All News articles – Page 209
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NewsNorwegian Air refuses to refund extra luggage charge for violin
Violinist Ellen Fjærvoll Samdal claims the airline refused to allow her entry on a flight to Prague because she was carrying her violin and a purse as hand baggage
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NewsViolin, viola, cello and bow makers honoured at 2016 VSA competition
Hungarian luthier Gábor Draskóczy scores double gold in violin category
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NewsNew research finds we respond intellectually to classical music and physically to pop music
The team from China set out to prove that 'pleasure from artistic music is intellectual while that from popular music is physiological'
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NewsViolinist Nigel Kennedy considers leaving 'fascist' UK for Germany
The British musician was speaking to Sky News about the result of the UK's Brexit referendum
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NewsSphinx Organization receives National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award
The initiative, which aims to 'transform lives through the power of diversity in the arts', was honoured by US First Lady Michelle Obama in the White House
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NewsMet concertmaster David Chan named Montclair Orchestra music director
Chan, who has served as concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra for 17 years, will take up his new Montclair post from the ensemble's inaugural 2017-2018 season
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NewsLong-serving Boston Symphony principal cellist Jules Eskin has died, aged 85
Eskin served as principal cellist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra for 53 years and was a founding member of the Boston Symphony Chamber Players
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NewsThe Strad December 2016 issue is out now
British violinist Tasmin Little describes how lessons with Yehudi Menuhin informed her new disc of Vivaldi's Four Seasons
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NewsViolinist Benjamin Baker and double bassist Xavier Foley named 2016 Young Concert Artists
Each musician receives three major debuts in New York and Washington D.C. next season, and will join the roster of Young Concert Artists Inc.
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NewsLondon Philharmonic Orchestra musician's Vuillaume violin goes missing from train
The instrument has now been recovered safely after it was handed in to police by a member of the public
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NewsPianist to be evicted from apartment for loud practising
American pianist Soheil Nasseri is to be evicted from his Berlin apartment in just 13 days following a noise complaint
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NewsApplications open for Cecil Aronowitz International Viola Competition
Open to applicants aged 21 or under, the contest is due to take place next year at the UK's Birmingham Conservatoire
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News17-year-old cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason signs to Decca Classics
The British cellist was the first black musician to be named BBC Young Musician in the competition's 38-year history in 2016
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NewsSchwarz-Bournaki Duo wins Boulder International Chamber Music Competition
American cellist Julian Schwarz and Canadian pianist Marika Bournaki receive $7,000 and concert engagements
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NewsViolinist Ray Chen to be guest leader of New Century Chamber Orchestra
Ray Chen is to perform as guest concertmaster of the New Century Chamber Orchestra in a series of concerts this week. The Queen Elisabeth and Menuhin Competition-winning violinist will direct the San Francisco-based ensemble and perform as soloist in Mozart's Third Violin Concerto, and works by Britten ...
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News2016 Louis Spohr Competition for Young Violinists names winners
The 8th contest was held in three age categories from 29 October to 8 November in Weimar, Germany
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NewsRobert Kowalski named Szymanowski Quartet violinist
The Polish musician's appointment follows the departure of ensemble co-founder Grzegorz Kotow
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NewsMan charged with stealing his mother's $65,000 violin
A warrant has been issued for the man from Ellington, Connecticut, who allegedly sold the violin to fuel his drug habit
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NewsInternational Wieniawski Violin Competition 2016 publishes jury scores
The Polish contest awarded its €30,000 top prize to 20-year-old Veriko Tchumburidze two weeks ago
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NewsBBC Proms to hold inaugural festival in Dubai
The four-day BBC Proms Dubai takes place from 21-24 March 2017
