All News articles – Page 188
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NewsCasals Foundation award given jointly for the first time
Two young cellists share €24,000 prize pot in competition held in El Vendrell, Catalonia, chaired by Marta Casals Istomin
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NewsTwo cello records set at Sotheby’s sale of Rostropovich collection
Guadagnini and Serafin reach new highs in auction of items from the private collection of the Russian cellist and his wife Galina Vishnevskaya
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NewsEminent Soviet violinist Nina Beilina has died aged 81
Student of Yampolsky and Oistrakh who emigrated to the US and maintained busy performing and teaching career
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NewsQuatuor Ébène wins Frankfurt Music Prize
The French string quartet receives €15,000 industry prize awarded during the annual Musikmesse
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NewsInternational Classical Music Awards shortlist revealed
Alpha and Deutsche Grammophon have 13 nominations each
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NewsCellist has strings confiscated at airport
Amit Peled was asked to surrender his spare set of strings due to concerns about them being used as a weapon
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NewsNew Animated Film for Scotland’s National Music School
St Mary’s Music School hopes to raise awareness of its campaign to move to the Old Royal High
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NewsNew evidence emerges that music improves brain function
A new study revealed a positive effect on memory, attention and executive function
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NewsRenaud Capuçon battles to take 1737 'Del Gesù' aboard budget flight
Following cancellation of Spanish concert due to floods, the violinist faced a protracted dispute regarding taking the multi-million-dollar instrument aboard
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NewsThe Strad December 2018 issue is out now
Vilde Frang on her unusual path to international acclaim, and the unlikely pairing of works on her new album
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NewsArditti Quartet founding member Levine Andrade has died
The violinist and violist, whose 17 years in the Arditti put him at the centre of contemporary music internationally, has died following an illness
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NewsJoint 1st Prize Awarded at Mirecourt Violin Competition
Yuliia Van and Roman Kholmatov each receive €5,000, plus a number of important performance opportunities
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NewsLaura van der Heijden has won an Edison Klassiek Award
The cellist joins a roster of previous winners of the Dutch music prize, including Pierre Boulez and Daniel Barenboim
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NewsAntoine Nédélec named director of Chicago School of Violin Making
The luthier takes over the role from the beginning of next year
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NewsPhilharmonia Orchestra concertmaster awarded Saxony-Anhalt State Prize
Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay honoured in his home state for his role as cultural ambassador after ten years leading the London orchestra
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NewsNicolas Altstaedt has won the Duisburg Music Prize
The cellist receives the prize in a ceremony later this month
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NewsWinners of Rust Prize announced
They receive €750 each and the chance to borrow a master violin made by East German luthiers
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NewsDiana Tishchenko wins Long-Thibaud-Crespin competition
The Ukrainian violinist receives €25,000, plus a number of important concert engagements
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NewsYo-Yo Ma and Renaud Capuçon mark Armistice with Ravel
The musicians performed to nearly 70 heads of state and a television audience of millions
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NewsSantiago Cañón Valencia wins János Starker Award
Colombian cellist, 23, picks up $35,000 cash prize from the Starker Foundation
