All News articles – Page 188
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NewsUK ivory ban: Musical instrument exemption confirmed
Strict sale prohibition set to be made law will apply to all ivory objects, new and old, bar a handful of specific exceptions
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NewsPhilip De Groote, founding cellist of Chilingirian Quartet, dies at 68
South African cellist started group with Levon Chilingirian in 1971 and retired over 40 years later in 2013
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NewsViola player wins momentous case against Royal Opera House
First of a kind High Court judgement finds in favour of Chris Goldscheider, who claimed he suffered acoustic shock during Wagner Ring cycle rehearsals
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NewsStaatskapelle Berlin concertmaster Axel Wilczok has died aged 66
Axel Wilczok, who served as concertmaster of the Staatskapelle Berlin for more than 30 years, has died aged 66. A close associate of Daniel Barenboim since 1990, Wilczok was one of the first tutors at the Barenboim–Said Akademie and an important mentor at the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra. ...
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NewsJury named for 2018 Schoenfeld Competition
Jean-Jacques Kantorow and David Geringas to chair the violin and cello divisions respectively
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NewsDonghyun Kim wins Seoul International Music Competition
South Korean 18-year-old picks up $50,000 first prize and package of performance opportunities
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NewsNew York Metropolitan Museum of Art reopens its musical instrument galleries
André Mertens Galleries have been refurbished and reordered during two-year closure
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NewsSeoul International Music Competition violin finalists announced
South Korean candidates dominate in competition with $50,000 first prize
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NewsViolinist, double bassist and quartet awarded Avery Fisher grants
Xavier Foley, Francisco Fullana and the Calidore String Quartet take three of the four 2018 Avery Fisher Career Grants worth $25,000
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NewsThe Strad April 2018 issue is out now
In a German-themed issue, we look at the instrument making traditions of Füssen and talk to violinist Carolin Widmann
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NewsUpdated: More cancellations from David Garrett as herniated disc keeps him out of action
Violinist withdraws from concerts until the end of April, bringing the total cancellations to 25 since January
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NewsDaniel Hope signs up as artistic director of conductorless New Century Chamber Orchestra
German-based violinist commits to five-year term with San Francisco ensemble after trial period as artistic partner
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NewsLuthiers sans Frontieres back on the road with Philippines project
UK chapter of charity based at Newark School of Violin Making makes its twelfth overall mission and first visit to Bataan over Easter
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NewsPromising young bass player is victim of package bomb in Austin
Spate of terrorist bombings in Texan state capital, thought to be racially motivated, claims life of 17-year-old musician Draylen Mason
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NewsCastalian String Quartet wins inaugural Merito String Quartet Award worth €45,000
Professional development award headed by Alban Berg Quartet cellist Valentin Erben, is based on secret observation of elligible quartets
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VideoRoyal Academy of Music reveals new opera theatre and facilities
The building project, which began in 2015 with the closure of the Sir Jack Lyons theatre, was funded largely through a £30m fundraising campaign
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NewsManhattan lawsuit over violin run over in parking garage
Degani violin claimed to be worth $85,000 destroyed when garage employee drove over it
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NewsEinstein violin smashes estimate to sell for over half a million dollars
Instrument gifted to scientist in 1933 makes $516,500 at Bonhams in New York
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NewsPetition to save Indiana University's violin making and restoration programme
Responding to the retirement of the current director with no apparent replacement, students and alumni are concerned the Jacobs School of Music intends to quietly shut down the Violin Shop
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NewsViolin belonging to Einstein comes to auction in New York
Instrument gifted to scientist in 1933 is estimated to sell for between $100,000 and $150,000
