All News articles – Page 190
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NewsConcertgebouw launches European youth orchestra project
The Amsterdam based orchestra is inviting nominations and applications for RCO Young, which starts in the summer of 2019
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NewsPaulo Cello Competition enters second round
Quinquennial event taking place across three Finnish cities promotes nine young cellists for semi-finals
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NewsJoseph Joachim competition announces 12 semi-finalists
A number of familiar competition circuit names make it through to Hannover based event’s next phase, and chance of €50,000 first prize
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BlogsPostcard from Harbin, China: the Schoenfeld Competition
Competition jury member Karine Georgian notes Harbin’s long musical tradition and hails a competition with a healthy process – as well as worthy winners
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NewsTop orchestra double bass sections are still 95% male, with cellos at 70%
The violin is one of only three orchestral instruments with more women musicians overall, analysis by news website Quartz.com has revealed
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NewsThe Strad November 2018 issue is out now
Forty years after the death of pioneering pedagogue Paul Rolland, we speak to former colleagues and students to assess his string teaching legacy
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NewsSwedish concertmaster becomes artistic director of Finnish orchestra
Malin Broman will take over from conductor Sakari Oramo at the Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra
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NewsCello which shielded its owner from bullets in Baghdad is restored
Former Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra cellist Tariq Abdul Razzac is now based in Calgary, Canada
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NewsWinners announced at the 2018 Boulder International Chamber Competition
Violinist and violist tie for second place
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VideoITV News report on concert featuring WWI violin
A violin which belonged to a soldier who died in the trenches of the Somme was featured in the premiere of The Great War Symphony by Patrick Hawes. Written to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War One, the symphony received its first performance at London’s Royal ...
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NewsLong missing ‘Ames, Totenberg’ Stradivarius now on long-term loan to Nathan Meltzer
Young US violinist chosen as beneficiary of newly founded New York based instrument loan organisation Rare Violins In Consortium
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NewsJoseph Joachim Violin Competition starts October 11
33 musicians will compete for a total monetary fund of €140,000
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NewsNew academic research shows music education at significant risk of disappearing
Several UK schools are reducing or completely removing music in the curriculum
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NewsCleveland concertmaster faces new sexual misconduct allegations
William Preucil remains under suspension during investigations
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NewsSemi-finalists announced for 2018 Boulder Duo Competition
Winners of Colorado based event receive a USD $15,000 cash prize
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NewsMarek Janowski returns to conduct Dresden Philharmonic
The 79-year-old conductor comes out of retirement to take up the position
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NewsLeila Josefowicz Receives $100,000 Avery Fisher Prize
The violinist becomes the 24th recipient of the award
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NewsSpanish luthier Ramon Pinto has died at 89
He was director of the Casa Parramon stringed instrument workshop in Barcelona for over 40 years and founded the Spanish Master Luthiers Association
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NewsVijay Gupta wins MacArthur 'genius' grant for Skid Row social work
The 31-year-old LA Phil violinist and Street Symphony founder is one of the 2018 recipients of the $625,000 no-strings-attached award
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News'Groundbreaking' STEGREIF orchester wins the €15,000 Würth Prize
The orchestra was honoured as ‘the most innovative initative on German concert podiums’
