All News articles – Page 191
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NewsNancy Zhou wins $50,000 first prize at International Music Competition Harbin
American violinist, 25, adds the Chinese accolade to a number of recent competition successes
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NewsThe Strad February 2018 issue is out now
A French focus led by the Arod Quartet discussing how making a successful career as a foursome takes more than first-rate playing
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NewsInternational Music Competition Harbin in China enters final round
Four young violinists from China, South Korea, Russia and the US compete for $50,000 first place in first edition of Chinese competition
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NewsVanessa-Mae's Olympic skiing career likely over following shoulder injury
The violinist was chasing qualification to compete for Thailand at the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea
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NewsYouTube violinist Charles Yang wins Leonard Bernstein Award 2018
Versatile American violinist awarded the €10,000 prize and concert opportunity at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival
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NewsShirley Givens, violinist and pedagogue, 1930-2018
Concert violinist and beloved pedagogue remembered for her breadth of experience and enthusiam for teaching from international masterclasses to her picture-book violin methods for absolute beginners
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NewsAlisa Weilerstein joins Trondheim Soloists as Artistic Partner
Initial two-year contract will see MacArthur ‘genius grant’ winning American cellist embark on touring and recording projects and coincides with her move to audiophile record label Pentatone
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NewsSol Gabetta and Cremona Quartet among winners of International Classical Music Awards
Jury made up of editors of classical music magazines and websites chooses its albums of the year
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FocusAnshel Brusilow, violinist and conductor, 1928-2018 – an interview
A brief but illustrious career as a concertmaster in the 1950s and 60s at the Cleveland Orchestra under George Szell and the Philadelphia Orchestra under Eugene Ormandy gave way to his true calling as a conductor and later educator. In this interview from 2012 he talks to Julian Haylock about ...
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NewsMenuhin Competition 2018 announces 44 successful candidates for live rounds
Over 90% of participants began playing the violin before the age of five and average age across junior and senior categories has dropped to 15 for the first time, with the youngest aged ten and oldest 21
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NewsBaroque string specialist working for music publisher forced to leave UK after visa non renewal
An announcement from Schott Music has highlighted how changes to Visa rules have disproportionate effects on the arts world
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NewsHappy ending for musician whose violin disappeared from tour bus
Morven Bryce’s 1996 John Dilworth, thought to have fallen onto the road due to a faulty luggage compartment door, was missing for six weeks before being sold to Cash Converters for £35
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NewsObituary: viola and violin soloist Luigi Alberto Bianchi, 1945-2018
Menuhin protégé who in later years swapped fluidly between violin and viola, and whose career was punctuated by the thefts of two famous instruments
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NewsLuck holds out for violist whose instrument went missing twice in two months
RSNO member Fiona West and violinist colleague reunited with stolen instruments
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NewsDestroyed viola da gamba update: further info from owner, plus Alitalia responds
Myrna Herzog explains circumstances while airline claims investigations ongoing but that signed ‘limited release’ form effectively absolves it of responsibility
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NewsViola da gamba travelling in the hold for Alitalia flight destroyed by baggage handlers
Instrument belonging to early music specialist Myrna Herzog could be beyond effective repair
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NewsUnlucky violist has instrument stolen in Glasgow – six weeks after it was taken from a train and turned up in lost property
Violin and viola belonging to members of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra stolen from the RSNO Centre in Glasgow on 30 December – a £1000 reward per instrument has been offered for their return
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NewsRobert Mann, founding member of the Juilliard Quartet, dies aged 97
Robert Mann, photographed for the documentary Speak the Music: Robert Mann and the Mysteries of Chamber Music US violinist Robert Mann, a founding member of the Juilliard Quartet, died on New Year’s Day at the age of 97. A teacher at both Juilliard and the Manhattan School ...
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NewsBritish Airways and musicians: an explainer
Recent coverage has served to confuse matters, with suggestions that the airline had changed its policy to effectively ban small instruments as hand luggage – this was never the case
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NewsThe Strad January 2018 issue is out now
Yo-Yo Ma’s initiative to encourage young players in Guangdong, and his enthusiasm for making all kinds of connections
