All News articles – Page 201
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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
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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 ...
