All News articles – Page 196
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NewsTexas cello pedagogue Phyllis Young has died at 92
Cellist was on the Butler School of Music faculty for over 50 years and director of the UT String Project for 35 years
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News‘A huge waste of time and money’ for violinist travelling with Stradivarius turned away by British Airways over supposed rule change
BA Heathrow check-in staff said that violins are no longer accepted as cabin luggage under any circumstances, claims Tamsin Waley-Cohen
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NewsViola da spalla pioneer Lambert Smit has died
Dutch violist’s research on Bach’s use of the five-string shoulder held instrument in the Cello Suites and Cantatas played crucial role in its revival
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NewsCleveland Orchestra receives $15m gift in 100th season
Richard and Emily Smucker have pledged the amount, with $3m as challenge grants to encourage further fundraising efforts
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NewsMenuhin Competition receives record number of applications
Event taking place in Geneva in April 2018 receives 317 applications across junior and senior categories
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NewsSingapore International Violin Competition announces 2018 participants
Event returns for second edition with $100,000 total prize fund, of which half goes to the winner
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NewsPamela Frank joins USC Thornton with collaborator physical therapist Howard Nelson
One-year visiting appointment will see Avery Fisher Prize winning violinist working with graduate students in tandem with movement related injury specialist
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NewsDouble bassist Duncan McTier's ban from teaching children upheld
Renowned soloist and teacher pleaded guilty in 2014 to indecent assaults but had sought to overturn teaching restriction
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NewsBernard Millant collection goes under the hammer
Vichy Enchères to auction 127 lots belonging to leading French bow maker who died earlier this year
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NewsVirtual musical instrument museum launches with 20,000 items from British collections
Launching today, the MINIM-UK website features photos, audio and video from 20,000 items spanning 5,000 years
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NewsChristian Tetzlaff awarded Jeunesses Musicales Deutschland’s Würth Prize
€15,000 recognition for violinist’s commitment to opening up access to classical music
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NewsAndré Rieu fights €116,000 fine after falling foul of Dutch child employment laws
Minors involved in series of concerts in Rieu’s hometown of Maastricht in 2015 worked beyond allowable hours according to authorities
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NewsYo-Yo Ma steps down from Silkroad Ensemble
Cellist passes directorship of artistic melting pot to trio of current musicians
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NewsLondon Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Gordan Nikolitch steps down after 19 years
Serbian violinist has accepted teaching post in Germany and maintains artistic directorship of Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
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NewsViolinist Maria Milstein wins Dutch Music Prize
Recognition from Dutch Ministry of Culture’s Performing Arts Fund follows a period of mentorship and study
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NewsSharon Roffman appointed Royal Scottish National Orchestra leader
US violinist will share role at RSNO with current incumbent Maya Iwabuchi
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NewsArgus Quartet and violinist Yoojin Jang win Concert Artists Guild competition
New York recital and CAG management contract are part of package of benefits for winners
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NewsSwiss cellist Daniel Pezzotti dies aged 55
Versatile musician with presence in the worlds of classical, jazz and beyond, dies after illness
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NewsAugustin Hadelich named as Musical America’s Instrumentalist of the Year
Violinist praised for broad repertoire and particularly for recent performances of the Dvořák concerto
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NewsThe Strad November 2017 issue is out now
Celebrating the centenary of Jascha Heifetz’s historic US debut at Carnegie Hall
