All News articles – Page 200
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NewsJuilliard String Quartet gets new first violin
Areta Zhulla will take over leader’s chair from Joseph Lin in September 2018
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NewsAnna Karkowska, who ruffled the violin world with hyper-Romantic style, dies at 36
Breast cancer claims Polish violinist in her adopted home of New York
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NewsThe Strad March 2018 issue is out now
Viola player Lawrence Power talks about playing different instruments, good string teaching and why it’s important to challenge conventional wisdom
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NewsString players dominate Borletti-Buitoni Trust awards
Fifteen young artists have been announced as winners of the 2018 Borletti-Buitoni Trust (BBT) Awards and Fellowships. For the first time in the British trust’s 16-year history, 13 of the awardees are string players.
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NewsJazz virtuoso Didier Lockwood dies aged 62
French violinist at forefront of jazz, prog rock and fusion suffered heart attack following concert on Saturday evening
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NewsOphélie Gaillard reunited with stolen Goffriller cello
Thieves make anonymous call and return instrument after seeing social media posts and realising its true value
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NewsFrancesco Goffriller cello stolen at knifepoint in France
Ophélie Gaillard was robbed of the on-loan cello, her own Persoit bow – and her mobile phone
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NewsThis is why string players don't want their instruments in the hold
These photos of damage to a guitar reportedly sustained during an American Airlines flight is strong reminder of why players of valuable instruments refuse to let them out of their sight. It is worth noting that an average conservatoire level violin will likely cost as much or more than even ...
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NewsAeroflot relents on hand-luggage rules following musicians' outcry
Russian musicians took to social media and petitions to alert airline to consequences of announcement last week
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NewsAeroflot tightens hand-luggage rules – violinists running into problems
Russian musicians have taken to social media and petitions to alert airline to consequences of announcement
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NewsDouble bass broken during flight – Virgin Airlines accepts responsibility
Australian bassist Liz Frencham arrived at Melbourne airport to find the scroll snapped off the neck of her Neville Whitehead travel bass
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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
