All News articles – Page 204
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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
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NewsViolinist avoids jail after causing car crash at twice the drug drive limit
Victoria Yellop already on suspended sentence for involvement in staged burglary in 2015
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NewsRunning viola shatters marathon record
Alistair Rutherford sets new Guinness World Record for fastest marathon dressed as a musical instrument – breaking previous one by nearly an hour
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VideoStudent in foam viola costume aims for marathon record
Alistair Rutherford, a.k.a. The Running Viola, is attempting Guinness World Record marathon run
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NewsDaniel Hope awarded Germany's Federal Cross of Merit
The now Berlin-based violinist was presented with the Verdienstkreuz am Bande on the evening of the premiere of a documentary about him
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NewsArchitects appointed for new London concert hall
Diller Scofidio + Renfro, firm responsible for New York High Line as well as a number of high-profile performing arts venues, chosen for City of London Centre for Music
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NewsUK ivory ban proposals include musical instrument exemption
British goverment has launched 12-week consultation on ivory ban proposals with suggested exemptions for musical instruments among other categories
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NewsTarisio launches peer-to-peer bridge financing programme
Web-based auction house Bridge Financing initiative aims to match artistically minded investors with musicians in need of loans to purchase instruments
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NewsCellist latest to fall victim to incomprehensible airline treatment
KLM proves unable to re-book seat for cello after flight cancellation, claims cellist Jacob Shaw, leaving him to pick up €650 bill
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NewsEuropean instrument and bow makers in 3/4-size benevolence
39 instruments and 41 bows now loaned to children aged 8 to 13 through second Con-takt Junior competition organised by Klanggestalten group
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NewsScottish quartet wins jury and audience prizes in Trondheim
The ninth Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition, running alongside the Chamber Music Festival in Trondheim, Norway, was won by the Scotland-based Maxwell Quartet
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NewsAmerican Airlines offers ticket refund – but no more – for gig missed due to hand-luggage confusion
Violinist claims he was stopped from boarding with instrument despite the company’s policy and the advice of its own check-in staff
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NewsQuartet of Stradivarius instruments once owned by Paganini back in action
Quartetto di Cremona takes on full set of Strads previously played by the Hagen and Tokyo Quartets
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NewsViolin, viola and several bows stolen from Parisian flat
Giuseppe Rocca violin insured for €500,000 stolen from Julien Chauvin, violinist director of period instrument group Le Concert de la Loge
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NewsLinus Roth appointed artistic director of Leopold Mozart Competition
German violinist taking on Augsburg violin competition in time for tenth edition and 300th anniversary of Leopold Mozart’s birth
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NewsMenuhin Competition announces programme for 2018 event in Geneva
Taking place from 12 to 22 April 2018 the competition features 44 international entries as well as a festival of concerts and masterclasses
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NewsRustem Khamidullin wins second Benyamin Sönmez Cello Competition
Russian wins competition in Fethiye, Turkey, named in honour of brilliant Turkish cellist who died aged 28 in 2011
