All News articles – Page 184
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NewsThe International Grumiaux Violin Competition has announced its winners
The youngest winner is seven-year-old Himari Yoshimura from Japan
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NewsStradivari's forests: ongoing effort to salvage tonewood trees felled by storms
A factory in the Fiemme valley is asking luthiers and the public to buy IOUs so it can quadruple its processing capacity before the wood deteriorates
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NewsFirst finalists at Grumiaux competition for young violinists
The Brussels based competition has announced the finalists in its under-10 and under-21 categories
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NewsFormer Fine Arts Quartet violist Jerry Horner has died
The violist was a member of the US quartet for 20 years from 1980 and held principal positions in a number of orchestras
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NewsSavannah Music Festival announces Daniel Hope's final season as Associate Artistic Director
The violinist’s successor is the violist and conductor Philip Dukes
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NewsJoshua Bell awarded Glashütte Original Music Festival Prize 2019
Joshua Bell This year’s Glashütte Original Music Festival Prize, which has been presented annually since 1993 by Saxon luxury watchmaking company, Glashütte Original, will be awarded to Joshua Bell, in recognition of his significant commitment to the development of young artists. The American violinist receives €25,000. ‘I’ve ...
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NewsConcertmaster Emeritus retires from Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Timothy Lees has been on leave since December 2017 owing to a nerve injury
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NewsAnne-Sophie Mutter statement on André Previn's death
‘I am forever grateful for all of his musical treasures’ Mutter says of committed musical collaborator and one-time husband, who has died aged 89
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NewsPiatigorsky International Cello Festival reveals 2020 plans
The ten-day, 42-event festival will take place from 13 to 22 March in Los Angeles
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NewsThe Strad March 2019 issue is out now
Following high-profile performances and competitive success, Sheku Kanneh-Mason is becoming an important role model
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NewsGerman Musical Instrument Fund hands out 54 instruments in 2019 auditions
The fund has chosen 23 new recipients and renewed 31 loans for promising young musicians
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NewsOklahoma fiddle shop destroyed in fire
Shop belonging to fiddle player Byron Berline in Guthrie burns to the ground with loss of hundreds of instruments
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NewsBoston Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster Malcolm Lowe to take extended leave
The violinist is taking leave while he recovers from the effects of a concussion that he suffered last March
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NewsJACK appointed new Quartet in Residence at Mannes School of Music
The contemporary music ensemble begins ts tenure at the school this autumn, taking over from the Orion String Quartet
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NewsDiana Tishchenko to join roster of Solea Management
The Ukrainian violinist joins a roster that includes Jean-Guihen Queyras and Beatrice Rana
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NewsJohn Adams awarded €150,000 Erasmus Prize
The American composer is praised for making ‘contemporary classical music communicate again’
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NewsLeopold Mozart Competition announces candidates for 10th edition
Twenty-nine young violinists will compete for a €20,000 first prize and a number of engagements
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FocusPostcard from Shanghai: Viva la Viola festival
Shanghai Conservatory of Music’s biennial Viva la Viola festival returned for its sixth instalment in November, turning the spotlight on one of the most underrated instruments in China, writes Nancy Pellegrini
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News2Cellos cancel Valentine's Day concert due to bad weather
The Croatian duo, currently filling stadiums on a US tour, are unable to reach Denver, Colorado due to weather related road closures
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NewsAnne-Sophie Mutter awarded Polar Music Prize
The German violinist is one of three laureates for 2019, along with hip hop DJ Grandmaster Flash and the Playing For Change Foundation
