All News articles – Page 254
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ArticleLondon's Royal College of Music launches postgraduate string quartet programme
The new Artist Diploma provides an intense year of study for a pre-formed quartet
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ArticleStudy finds orchestras are judged more on what audiences see than what they hear
Research conducted at University College London pitted world-ranking orchestras against regional and university ensembles
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ArticleViolinist Nicola Benedetti named Cheltenham Music Festival artist-in-residence
The UK festival celebrates its 70th birthday in July this year
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ArticlePacem in Terris competition awards cellist Valentino Worlitzsch €10,000 first prize
The event for young violinists and cellists takes place for the first time in seven years in Bayreuth
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ArticleHungarian violinist and teacher Dénes Zsigmondy has died aged 91
Isabelle Faust pays tribute to her former teacher, who inspired her 2013 Bartók Violin Concertos recording on Harmonia Mundi
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ArticleResearch discovers links between wealth and musical skill
An online study involving 147,000 people finds correlations between affluence and musical sophistication and ability
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ArticleAriane Todes to leave The Strad
Ariane Todes, editor of The Strad, is to leave the magazine following a restructuring of the team to support the online and magazine sides of the brand. Todes joined the magazine in 2002 and became editor in June 2006. She will pursue a career as a freelance ...
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ArticleStudies reveal musical training in childhood aids language learning ability
Just one hour a week of musical interaction greatly increases linguistic aptitude, even into adulthood
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ArticleMenuhin Competition 2014 announces winners
Violinists Stephen Waarts and Rennosuke Fukuda triumph in the Senior and Junior Divisions
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ArticleThe Strad March 2014 issue is on sale now
German special celebrates the Mandelring Quartet's 30th anniversary and German string education
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ArticleSlatkin asks audiences to 'turn their cell phones on' at Detroit Symphony concert
Ensemble makes a bid to be ‘the most accessible orchestra on the planet'
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ArticleIn Harmony Telford and Stoke launches new online teaching resource
The digital practice system will benefit just under 900 children in the area
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ArticleDouble bassist wins $50,000 Sphinx prize
Xavier Foley is the first bassist ever to win the Detroit competition for Black and Latino musicians
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ArticleCellist Zoë Keating publishes 2013 earnings through iTunes, Spotify and YouTube
Streaming services accounted for less than ten per cent of her earnings last year
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ArticleViolinist Tatiana Samouil and violist Yuri Bashmet to perform at Winter Olympics closing ceremony
St Petersburg-born violinist Tatiana Samouil is to perform alongside her compatriot Yuri Bashmet in a concert at the closing ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi this Sunday, 23 February.The details of the concert are being kept secret, save for the fact that the programme will include ...
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ArticleBBC Radio 2 Folk Awards honour The Full English and fiddler Aidan O'Rourke
The Full English, including fiddlers Seth Lakeman and Sam Sweeney, takes two awards, while Aidan O'Rourke is named Musician of the Year
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ArticleNew string appointments at London's Royal Academy of Music
Dominic Seldis, Giovanni Guzzo and Richard Ireland to join in 2014
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ArticleViolinist Vanessa-Mae happy despite finishing last on Olympic debut
Singapore-born British violinist Vanessa-Mae was all smiles after finishing last in the women's giant slalom at the Winter Olympics in Sochi earlier this morning. Despite being placed 74th and last at the end of the opening slalom run, and 67th out of 67 at the end of ...
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ArticleStudy finds emotional intelligence is key to achieving ‘flow' in musical performance
‘Flow' is a psychological state associated with extreme fulfilment, optimised performance, health and well-being
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ArticleAuschwitz violinist Violette Jacquet-Silberstein has died
The former member of Alma Rosé's Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz was 88 years old
