All News articles – Page 184
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NewsFinalists announced in Leipzig Bach Competition
Violin and Baroque violin finalists competing for €10,000 top prize and concert engagements
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NewsCandidates announced for 2018 Joseph Joachim competition
Triennial event in Hanover, Germany, offers €50,000 top prize plus Naxos album release, loan of Guadagnini and performance invitations
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NewsNerve injury forces Cincinnati concertmaster to step down
Timothy Lees, who has been treated for condition since 2016, will remain a member of the orchestra but relinquishes the front desk
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NewsOrchestra travels with instruments on its laps after Aeroflot refuses cases on board
Video of Russian musicians giving impromptu performance on board after being forced to check in their cases – despite airline publishing musician-friendly policy in February
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NewsTributes paid to Oliver Knussen, who has died aged 66
British composer remembered for exquisitely crafted scores, unrivalled conducting of new music, and mentoring of young composers
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NewsTrio Marvin wins grand prize at Melbourne
Formed in 2016 and based in the Berlin, the group wins at total of AUD52,500. Goldmund Quartet tops string quartet category.
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NewsMelbourne competition reveals chamber music finalists
Three quartets and three trios through to Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition finals vying for share of $110,000 prize pot
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NewsARD announces viola and piano trio participants for 2018
Launched in 1952, the competition focuses each year on different instrumental categories, selected from 21 disciplines
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NewsSemi-finalists announced at Melbourne Chamber Music Competition
Five string quartets and five piano trios advance to next round after five days of heats at the quadrennial event
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NewsString players dominate 2018 Hattori Foundation awards
Three violinists, two violists, two cellists and three string quartets pick up career development boost
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NewsCellist Sebastian Fritsch wins Tonali 2018
The 21-year-old took home the first prize and audience prize in Hamburg competition with performance of Schumann concerto
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NewsYoung quartets and trios assemble for quadrennial Melbourne competition
Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition opening heats feature eight quartets and eight piano trios each playing twice over five days
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NewsSchoenfeld International String Competition announces candidate list
Competition based in Harbin, China, reveals names of violinists, cellists and chamber groups that have been invited to live rounds
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NewsCellist and quartet among 2018 BBC New Generation Artist intake
BBC Radio 3’s classical talent platform takes on Anastasia Kobekina and the Aris Quartet
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NewsIndianapolis concertmaster Zach DePue resigns
The orchestra announced the departure of the former Time For Three violinist who became one of the youngest concertmasters when appointed in 2007
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NewsNew record set for G.B. Guadagnini at London auction
The ‘Sinzheimer’ violin pushes past $2m mark in Tarisio auction, breaking previous record for maker set in 2016
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NewsApplications open for triennial Sendai International competition
Gidon Kremer named as returning jury member in seventh edition of Japanese event taking place in June 2019
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NewsWashington International String Competition names 2018 winners
Event dispenses total of $40,000 to young string players, with three joint winners on violin, viola and cello
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NewsObituary: Dominik Połoński, 1977–2018
Polish cellist who kept playing one-armed after a brain tumour surgery incapacitated his left side, succumbs to return of disease at the age of 41
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NewsNicola Benedetti joins ESTA UK as president
Scottish violinist is expected to sit for a three- to four-year term as head of European String Teachers Association’s UK chapter
