All News articles – Page 224
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NewsViolinist Maxim Vengerov appointed visiting professor at London's Royal College of Music
The virtuoso performer will visit the college at least three times per year
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NewsShanghai Isaac Stern Violin Competition reveals finalists' scores
Japanese violinist Mayu Kishima won the contest's $100,000 first prize last week
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NewsBanff International String Quartet Competition 2016 names three finalists
The three chosen quartets will compete for a first prize worth $150,000
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NewsMayu Kishima wins Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition $100,000 first prize
The announcement follows two days of finals during which six violinists performed a concerto and a virtuosic work with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra
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NewsFormer Berlin Philharmonic principal cellist Eberhard Finke has died aged 96
The cellist was also a founding member of the 12 cellos of the Berlin Philharmonic ensemble
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NewsInternational Federation of Musicians publishes ranking of airline musical instrument policies
The international organisation for musicians' unions has ranked airline policies as red, amber and green
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NewsBirmingham Conservatoire appoints International String Instrument Expert
Florian Leonhard will visit the UK music school regularly to work with students and staff
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NewsTips for playing a concerto for the first time with orchestra
Top teachers Boris Kuschnir, Mimi Zweig and Géza Szilvay answer a reader's question for The Strad's Teacher Talk section
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NewsShanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition announces six finalists
The violinists are competing for a top prize of $100,000 from 14 August to 2 September 2016
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NewsShanghai Isaac Stern Violin Competition reveals scores of eliminated semi-finalists
The violinists are competing for a top prize of $100,000 from 14 August to 2 September 2016
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News300-year-old violin taken from London train is recovered safely
The Maggini instrument, beloning to Baroque musician Jane Gordon, was taken from the overhead luggage rack of the train from London Waterloo
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NewsViolinist Jessica Lee appointed Cleveland Orchestra assistant concertmaster
The musician's tenure in the Clara G. and George P. Bickford Assistant Concertmaster Endowed Chair begins on 29 August 2016
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NewsShanghai Isaac Stern Violin Competition reveals scores of eliminated quarter-finalists
The violinists are competing for a top prize of $100,000 from 14 August to 2 September 2016
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NewsShanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition announces 18 semi-finalists
The violinists are competing for a top prize of $100,000 from 14 August to 2 September 2016
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NewsViolinist Anne-Sophie Mutter calls for fans to design her new album cover
The winnning design of new album 'Mutterissimo' will be personally chosen by the violinist
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NewsFranco Buitoni, co-founder of the Borletti-Buitoni Trust, has died aged 82
Launched in 2003, BBT has provided support to 96 individuals and ensembles from 30 countries.
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NewsLondon Philharmonic Orchestra signs to Sunshine agency
The company plans to move the ensemble 'further into popular culture on a global scale'
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NewsThe Strad September 2016 issue is out now
Veteran violinist, violist and pedagogue Pinchas Zukerman speaks about how personal experience informs his teaching
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NewsBritish Airways tried to block me from entering the cabin with my viola, says musician
Jennifer Stumm was eventually able to persuade ground staff in Amsterdam to allow her instrument on board the flight, which was not fully booked, she says
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NewsClassical concerts should be shorter to attract younger audiences, says pianist Stephen Hough
The musician also suggests that orchestras should abandon their formal dress
