All News articles – Page 238
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NewsViolin maker claims to have discovered the location of buried Nazi treasure
Cyril Whistler says he has cracked the code hidden in the score of Gottfried Federlein’s 'Marsch-Impromptu'
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NewsQueen Elisabeth Competition 2015 names shortlisted violin candidates
A number of the 69 contestants are prize winners from other international competitions
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NewsNew York Youth Symphony rejects commissioned work over Nazi reference
The orchestra pulled the plug on a performance at Carnegie Hall when it was discovered the work contained the Nazi anthem
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NewsThe Strad Sundays – FREE at London's Barbican
The Strad marks its 125th anniversary by partnering with the LSO International Violin Festival
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NewsIn Mo Yang wins 2015 Paganini International Violin Competition
The 19-year-old artist receives €20,000 and concert opportunities
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News2-string 3D printed violin to be revealed in New York
The instrument is one of five pieces created using the cutting edge technology
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NewsCleveland Orchestra principal violist Robert Vernon to retire after 40 years
The long-serving musician will continue as an instructor at the Cleveland Institute of Music and Juilliard School
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NewsBorodin Quartet signs to Decca Classics
Long-standing Russian quartet will record major Shostakovich cycle
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NewsNew York's Avery Fisher Hall to be renamed David Geffen Hall following $100m donation
The entertainment mogul-turned-philanthropist will contribute toward the concert hall’s extensive renovation
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NewsNew York’s last classical sheet music store to close
Frank Music Company, which opened in 1937, will cease trading on Friday
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NewsSimon Rattle announced as London Symphony Orchestra music director
The British conductor will join the LSO in September 2017
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NewsStudy finds classical music has a calming effect on dogs
Research was undertaken by the Scottish Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the University of Glasgow
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NewsA bow hair disaster
A violinist is taken by surprise when the majority of her bow hair suddenly detaches from the point - midway through a performance of Kreisler's Tambourin Chinois.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click here.
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NewsEaling Strings director Alan Mann dies aged 71
Alan Mann, co-founder of Ealing Strings music shop in London, has died aged 71. For more than four decades he attended to the instruments of string players from around the globe; regular customers based in the British capital included Gyorgy Pauk, Robert Smissen, Paul Silverthorne and Thomas Gould.Born ...
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NewsAustralian Chamber Orchestra teams with Spotify to release live recordings
The six concert performances will be released throughout 2015
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News24-year-old Friederike Starkloff named NDR Radiophilharmonie concertmaster
The violinist replaces Volker Worlitzsch with the Hanover orchestra
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NewsThe Strad March 2015 issue is out now
Danish violinist Nikolaj Znaider and fellow soloist-conductors, including Joshua Bell and Maxim Vengerov, explain the attraction of the podium
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NewsFrank Peter Zimmermann forced to hand back ‘Lady Inchiquin’ Stradivarius
The violinist, who turns 50 this Friday, is attempting to buy the instrument, which was previously on loan from failed bank WestLB AG
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NewsWitold LutosŠ‚awski International Cello Competition awards joint first prize
Cellists Maciej KuŠ‚akowski and Zuzanna Sosnowska share the top honour
