All News articles – Page 186
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NewsMontreal Competition names 2019 violin candidates
Canadian competition offers top prize worth over CA$100k, combining cash, career development grant, instrument and engagements
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VideoNicola Benedetti launches video series and Benedetti Foundation
‘I have had the huge fortune in my life of being exposed to some of the world’s greatest violin and music teachers, and I want to make as much of the information available to as many people as possible’
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NewsLondon Symphony Orchestra releases plans for monumental new concert hall
The planned £288 million building includes superb spaces for rehearsal, performance and education but many still believe London cannot afford it
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NewsStradivarius instruments recorded for posterity
The resulting database will store all the possible tones that four instruments selected from the Museo del Violino’s collection can produce.
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NewsNew music stand designed to improve posture
Violinist designer says Stikato can be positioned at the perfect practice height, then easily stowed in an instrument case
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NewsRostropovich's record-breaking Guadagnini on loan to Torleif Thedéen
Norwegian musical instrument foundation bought the cello for nearly £2m from an auction of the great Russian’s collection
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NewsCellist Uzi Wiesel has died aged 92
Student of Felix Salmond, Bernard Greenhouse and Pablo Casals who had long career as soloist, chamber musician and educator
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NewsTrenitalia relents on fine for cellist after media coverage
Young musician had been issued with an €50 oversize luggage fine for a case referred to by the guard as a ‘Star Wars spaceship’
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NewsAll change at Joachim competition after founder steps down
Former winner Antje Weithaas and Oliver Wille will take on joint artist directorship of Hanover-based competition for eleventh edition in 2021
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NewsKató Havas has died aged 98
Her ‘New Approach to violin playing’ continues to be highly influential
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NewsViolinist Mari Samuelsen signs to Deutsche Grammophon
Her debut album on the label will be released in early summer 2019
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NewsBoarding gate staff again frustrate violinist playing by the rules
Violinist travelling with Flybe from Manchester, UK, claims she was told to ‘lose the attitude’ when quoting the airline’s policies
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NewsFather-Son duo come up with portable double bass
The TravelBass can be broken into separate components for transport
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NewsHayoung Choi wins Krzysztof Penderecki Cello Competition
She receives 80,000 zloty (£17,000) as well as a number of performance opportunities
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NewsArtemis Quartet welcomes two new members
Harriet Krijgh and Suyoen Kim will join the ensemble from June 2019
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NewsJohannes Goritzki obituary: cellist, conductor and committed educator
Colleague and long term friend Moray Welsh remembers a hugely influential teacher and mentor who has died aged 76
