All News articles – Page 243
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NewsSollazzo Ensemble wins York Early Music International Young Artists Competition
The ensemble receives a cash prize, performing opportunities and a CD recording
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NewsViolinist Stephanie Gonley named Scottish Chamber Orchestra concertmaster
The British musician is also leader of the English Chamber Orchestra
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NewsNo winner announced at 2015 Pierre Fournier Award for cellists
No winner was announced for this year’s Pierre Fournier Award. Taking place on 10 May at London’s Wigmore Hall, the event saw two cellists – Valentino Worlitzsch (pictured), from Germany, and the UK’s Jonathan Dormand – receive ‘incentive grants’ worth £1,000 each. South Korean Christine Lee and Britain's ...
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NewsPhiladelphia cellist James Holesovsky has died aged 72
The musician was a member of the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia for 50 years
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NewsBritish violinist Laurence Jackson named West Australian Symphony concertmaster
The musician has served as City of Birmingham Symphony concertmaster for ten years
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NewsArtemis Quartet violist Friedemann Weigle has died aged 53
The musician was also a professor at the Hanns Eisler School of Music in Berlin
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NewsBritish cellist Denis Vigay has died aged 89
The musician was principal cello of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Academy of St Martin in the Fields
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NewsBirmingham Conservatoire to provide music tuition for South African children
The UK music college’s string department has launched a crowdfunding campaign to fund the project
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NewsStudy proves attending a live classical music concert reduces stress
The research, undertaken by London’s Royal College of Music, will help further investigations into the relationship between music and health
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NewsCellist Andrei Ionuț Ioniță wins 2015 Tchaikovsky Competition Gold Medal
No first prize was awarded in the violin category
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News'Strad on the Sand': beach drawing marks opening of East Neuk Festival
Musicians and organisers of the East Neuk Festival, taking place this week in Fife, Scotland, joined together to make a giant anamorphic sand drawing of a violin on 29 June. The 60ft x 40ft ‘transitory work of art’ was created on Elie beach and nicknamed ‘Strad on ...
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NewsTchaikovsky Competition 2015 announces 6 violin and 6 cello finalists
All finalists are required to perform two concerto works for a public audience
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NewsUS double bassist Neil Courtney has died aged 82
Double bass player Neil Courtney, who performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra for 48 years, has died at the age of 82 after a long battle with heart disease. Born in Rochester, NY, in 1932, Courtney studied at the Eastman School of Music during which time he performed with ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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NewsLondon cab driver steals musician’s violin and viola
The unlicensed driver sped off with the instruments on the back seat of his vehicle
