All News articles – Page 227
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NewsCellist Alisa Weilerstein announces pregnancy
The artist is expecting her first child with husband and conductor Rafael Payare
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NewsTourte violin bow achieves world record price at auction
Beares Auctions sold the silver and ebony mounted item for $288,960 to a professional musician
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NewsOrchestra de Paris musician offers reward for missing Storioni violin
Gilles Henry left his instrument in a Paris Autolib electric car
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NewsChicago Symphony Orchestra appoints two new violists
Sunghee Choi and Youming Chen join the orchestra from the Lyric Opera of Chicago and Kansas City Symphony respectively
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NewsCornelissen cello, worth $40,000, stolen in North Carolina
The instrument was bought by owner Grace Anderson on the advice of her teacher Bernard Greenhouse
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NewsLondon’s Royal College of Music to purchase English National Ballet’s current home
Contracts for the sale of Markova House have been exchanged with completion due to take place in 2018
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NewsHong Kong’s MTR reverses cello ban – but double basses are still not allowed
The Mass Transit Railway will issue special permits during a four-month trial scheme
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NewsFormer Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra principal cellist Ron Shawger has died aged 55
The musician was battling multiple sclerosis for a number of years
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NewsChina customs officials confiscate string players’ rosin
Three separate incidents have been reported recently in connection with Shanghai International Airport
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NewsNational Orchestra of Belgium launches petition to prevent merger
The petition against plans to merge the orchestra with La Monnaie currently has 11,500 signatures
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NewsMusician aims to create 10 pop-up orchestras in 10 days around the UK
Shaun Buswell must perform with 100 local musicians he has met personally – and cannot offer payment
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NewsOreste Martini violin stolen from Italian sibling duo
The instrument was taken from the home of Natascia Gazzana near Rome
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NewsSalem Chamber Orchestra cancels remainder of 2015-16 season
The ensemble has suffered a decline in ticket sales and donations
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NewsTrio Isimsiz wins Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition 2015
The London-based piano trio receive €15,000 and concert engagements
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NewsViolist Scott Ligocki has died aged 51
The American musician was an experienced orchestral performer and teacher
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NewsLev Sivkov wins 2015 Naumburg International Cello Competition in New York
The 25-year-old Russian cellist receives $15,000 and two recitals
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NewsThe Strad November 2015 issue is out now
Our North America focus traces the story of American lutherie - from the days of the earliest settlers to the rise of lutherie hubs in New York and Chicago
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NewsViolinist Augustin Hadelich wins inaugural Warner Music Prize, worth $100,000
The prize for musicians under 35 also includes the opportunity to make a recording for Warner Classics
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NewsRachel Barton Pine Foundation acquires ‘Arkwright Lady Rebecca Sylvan’ Stradivarius violin
The instrument will be loaned to a worthy young candidate
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NewsInternational Max Rostal Competition 2015 names violin and viola winners
Violinist Alican Süner and violist Diyang Mei triumphed in the finals
