All News articles – Page 182
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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
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NewsInternational Max Rostal Competition 2019 announces prize-winners
Tobias Reifland was awarded first prize in the viola category, receiving €7,000
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NewsAuryn Quartet to disband after 40 years
The quartet, which was founded in 1981, plans to disband at the end of the 2020-21 season
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NewsDocumentary based on 'Lipinski' Stradivarius robbery to be released
The film, based on the 2014 robbery, will be premiered in late April
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NewsJohan Dalene wins violin section of Nielsen Competition 2019
The violinist wins a cash award of €12,000, a CD recording with the Odense Symphony Orchestra on Orchid Records, and performance opportunities
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NewsThe Strad April 2019 issue is out now
Superstar violinist Augustin Hadelich often selects unusual concerto pairings for his recordings. His latest, combining Brahms and Ligeti, is no exception
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NewsTwo cellists and a violinist are Windsor Festival Competition finalists
Jamal Aliyev, Jonathan Swensen and Mathilde Milwidsky will perform in tomorrow’s final, held in the Waterloo Chamber of Windsor Castle
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NewsLandolfi violin at centre of legal dispute
A former Royal Academy of Music professor is alleged to owe a student thousands of pounds over part-exchange of violin
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NewsThree violin finalists announced at Nielsen Competition
Two-part final on Friday and Sunday will see all three play the Nielsen concerto plus another 19th- or 20th-century concerto of their choice
