All News articles – Page 171
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NewsKuss Quartet to play Paganini's Strads
Short-term loan of quartet of instruments once owned by Paganini will include a complete Beethoven cycle in Tokyo
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NewsHouston finally hires a concertmaster - at Detroit's expense
Yoonshing Song has taken over the chair left vacant since Frank Huang moved to the New York Phil three years ago
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NewsNashville Symphony promotes cellist to Principal position
Kevin Bate has already served as the ensemble’s Assistant Principal and Acting Principal
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NewsStudent in Singapore molested by teacher during cello lessons
The accused was tried on four counts of molestation taking place in 2016
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NewsChicago Symphony Orchestra musicians continue strike
Concerts have been cancelled through the end of April and early May as negotiations hit impasse
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NewsRoyal Opera House loses appeal against viola player with hearing damage
Violist Chris Goldscheider won a momentous case against the Royal Opera House in March 2018 after blaming his hearing issues on unacceptable noise levels during rehearsals
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NewsAndré Rieu pledges 700 tons of steel towards Notre Dame restoration
The Dutch violinist has offered the scaffolding from his life-size Schönbrunn Palace set – which nearly bankrupted him a decade ago
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NewsStrings at the BBC Proms: our pick of the 2019 programme
What does the biggest classical music festival in the world offer in terms of string concertos and other highlights for Strad readers?
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NewsPaul Vincent Laraia wins Lionel Tertis Viola Competition
The American violist receives £7000, a new bow and a London recital at Wigmore Hall
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NewsYang Xi, concertmaster of the Raleigh Symphony Orchestra, has died
The violinist, who had a varied career as a concertmaster, soloist and musical educator, has died of colon cancer
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NewsYo-Yo Ma plays cello at US-Mexico border
The Chinese-American cellist played Bach’s Cello Suite No 1, making a point about global unity
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NewsMeet the candidates: Sendai International Music Competition
The Japanese competition offers $27,000 first prize plus a package of concerts and other benefits
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NewsQueen Elisabeth Competition announces starry jury panel
Midori, Vadim Repin, Jaime Laredo and Arabella Steinbacher among jurors for €25,000 top prize event in Brussels
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NewsViolinist Gabriela Peña-Kim selected for LA Phil Resident Fellows Programme
She joins the scheme that prepares musicians from historically underrepresented populations for positions in major orchestras
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News700 smiling Beethovens to festoon Bonn for 2020 anniversary
The statues, designed by Ottmar Hörl, will be installed in the composer’s birth city this spring
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NewsTexas orchestra violinist dies onstage after medical crisis
Yu Zhao Gu was sitting beside his wife when he fell from his seat mid-performance – fundraiser launched to help with medical bills and funeral costs
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NewsBarbican Quartet wins International Joseph Joachim Chamber Music Competition
The British ensemble receives €10,000 and a special prize for the best interpretation of a work composed before 1830
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NewsCellist whose playing saved her life in Auschwitz awarded German National Prize
Anita Lasker-Wallfisch has been awarded the prize for her decades of campaigning against anti-semitism
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NewsComposer and double bass player Tony Osborne has died
Particularly known for this bass ensemble works and learner-friendly solo pieces, Osborne was 71 years old
