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ArticleCellist Stephen Kates's widow is sued over the sale of his Montagnana
A 1739 Montagnana that was owned by American cellist Stephen Kates is the focus of legal action in New York. Violin expert and appraiser David Bonsey filed suit against Kates’s widow in Manhattan federal court in April, claiming she owes him $600,000 in commission after hiring him to sell ...
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ArticleCellist Raphaël Merlin has instrument seized at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport
Customs officers at Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris, seized Raphaël Merlin’s cello on the morning of 27 April. The cellist was returning to his native France after a US tour with the Ébène Quartet. On 2 May, six days after the incident, Merlin was contacted to retrieve the ...
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ArticleSPCO musicians to return to work with new contract
The musicians of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra (SPCO) have returned to the concert stage after a lockout lasting more than six months. On 29 April the musicians ratified an agreement with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society, which reduces the size of the orchestra from 34 ...
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ArticleLegendary cellist and pedagogue János Starker dies at the age of 88
The renowned cellist and pedagogue János Starker has died at the age of 88. The Hungarian-born musician, who emigrated to the US in 1948, taught at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music for over 50 years. Among the hundreds of students he taught in his career ...
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ArticleElysian Quartet, Scots chamber orchestra to premiere works in 2014 New Music Biennial
New works for chamber orchestra and string quartet have been commissioned as part of the first UK-wide New Music Biennial. Taking place over the course of 2014, the year-long series of world premieres has been put together by the PRS for Music Foundation, in partnership with Arts ...
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ArticleKian Soltani triumphs at the International Paulo Cello Competition in Finland
Kian Soltani, from Austria, won the 15,000-euro first prize at the International Paulo Cello Competition in Finland. He performed the Lutoslawski Concerto in the final concert at the Helsinki Music Centre. Soltani (pictured) was born in 1992 and is a student of Ivan Monighetti at the ...
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ArticleMaia Cabeza wins Leopold Mozart violin competition in Augsburg, Germany
Maia Cabeza has won first prize at the Leopold Mozart International Violin Competition in Augsburg, Germany. The US–Canadian violinist, who was born in 1992, received 10,000 euros. Cabeza (pictured) studied with Ida Kavafian and Joseph Silverstein at the Curtis Institute, and is currently studying with Ulf ...
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Follow-up experiment for blind testing study to assess instruments' projection
A controversial 2010 experiment, which attempted to find out how easily players could distinguish new violins from old Italians, is to have a follow-up. The study's authors have announced that the new experiment will take place in September at a venue on the outskirts of Paris, France. Instead of ...
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ArticleLondon-based Fournier Trio wins 2013 Parkhouse Award
The Fournier Trio has won the 2013 Parkhouse Award in London. The award, given every two years, is for chamber ensembles of piano and strings whose members have been performing together for at least two years. The prize for the winning ensemble includes three concerts in major ...
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ArticleRoyal Philharmonic Society honours Buskaid and Sphinx founders
The UK's Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS) has awarded honorary memberships to Buskaid founder Rosemary Nalden and Aaron Dworkin, the founder of the Sphinx Organisation. British violist Nalden (pictured) founded Buskaid in 1992 to raise money for a string project in South Africa. Since 1999 she has ...
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ArticleVeteran US concertmaster William Steck dies at 79
US violinist William Steck has died at the age of 79. A veteran of the Philadelphia, Cleveland, Dallas Symphony and Atlanta Symphony orchestras, he was best known as concertmaster of the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) in Washington DC, which he led from 1982 to 2001. Born in ...
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ArticleTitanic bandleader's letter sells for £93,000 at auction
A letter written by Titanic violinist and bandleader Wallace Hartley has been sold for £93,000. Hartley wrote the letter on board the Titanic just days before the liner's maiden voyage ended in tragedy in the North Atlantic on 14 April 1912. The letter, addressed to Hartley's ...
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ArticleLong-serving LA Philharmonic bassist Richard D. Kelley dies at the age of 76
US double bassist Richard D. Kelley, who performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic for more than 50 years, died on 16 April at the age of 76. He had joined the orchestra in 1956 aged 19, when Eduard van Beinum was its music director. During his 57-year ...
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ArticleBBC Proms programme highlights star string soloists but just one quartet
Violin concertos will be well represented at the 2013 BBC Proms, although string quartets and trios are almost absent from this year’s programme. Despite a series of chamber music and Saturday lunchtime concerts set for Cadogan Hall during the Proms period, the only quartet to be performing ...
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ArticleIU Jacobs School of Music appoints Joseph Swensen to violin faculty
The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music has appointed Joseph Swensen as visiting professor of violin. The New Jersey-born violinist, composer and conductor will start his position in the autumn of 2013. Swensen is currently conductor emeritus of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra (SCO). He was the ...
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ArticleTitanic bandleader Wallace Hartley's letter goes up for auction
A letter written by Titanic violinist and bandleader Wallace Hartley aboard the doomed ship is set to be sold on 20 April at an auction in Wiltshire, UK. The letter, which Hartley wrote to his parents four days before the disaster, is being sold by Henry ...
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ArticleInfluential French-Canadian violin pedagogue Jean Cousineau dies at the age of 75
The French-Canadian violinist, pedagogue and composer Jean Cousineau has died in Montreal at the age of 75. He was hailed by Shin'ichi Suzuki as the most important violin teacher in North America for his influential work with early learners, and the Montreal academy that he established has ...
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ArticleElias and Heath quartets feature among nominees for UK's RPS Music Awards
The Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS) has unveiled the shortlist for its annual music awards. The awards are among the most prestigious given for live classical music-making in the UK. The Elias Quartet (pictured) and Sheffield-based promoter Music in the Round are both shortlisted in the Chamber ...
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ArticleCanadian violinist Andrew Dawes receives Governor General's lifetime achievement award
Canadian violinist Andrew Dawes is to receive a lifetime achievement award as part of the 2013 Governor General's Performing Arts Awards. Dawes, 73, is one of six award-winners, each of whom will receive C$25,000. Dawes is best known as first violinist of the Orford Quartet, with ...
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ArticleLast-minute deal between St Paul Chamber Orchestra musicians and management is set to end lock-out
The six-month lock-out of St Paul Chamber Orchestra (SPCO) musicians may be about to end after the players reached a tentative deal with SPCO management yesterday. The musicians must now vote to accept the agreement, which calls for their annual pay to be cut by $15,000 ...
