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NewsLaureates announced at Lutosławski Cello Competition
Haruma SatoPhoto: Darek Golik Japanese cellist Haruma Sato has won the eleventh Witold Lutosławski International Cello Competition in Warsaw. In the final, Sato performed Lutosławski’s Cello Concerto along with Haydn’s Cello Concerto in C major. He wins a cash prize of €15,000. Second, third and fourth place ...
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NewsLutosławski Cello Competition heads into finals
Now in its eleventh edition, the young cellists’ showcase in Poland will announce its winner this evening
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NewsSergei Dogadin wins Singapore International Violin Competition
The 29-year-old Russian violinist wins $50,000 top prize, performance opportunities and the loan of a fine instrument
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NewsVictory for cellists as SAS blames misunderstanding for booking surcharge
Scandinavian Airlines had begun to impose $60 telephone booking charge on top of extra seat price, despite not offering an online booking option for cellos
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NewsThree finalists announced at Singapore Violin Competition
The grand final will take place on 8 February with each finalist performing a concerto with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra
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FocusVenezuelan violinist Rubén Rengel wins $50,000 Sphinx Competition
The Detroit-based competition, which includes senior and junior divisions, is open to Black and Latino US string players
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NewsQ&A with Anastasia Kobekina, winner of the Prix Thierry Scherz
The 23-year-old Russian cellist has just won the Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad’s invitation-only competition, the prize of which includes a recording with orchestra. She talks to Charlotte Gardner
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NewsCellist Caroline Brown, founder of the Hanover Band, dies aged 64
Period instrument pioneer had been battling rare cancer since 2012
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NewsSAS now charging $60 cello booking fee on top of extra seat price, complains cellist
Scandinavian Airlines changes rules to impose telephone booking charge, despite not offering an online booking option for cellos
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NewsSheku Kanneh-Mason's debut album enters UK Top 20
BBC Young Musician of the Year winning cellist tops the UK classical album chart and enters the main chart at no.18
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NewsViolist suing Royal Opera House over hearing damage he blames on brass section as loud as a jet engine
Chris Goldscheider claims he suffered ‘acoustic shock’ during Wagner Ring cycle rehearsals in 2012. The case is now at London’s high court with a verdict expected early next week
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NewsDavid Garrett cancels another month of concerts after suffering slipped disc
Ray Chen has stepped in for two London Philharmonic Orchestra concerts, while another three have been cancelled outright
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NewsSingapore International Violin Competition enters semi-final stage
Event returns for second edition with $100,000 total prize fund, of which $50,000 goes to the winner
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NewsNew photos: luthier Shlomo Moyal begins work on viol destroyed on Alitalia flight
Viola da gamba belonging to Myrna Herzog starts ‘long interesting journey’ to restoration at Jerusalem workshop
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NewsDavid Garrett cancels five upcoming concerts due to slipped disc
Violinist pulls out of concerts in Parma, Graz, Lucerne, Kiev and Sofia to allow time for rest
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NewsPatricia Kopatchinskaja and Jennifer Higdon pick up 2018 Grammys
Higdon’s Viola Concerto earns her two trophies at 60th Grammy Awards with Kopatchinskaja’s the only one for a classical string player
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VideoBerlin-based Vision String Quartet picks up €60,000 award
Biennial Jürgen Ponto Foundation award also includes concerts at its four partner festivals
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NewsNew play dramatises Jascha Heifetz's part in the creation of Israel
A Walk With Mr Heifetz, written by arts journalist and former Gramophone editor James Inverne, opens at New York’s Cherry Lane Theatre on 31 January
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NewsFacebook engineer who died aged 33 creates fellowship to lend his Vuillaume violin to worthy talents
Eric Sun’s prized instrument will be made available via the Tarisio Trust Sun-Law Vuillaume Fellowship in two-year periods to talented musicians with a community-building proposal
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NewsPlans unveiled for Tokyo Stradivarius Festival
Blockbuster exhibition, supported by The Strad, will feature over 20 instruments
