All News articles – Page 196
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NewsCello finalists named in Khachaturian Competition in Armenia
Event in Yerevan, Armenia, is down to last four competing for $15,000 first prize and place alongside successful former winners
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NewsHaruka Nagao wins 13th Carl Flesch Competition
Japanese violinist, co-concertmaster of the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra, wins top prize in Flesch’s home town
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NewsFour violin finalists named at Carl Flesch competition
Hungarian event reveals last four going through to Saturday final
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NewsCello first rounds at Khachaturian International Competition
Event begins in Yerevan, Armenia, with 14 young cellists competing for $15,000 first prize and place alongside successful former winners
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NewsSemi-finalists annouced at Carl Flesch competition
Pool of 49 competitors reduced to eleven for semi-final rounds in Hungarian event
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NewsIndianapolis Violin Competition announces candidates
The tenth edition of the quadrennial competition publishes list of 40 young players vying for $30,000 top prize and numerous opportunities
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NewsInjury puts David Garrett out of action for eight months
Another batch of concert cancellations and postponements stretches to the middle of September as recovery from herniated disc takes longer than expected
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NewsCarl Flesch International Violin Competition begins in Hungary
Thirteenth edition of competition kicks off with 49 young violinists in Hungarian virtuoso and teacher’s home town
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NewsRoyal wedding drives Sheku Kanneh-Mason to top of US and UK classical charts
The cellist’s debut album, released in January, enjoys boost thanks to internationally televised appearance watched by millions
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NewsScientific study identifies human voice qualities in Strads
New acoustic research reveals that Stradivari pushed up vocal type resonances into tenor and alto range – but makes no comparison to modern violins
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NewsTen Stradivarius instruments brought together for D.C. concert
Library of Congress collection joined by ‘Paganini’ quartet for special event. Philip J. Kass reports
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NewsCancer claims Hollywood concertmaster at 50
Katia Popov, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra concertmaster and prolific film session musician, was in treatment for ovarian cancer but still working
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VideoVideo: Ray Chen entertains airline passengers with Bach
The violinist plays the Gavotte from Partita no.3 aboard a flight from Amsterdam to Lisbon which had to take an unscheduled stop at Porto
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NewsThe Strad June 2018 issue is out now
Examining the world’s most expensive violin, the ‘Vieuxtemps’ Guarneri ‘Del Gesù’, plus Anne Akiko Meyers discusses playing it
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NewsUpdated: Lost Ysaÿe sonata receives first performance by Philippe Graffin
Manuscript fascimile and transcript for lost unfinished Ysaÿe sonata now available to view online
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NewsCallisto Quartet wins Fischoff Chamber Music Competition
Cleveland Institute of Music student ensemble wins $13,500 gold medal plus a number of engagements
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NewsNo cello first prize awarded at Prague Spring Competition
Václav Petr, a concertmaster cellist with the Czech Philharmonic, is awarded second prize
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NewsPianist Lauren Zhang wins BBC Young Musician 2018
American born 16-year-old Royal Birmingham Conservatoire student impressed judges with performance of Prokofiev Concerto no.2
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NewsCellist Maxim Calver through to BBC Young Musician final
Eighteen-year-old Menuhin School student will perform in televised final on Sunday alongside saxophonist and pianist
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News$1m birthday present for Academy of St Martin in the Fields
British chamber orchestra gearing up for 60th annivesary in 2019 receives major gift from US patron
