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NewsMore people attend classical music concerts than football matches in Germany
Statistics published by the German Orchestral Association show that 40 per cent more people attended concerts than football league matches last year
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NewsEILA responds to CITES rosewood restrictions
The Entente International de Luthiers et Archetiers (EILA) is campaigning for changes to be made to new restrictions introduced by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) to the worldwide movement of rosewood. The new rules, which came into force on 4 February, apply to 250 ...
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NewsViolin case to be auctioned for Itzhak Perlman charity
The handmade case by T.A. Timms & Son, bearing Perlman's signature, is to be auctioned by Ingles & Hayday at Sotheby's in London
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NewsViolin dealers Gand & Bernardel sales code finally revealed
The Parisian firm’s ledgers have remained encrypted for up to 170 years
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NewsViolinist Rachel Barton Pine to receive Dushkin Award
Established more than 30 years ago, the Music Institute of Chicago award recognises international figures in the world of music
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NewsLuka Ljubas wins Vaclav Huml International Violin Competition 2017
The 20-year-old Croatian violinist receives a cash prize of €5,000 and a number of performance opportunities
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NewsEuropean Union Baroque Orchestra to quit UK following Brexit vote
The ensemble, which has been based in the UK since 1985, is to move to Belgium amid fears surrounding the loss of free movement of European musicians
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NewsYurina Arai wins Jascha Heifetz International Violin Competition 2017
Held every four years, the contest took place from 13-19 February in Vilnius, Lithuania, chaired by violinist Gidon Kremer
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NewsLondon bow repairer Arthur Grove has died
The largely self-taught restorer worked on bows from the top London orchestras for 30 years, writes his sister Linda Grove
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NewsThe Strad March 2017 issue is out now
Intrepid violinist Richard Tognetti discusses new music, new contexts and his career at the helm of the Australian Chamber Orchestra
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WinWIN Oscar Shumsky: A Life Portrait
In the March 2017 issue of The Strad, writer Eric Wen looks back at the life and legacy of US violinist Oscar Shumsky. Born on 23 March 1917, Shumsky became one of America's best-known violinists, and Wen got to know him towards the end of his life.'I recall ...
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NewsLincoln Center Awards for Emerging Artists 2017 announced
Among those honoured for their 'outstanding artistry and promising future' are the Calidore String Quartet and violinists Frank Huang and Paul Huang
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NewsViolinist David Garrett wins Frankfurt Music Prize 2017
The €15,000 award is given annually during the Musikmesse trade fair
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NewsPittsburgh Symphony principal second violin Jennifer Ross resigns
The violinist has spent 19 years in the role, following stints in the Honolulu and Cincinnati symphony orchestras
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NewsViolinist Annelle Gregory wins 2017 Sphinx Competition $50,000 first prize
The annual Detroit contest, including senior and junior divisions, is open to Black and Latino US string players
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NewsMichael Daugherty album, featuring cellist Zuill Bailey, wins three 2017 Grammy awards
The album has triumphed in the Best Classical Instrumental Solo, Best Contemporary Classical Composition and Best Classical Compendium categories
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NewsDanish jazz violinist and composer Svend Asmussen has died, aged 100
Over a career spanning eight decades, Asmussen collaborated with such jazz luminaries as Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and Stéphane Grappelli, and recorded several albums
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NewsViolinist Andreas Buschatz and cellist Gayane Khachatryan join Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Both musicians take up principal positions within the German orchestra
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NewsJust three per cent of adults consider the violin to be a masculine instrument, finds survey
The study examining gender bias toward musical instrument choice was carried out by London's Royal Albert Hall
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NewsElmar Oliveira International Violin Competition reveals judges' scores
This year’s inaugural contest, which took place at Lynn Conservatory of Music in Florida, offered a grand prize of $30,000, performance opportunities and public relations support
