paris-Le Mans train
The instrument, built by Parisian luthier Charles Coquet in 2012, was taken yesterday afternoon
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NewsSemi-finalists named at Nielsen Chamber Music Competition
Event in Copenhagen puts five quartets through to second round taking place on Friday
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NewsThe Strad November 2019 issue is out now
American violinist Sarah Chang on her 30-year career and taking on more chamber and contemporary projects
