All News articles – Page 212
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NewsArod Quartet signs exclusive recording contract with Erato
Founded in 2013, the Paris-based ensemble of young performers will release their debut album in late 2017, featuring works of Mendelssohn
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NewsCellist Camille Thomas signs to Deutsche Grammophon
The 28-year-old Franco-Belgian musician is the first ever female cellist to join DG's artist roster
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NewsViolinists Cordula Merks and Chen Zhao join San Francisco Conservatory of Music faculty
Cordula Merks is concertmaster of the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra, while Chen Zhao has been a member of the San Francisco Symphony since 2000
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NewsDouble bassist Wies de Boevé wins Bottesini Competition 2017
The 30-year-old Belgian musician takes home a top prize of €10,000 and an Adriano Massari bow
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NewsMenuhin Competition 2018 to take place in Switzerland for the first time
The biennial violin contest's jury has also been announced, including Maxim Vengerov
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NewsNicholas Wright appointed Vancouver Symphony Orchestra concertmaster
The British violinist, who has performed with the VSO for six years, takes up the post with immediate effect
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NewsCellist Steven Isserlis receives Wigmore Medal
The British artist receives the award 'in recognition of his commitment to, and belief in Wigmore Hall and in everything that it represents'
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NewsUniversity students create 3D-printed arm to allow 10-year-old girl to play the violin
Undergraduate students at George Mason University in Virginia, US have created a 3D-printed arm to allow 10-year-old Isabella Nicola Cabrera to play the violin.The fifth grade student, who attends Island Creek Elementary in Fairfax County, Virginia, was born without a left hand and with an abbreviated forearm.Her music ...
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NewsLondon Symphony Orchestra violinist Lennox Mackenzie receives RPS/ABO Salomon Prize
The Salomon Prize was created by the Royal Philharmonic Society and Association of British Orchestras in 2011 'to celebrate the orchestral players that make our orchestras great'
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NewsThe Strad May 2017 issue is out now
Moldovan-born violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja discusses music and subversion - and why 'art has space for everything'
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NewsFormer London Sinfonietta leader Nona Liddell has died aged 89
A champion of contemporary music, Liddell led the London Sinfonietta from 1970 until 1994 and the English String Quartet from 1957 to 1973
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NewsBBC Proms 2017 season revealed - including a feast of violin concertos
The 123rd Proms season takes place in London’s Royal Albert Hall and Cadogan Hall over eight weeks from Friday 14 July to Saturday 9 September
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NewsInaugural Bartók World Competition and Festival names 65 shortlisted violinists
The candidates will take part in four live rounds from 10-17 September 2017 at the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, performing some of Bartók's principal works
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NewsViolist Hana Hobiger wins Fritz Gerber Award for young Swiss musicians
The prize includes a cash prize of CHF 10,000 and a scholarship to the Lucerne Festival Academy
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NewsCellist Sol Gabetta to receive €50,000 Herbert von Karajan prize 2018
The Argentinian artist will be awarded the accolade at the 2018 Salzburg Easter Festival, where she will also perform Schumann's Cello Concerto
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NewsViolist Masumi Per Rostad joins Eastman School of Music string faculty
The Japanese-Norwegian musician has performed as a member of the Grammy-winning Pacifica Quartet since 2001
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NewsMidori Seiler appointed Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar professor of Baroque violin
The Bavarian-Japanese violinist had previously been appointed to the role from 2010 to 2013
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NewsViolinist Emily Sun wins Bromsgrove International Musicians Competition
The UK-based contest is open to instrumentalists and vocalists of all nationalities aged between 18 and 25
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NewsMaggini Quartet violinist David Angel has died, aged 62
Angel, who was conducting a Maggini Quartet course in Oxford at the time of his death, performed as the British ensemble's second violinist since its inception in 1988
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NewsCellist Jamal Aliyev wins Musicians’ Company Prince’s Prize Competition
The Azerbaijani musician receives £10,000 and a Musicians’ Company silver medal
