All News articles – Page 218
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NewsCellist Daniel Hass wins Stulberg International String Competition
The 19-year-old from Israel receives $6,000 plus engagements
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NewsArchive material from cellist Gregor Piatigorsky’s collection goes online
Colburn School makes selected music manuscripts available on its website
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NewsThe Strad June 2016 issue is out now
We investigate the relationship between Stradivari's purfling corners and his violin forms
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NewsCalidore Quartet wins $100,000 prize at Michigan competition
The New York-based group took home 'the largest prize for chamber music in the world'
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NewsViolinists and cellists to receive 2016 Tarisio Trust grants
The scheme aims to encourage innovative projects based around string playing
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NewsSouth Korean luthier wins Wieniawski International Violin Making Competition
Poland, France, Spain and Italy were also represented in the final
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NewsViolinist Itzhak Perlman cancels North Carolina concert in protest move
The musician has issued a statement calling for the repeal of 'discriminatory law'
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NewsResults announced for 2016 China international violin and bow making competition
Makers from the home country dominate results, with Polish, Hungarian and Italian entrants also represented
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NewsKent Nagano conducts 1,000 musicians in Berlin shopping mall
More than 900 amateur musicians descended on the ‘Mall of Berlin’ shopping centre in the German capital’s Leipziger Platz on Monday 16 May, where they were joined by 50 members of the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin for a surprise concert. Conducted by Kent Nagano, the musical flashmob performed works ...
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NewsCellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason wins BBC Young Musician 2016
The 17-year-old from Nottingham performed Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto no.1 in the final
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NewsDaniel Lozakovitj, 15, wins 2016 Vladimir Spivakov International Violin Competition
The Swedish player received an Italian violin as his prize
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NewsSecond International Piatigorsky Cello Festival launches in Los Angeles
The festival runs from 13 to 22 May 2016
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NewsJi Won Song wins Leopold Mozart International Violin Competition
Each of the three finalists performed Mozart's Fifth Violin Concerto on 12 May in Augsburg, Germany
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NewsEx-Havemeyer’ Guadagnini cello sells for record breaking $1.5m
The instrument was sold through Tarisio Auctions in New York on 12 May
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NewsEuropean Union Youth Orchestra to close due to lack of EU funding
The orchestra has launched a campaign in an attempt to secure the necessary subsidy to continue operations
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NewsCurtis Institute of Music receives $55m gift
The award from board chair Nina Baroness von Maltzahn is one of the largest single gifts to a US music school
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NewsAlban Berg Quartet founding violinist Klaus Maetzl has died
The Viennese musician was also concertmaster of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra
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NewsAkilone Quartet wins Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition 2016
The French ensemble receives a cash award of €20,000 and an international concert tour
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NewsLeopold Mozart International Violin Competition names five semi-finalists
The competition runs until 14 May in Augsburg, Germany
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NewsBBC Young Musician of the Year names three finalists
The line-up includes 17-year-old cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason
