All News articles – Page 183
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NewsA Rostropovich Quiz
On the 92nd anniversary of the great cellist’s birth, the Strad team has put together ten questions about his life.
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NewsLuthier develops concept of the itinerant workshop
With the itinerant workshop, housed in a van or truck, Lydie Sauzet plans to go wherever the work is
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NewsNew String Quartet incorporating brain waves to be premiered by the JACK Quartet
During the performance, members of the quartet will be outfitted with sensors that detect brain activity
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News2019 Carl Nielsen competition announces semifinalists
With streaming and other television footage, this year’s competition has been turned into a festival-like experience
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NewsSemifinalists announced for Irving M. Klein String Competition
Nine semifinalists will compete for the grand prize this June
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NewsInaugural Stradfest takes place with diverse programme of events
Among the offerings was a Silent Quartet Roulette, performances from the Dover Quartet and Anne Akiko Meyers, the opportunity to try some of the world’s finest instruments, and a wide array of talks and workshops
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NewsPlay with Ray competition for Hollywood Bowl concert
Winner will Perform Bach’s Double Violin Concerto with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Ray Chen
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NewsNielsen Competition kicks off today: who are the competitors, and what are the prizes?
The young violinists taking part in this year’s Carl Nielsen International Competition in Odense, Denmark, are today arriving and registering for what could be a career changing event. The violin event takes place in parallel with a clarinet and flute competition, reflecting the three instruments Nielsen wrote ...
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FocusPekka Kuusisto on his Greenpeace collaboration
Elegy for the Forest, Pekka Kuusisto’s short film made in collaboration with Greenpeace, aims to build awareness of deforestation. He speaks to Peter Quantrill about combining art and activism
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Gallery30 cellos in a Chicago swimming pool
Katinka Kleijn and Lia Kohl perform Water on the Bridge, a devised theatre and music piece, in and around the Eckhart Park pool in Chicago. The performance represented the first full-scale iteration of a project the two cellists have been working on since 2016, incorporating ‘elements of theatre, movement, and ...
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NewsNicolò Gagliano violin stolen in Berlin
A violin by Nicolò Gagliano made in Naples in 1769 was stolen without its case in Berlin on 11 March
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NewsLe Jonc Fleuri wins 10th International Telemann Competition
The Berlin-based quartet receives €7,500 and various concert engagements
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NewsQuartetto di Cremona wins Franco Buitoni Award 2019
The Italian ensemble receives £25,000 and a specially commissioned glass sculpture
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NewsQuartet and violinist among Avery Fisher Career Grant recipients
Jack Quartet and Angelo Xiang Yu awarded grants worth $25,000 each
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NewsNew advice for musicians travelling in and out of the UK
Dover and the Eurotunnel are among the ports to be affected by CITES legislation
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NewsQueen Elisabeth Competition 2019 names its violin candidates
49 women and 22 men compete for the grand prize of 2019
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NewsChicago Symphony Orchestra musicians go on strike
The strike follows negotiations for a labour agreement that preserves their defined-benefit pension plan
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NewsCellist George Neikrug has died
The cellist, renowned for both his teaching and playing, had just turned 100.
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NewsThe Twiolins announce 4th Progressive Classical Music Award
The competition aims to expand the repertoire for violin duet
