All News articles – Page 189
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NewsViol damaged aboard United Airlines flight
Instrument in hard case was placed in the hold at the gate but emerged with a snapped neck, says early music specialist Andrew Arceci
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NewsPrimrose viola competition reveals 24 candidates for 2018 edition
Competition taking place in Los Angeles in June 2018 counts Lawrence Power, Antoine Tamestit and Jennifer Stumm among previous winners
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NewsCompetitors announced for International Paulo Cello Competition in Finland
Twenty-six competitors have been accepted for event taking place in October across three Finnish cities
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NewsGio Batta Morassi, Luthier, 1934-2018
Giovanni Battista Morassi died on 27 February at the age of 83. One of the key figures in 20th-century Cremonese lutherie, he taught several of today’s finest makers at the International Violin Making School in Cremona, and was a well-known figure for his scholarship and knowledge of ...
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NewsBritish Airways back in the spotlight as Kronos Quartet pledges to boycott airline after carry-on confusion
BA apologises for uninformed gate agent after pilot steps in to allow musicians to board with their instruments
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NewsFurther concerts cancelled by David Garrett as herniated disc keeps him out of action
Violinist has withdrawn from March dates in Monaco, Basel, Luxembourg and Dresden due to injury first announced at the end of January
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FocusObituary: Bela Katona, 1920-2018
Distinguished Hungarian violin pedagogue who moved to England in 1960 and maintained a long career at Trinity College of Music
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NewsItzhak Perlman cancels Florida concerts for 'emergency medical procedure'
The violinist withdrew from a series of concerts over the weekend and until Tuesday
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NewsTakács Quartet founding violinist Károly Schranz steps down
Tenure lasting 43 years comes to an end as Harumi Rhodes prepares to take second violin chair
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NewsJuilliard String Quartet gets new first violin
Areta Zhulla will take over leader’s chair from Joseph Lin in September 2018
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NewsAnna Karkowska, who ruffled the violin world with hyper-Romantic style, dies at 36
Breast cancer claims Polish violinist in her adopted home of New York
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NewsThe Strad March 2018 issue is out now
Viola player Lawrence Power talks about playing different instruments, good string teaching and why it’s important to challenge conventional wisdom
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NewsString players dominate Borletti-Buitoni Trust awards
Fifteen young artists have been announced as winners of the 2018 Borletti-Buitoni Trust (BBT) Awards and Fellowships. For the first time in the British trust’s 16-year history, 13 of the awardees are string players.
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NewsJazz virtuoso Didier Lockwood dies aged 62
French violinist at forefront of jazz, prog rock and fusion suffered heart attack following concert on Saturday evening
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NewsOphélie Gaillard reunited with stolen Goffriller cello
Thieves make anonymous call and return instrument after seeing social media posts and realising its true value
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NewsFrancesco Goffriller cello stolen at knifepoint in France
Ophélie Gaillard was robbed of the on-loan cello, her own Persoit bow – and her mobile phone
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NewsThis is why string players don't want their instruments in the hold
These photos of damage to a guitar reportedly sustained during an American Airlines flight is strong reminder of why players of valuable instruments refuse to let them out of their sight. It is worth noting that an average conservatoire level violin will likely cost as much or more than even ...
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NewsAeroflot relents on hand-luggage rules following musicians' outcry
Russian musicians took to social media and petitions to alert airline to consequences of announcement last week
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NewsAeroflot tightens hand-luggage rules – violinists running into problems
Russian musicians have taken to social media and petitions to alert airline to consequences of announcement
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NewsDouble bass broken during flight – Virgin Airlines accepts responsibility
Australian bassist Liz Frencham arrived at Melbourne airport to find the scroll snapped off the neck of her Neville Whitehead travel bass
