All News articles – Page 233
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NewsViolinist-turned-Olympian Vanessa-Mae cleared of race fixing allegations
The musician has won her appeal against a four-year skiing ban issued by the International Skiing Federation
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NewsAmerican violist Joseph de Pasquale has died aged 95
The musician was principal violist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Philadelphia Orchestra
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NewsHollywood composer James Horner has died in a plane crash
The composer of scores to films including Titanic and Braveheart was piloting the small private jet
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NewsKirill Petrenko to succeed Simon Rattle as chief conductor of Berlin Philharmonic
The 43-year-old Russian takes up the position in August 2018
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NewsViolinist Anne-Sophie Mutter films her performance with a head cam
The artist used a GoPro camera to film her playing at Berlin's Yellow Lounge
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NewsLondon cab driver steals musician’s violin and viola
The unlicensed driver sped off with the instruments on the back seat of his vehicle
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NewsJust 12 violinists and 12 cellists remain at International Tchaikovsky Competition 2015
The candidates have been whittled down from 25 violin and 25 cello finalists
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NewsViolin workshop opens in Brussels music museum
Luthier Thomas Meuwissen embarks on two-year public project to make a quartet
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NewsThe Strad July 2015 issue is out now
As the Borodin Quartet celebrates its 70th anniversary, we ask the current line-up how they retain their distinctive sound
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NewsViolinist Iva Miletić wins 2015 Khachaturian Competition in Armenia
The 27-year-old musician performed Mozart and Khachaturian in the final
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NewsComposer Max Richter’s ‘Sleep’ to be given eight-hour overnight premiere
The ‘eight-hour lullaby’, thought to be the longest single piece of recorded classical music, is intended to send listeners to sleep
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NewsInternational Tchaikovsky Competition 2015 names 25 cello finalists
The 25 candidates, whittled down from 48 cellists invited to the Moscow auditions, will compete in St Petersburg
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NewsSuyeon Kang wins Michael Hill International Violin Competition in New Zealand
The Australian violinist receives NZD$40,000, a recording contract and performance opportunities
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NewsLuthier and teacher Peter Prier dies aged 73
Peter Paul Prier, the German-born US luthier who founded the Violin Making School of America, died on 14 June at the age of 73. As a luthier, Prier made more than 200 instruments during his career, with Yehudi Menuhin and Daniel Heifetz among those playing his violins on ...
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NewsInternational Tchaikovsky Competition 2015 names 25 violin finalists
The 25 candidates, including a number of familiar names, were whittled down from 48 violinists invited to audition for the event in Moscow
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NewsTop lots from spring 2015 London stringed instrument sales
Highlights included a Balestrieri violin, a composite del Gesù violin and the ex-Brodsky Guadagnini
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NewsHenning Kraggerud named Royal Northern College of Music International Violin Chair
The Norwegian artist takes up his role with the UK institution in September
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NewsViolin theft ring arrested by police in Georgia, USA
The Violin Society of America issued an alert on its Facebook page this week about three men targeting the Roswell area
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NewsCellist Oliver Herbert wins 2015 Klein International String Competition
The 17-year-old receives a cash prize and performance opportunities
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NewsFormer Chetham’s violin teacher Malcolm Layfield cleared of rape
The violinist, who had denied the charge, was also head of strings at the Royal Northern College of Music
