All News articles – Page 255
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ArticleNovus Quartet wins €20,000 prize at International Mozart Competition
The Korean string quartet will undertake an extensive European tour organised by Impresariat Simmenauer
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ArticleSchumann Quartet wins €60,000 Jürgen Ponto Foundation chamber award
The prize is awarded every two years to a young professional ensemble
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ArticleEuropean Parliament votes in favour of regulation for instruments on planes
The proposal, which would bring uniformity to the sector, must now go before the European Council
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ArticleRiccardo Muti to revive Abbado's Orchestra Mozart for Ravenna Festival concert
The ensemble will come out of its ‘temporary' shutdown following the death of its music director and the cancellation of its autumn season
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ArticleMilwaukee Police confirm safe recovery of $5m ‘Lipinski' Stradivarius violin
Instrument found inside a suitcase, hidden in the attic, at a property in Milwaukee
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ArticleNew strings collective challenges session industry obsession with looks
London-based string players aim to make the TV and live session scene less about appearance and more reflective of the diversity of musical talent
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ArticleStolen ‘Lipinski' Stradivarius violin believed to be recovered
Milwaukee Police will hold a press conference to provide further details
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ArticleThree arrested in connection with ‘Lipinski' Stradivarius violin theft
The suspects, all from Milwaukee, are currently in custody, although the violin has not been recovered
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ArticleCremona's Museum of the Violin begins ‘Legacy of Nicolò Amati' concert series
Project looks at key period in the history of Cremonese violin making
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ArticleAnonymous owner of stolen 'Lipinski' Stradivarius violin issues statement
A reward of $100,000 has also been offered for information leading to the instrument's safe return
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ArticleCellist Alexander Ivashkin has died aged 65
The Russian cellist premiered a large number of works throughout his career by such composers as Schnittke and Penderecki
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ArticleThe Strad February 2014 issue is on sale now
Double bass issue celebrates the talent and creativity in today's double bass world
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ArticleScientists reveal secrets of string quartet synchrony
Researchers from the UK’s Royal Academy of Music (RAM) and University of Birmingham and the University of Münster in Germany say they have discovered a way of analysing how musicians in a string quartet stay in time. Musicians in a conductorless group continuously make millisecond timing corrections ...
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ArticleEU pledges €200,000 to Sistema Europe and Canada exchange programme
The project will enable 2,000 young Italian, English and Canadian musicians to perform together
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ArticleViolinist and Juilliard School dean Stephen Clapp dies
Stephen Clapp, who had a long affiliation with The Juilliard School and was a founding member of the Oberlin Trio, died on 26 January at the age of 74. Clapp joined Juilliard as a student, studying with Ivan Galamian and Dorothy DeLay and gaining his Masters degree ...
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Article300-year-old ‘Lipinski' Stradivarius violin stolen in armed robbery
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Frank Almond attacked with a stun gun on the evening of 27 January
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ArticleViolinist Midori and the Minnesota Orchestra receive 2014 Grammy Awards
The 56th annual Grammys were held in Los Angeles on 26 January
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ArticleNearly a century after her death, Maud Powell finally receives a Grammy
Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr may have stolen the limelight at the 56th Grammy Awards over the weekend when they collected The Beatles’ Lifetime Achievement Award, but another Lifetime Achievement recipient has waited even longer to receive the accolade. Some 94 years after her ...
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ArticleThe Borletti-Buitoni Trust announces 2014 award winners
The Apollon Musagète Quartet from Poland, Israeli violinist Itamar Zorman and American violinist Benjamin Beilman are among the recipients of Borletti-Buitoni Trust (BBT) Awards and Fellowships for 2014. BBT Awards of up to £30,000 went to the Apollon Musagète Quartet (pictured) and Itamar Zorman, while Benjamin Beilman ...
