All News articles – Page 179
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NewsNew Under 35s ticket scheme announced at Wigmore Hall
Under the new scheme, 25,000 £5 tickets will be available every season
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NewsStudy of Bach recordings reveals that classical music is speeding up
Evidence gathered from Bach recordings finds that some performances are up to 30% quicker than a half century ago
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NewsTimothy Chooi wins 2018 Joseph Joachim Violin Competition
The 24-year-old performed Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in the final round
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NewsPaulo Cello Competition names winner
US cellist Brannon Cho takes first place in Helsinki final with performance of Prokofiev’s Sinfonia Concertante
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NewsCleveland concertmaster fired following sexual misconduct investigation
Report into behaviour of William Preucil, as well as principal trombonist Massimo La Rosa, sees both their positions terminated
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NewsJohn Williams pulls out of London concert due to illness
The ‘Jaws’ and ‘Star Wars’ composer was due to conduct his own music with the London Symphony Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall tomorrow
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NewsSaskatoon Symphony Orchestra is moving offices after attack
The orchestra plans to complete the move by 1 December
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NewsRoyal Opera House will take landmark hearing damage case before court of appeal
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. But the London venue has now been granted permission to appeal
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NewsFinalists announced at Joseph Joachim Violin Competition
Six violinists will appear in the two final rounds, in which they will lead a string quintet and perform a concerto with orchestra
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NewsConcertgebouw launches European youth orchestra project
The Amsterdam based orchestra is inviting nominations and applications for RCO Young, which starts in the summer of 2019
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NewsPaulo Cello Competition enters second round
Quinquennial event taking place across three Finnish cities promotes nine young cellists for semi-finals
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NewsJoseph Joachim competition announces 12 semi-finalists
A number of familiar competition circuit names make it through to Hannover based event’s next phase, and chance of €50,000 first prize
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BlogsPostcard from Harbin, China: the Schoenfeld Competition
Competition jury member Karine Georgian notes Harbin’s long musical tradition and hails a competition with a healthy process – as well as worthy winners
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NewsTop orchestra double bass sections are still 95% male, with cellos at 70%
The violin is one of only three orchestral instruments with more women musicians overall, analysis by news website Quartz.com has revealed
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NewsThe Strad November 2018 issue is out now
Forty years after the death of pioneering pedagogue Paul Rolland, we speak to former colleagues and students to assess his string teaching legacy
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NewsSwedish concertmaster becomes artistic director of Finnish orchestra
Malin Broman will take over from conductor Sakari Oramo at the Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra
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NewsCello which shielded its owner from bullets in Baghdad is restored
Former Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra cellist Tariq Abdul Razzac is now based in Calgary, Canada
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NewsWinners announced at the 2018 Boulder International Chamber Competition
Violinist and violist tie for second place
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VideoITV News report on concert featuring WWI violin
A violin which belonged to a soldier who died in the trenches of the Somme was featured in the premiere of The Great War Symphony by Patrick Hawes. Written to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War One, the symphony received its first performance at London’s Royal ...
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NewsLong missing ‘Ames, Totenberg’ Stradivarius now on long-term loan to Nathan Meltzer
Young US violinist chosen as beneficiary of newly founded New York based instrument loan organisation Rare Violins In Consortium
