All News articles – Page 225
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NewsSantiago Cañón Valencia wins Carlos Prieto International Cello Competition in Mexico
The Colombian cellist receives a top prize of $10,000 a CD recording and concert opportunities
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NewsDouble bass belonging to Helsinki Strings musician is smashed on flight
The youth ensemble were flying from Helsinki to the Faroe Islands via Copenhagen on Finnair
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NewsNorwegian Air refuses to transport violin in the cabin - despite change to hand baggage rules
Violinist Ellen Samdal was told her instrument would be checked into the hold because she was also carrying a purse
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NewsViolinist and teacher Dejan Mihailović has died aged 84
The Serbian musician taught at the Faculty of Music at the University of Arts in Belgrade
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NewsLSO principal cellist Rebecca Gilliver appointed Guildhall School professor
Gilliver will begin her new role as professor of cello at the London conservatoire in September 2016
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NewsUS Library of Congress to buy David Bromberg's collection of over 250 American violins
The guitarist and violin dealer began collecting the instruments in the 1960s
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NewsMedici Quartet founding violinist Paul Robertson has died aged 63
The violinist performed with the ensemble for over four decades, but had suffered from ill health in recent years
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NewsInaugural Dominique Peccatte Competition for violinists and bow makers names winners
Japanese violinist Rika Masato and bow maker Kaspar Pankow take the top awards
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NewsABRSM launches new performance diploma for post Grade 8 players
The new qualification involves no written or spoken elements, and no sight reading, aural tests or scales
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NewsCellist Daniel Hass wins 2016 Michael Measures Prize, worth $25,000
The prize recognises promise in the next generation of Canadian classical musicians
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NewsBritish Airways denies cello entry to the cabin 'because it doesn't have a visa', claims musician
A cellist was told she needed a USA ESTA visa for her instrument and would have to pay over $4,000 to re-book her flights
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NewsCathay Pacific and Dragonair increase space allocated for musical instruments in the cabin
Small instruments such as violins, violas, clarinets and flutes are now allowed on flights as hand luggage
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NewsViolinist Yu-Chien Tseng signs to Deutsche Grammophon
The 21-year-old Taiwanese musician will release his first album for the label at the end of December
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NewsChristoph Croisé wins Alice & Eleonore Schoenfeld International String Competition cello section
This year's event takes place in Harbin, China between 23 July and 1 August in violin, cello and chamber disciplines
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NewsAlice & Eleonore Schoenfeld International String Competition names joint violin winners
This year's event takes place in Harbin, China between 23 July and 1 August in violin, cello and chamber disciplines
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NewsGofriller violin stolen at London underground station is recovered safely
The 18th-century instrument was snatched while Krysia Osostowicz was unlocking her bike
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NewsAlice & Eleonore Schoenfeld International String Competition names 6 cello finalists
This year's event takes place in Harbin, China between 23 July and 1 August in violin, cello and chamber disciplines
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NewsAlice & Eleonore Schoenfeld International String Competition names 6 violin finalists
This year's event takes place in Harbin, China between 23 July and 1 August in violin, cello and chamber disciplines
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NewsAaron Dworkin And Chi-Chi Nwanoku awarded Trinity Laban Honorary Fellowships
The violinist and double bassist were honoured at the Sphinx Global Symposium on Diversity in Classical Music
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NewsAlice & Eleonore Schoenfeld International String Competition names 12 cello semi-finalists
This year's event takes place in Harbin, China between 23 July and 1 August in violin, cello and chamber disciplines
