All News articles – Page 21
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NewsBoston Symphony Orchestra appoints new associate concertmaster
Sophie Wang has been promoted to the role from within the section
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NewsParticipants announced for 2025 Trondheim Chamber Music Competition
Ten string quartets will compete at this year’s competition from 23 to 27 September 2025
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NewsTwo cellists receive American Recital Debut Awards
Gabriel Martins and Rainer Crosett will receive a Carnegie Hall performance opportunity next season, plus mentorship and future concert engagements
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NewsCellist Irena Josifoska wins 2025 Villa Musica Star Award
The Serbian cellist wins €5,000 in recognition for her musical versatility
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NewsResults announced for 2025 International Society of Bassists Makers Competition
Double basses were judged on workmanship and tone, in addition to a blind, audience-voted sound-off event
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NewsFourteen-year-old violinist signs with Harrison Parrott
Finnish violinist Lilja Haatainen joins the roster for worldwide general management
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NewsFormer Boston double bassist Edwin Barker receives ISB Distinguished Achievement Award
The former principal bassist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra was recognised for this lifetime achievements as a performer and educator
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NewsViolinist wins the 2025 Irving M. Klein International String Competition
22-year-old violinist Julia Schilz receives the $5,000 grand prize and performance engagements
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NewsWinners announced for the 2025 ISB Double Bass Competition
Prizes were awarded across eight divisions for solo, jazz, and orchestral double bass
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NewsBerlin Philharmonic cellist Dietmar Schwalke retires after 31 years
The cellist played with the orchestra since 1994, and was also a member of the 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic
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NewsNo first prize awarded at the 2025 Sendai International Music Competition
South Korean violinist Moon Boha was the highest prizewinner
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NewsMinnesota Orchestra mourns long-standing cellist
Arek Tesarczyk was a versatile cellist who enjoyed a wide-ranging performance career, which included premiere performances of Rautavaara’s second cello concerto
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NewsCremona violin shop targeted in TikTok impersonation scam
Amorim Fine Violins has warned musicians to avoid engaging with and report a fake TikTok account offering instruments in exchange for social media promotion
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NewsTime For Three signs with Askonas Holt
The trio joins the roster for representation in Europe, South America and Asia
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NewsBoston’s Handel and Haydn Society appoints new principal viola
Violist Stephen Goist has been named principal viola, alongside Katherine Spencer as principal clarinet
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NewsRSNO welcomes back assistant principal viola
Violist Asher Zaccardelli rejoins the Scottish orchestra, having left in 2022
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News‘My instrument is not luggage’: petition calls for clear rules for transporting musical instruments
Double bassist Valentina Scheldhofen Ciardelli is calling for unified rules over plane and train operators across the EU and UK, following numerous instances of instrument mistreatment
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NewsEleven-year-old violinist wins 2025 Andrea Postacchini International Competition
French violinist Eloisa Marie Aubert was named the overall winner of the competition, prevailing over winners of three older age categories
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NewsThe Strad at ESTA: a round-up of the 2025 conference
The annual conference took place in Amersfoort, the Netherlands, from 28 May–1 June
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NewsSendai International Music Competition announces 2025 finalists
Six violinists will perform in the final round from 5–7 June
