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ArticleYo-Yo Ma takes centre stage on Arts Advocacy Day in the US
The cellist and arts education campaigner Yo-Yo Ma played a leading role in Arts Advocacy Day in the US on Monday. The highlight of the day, which was sponsored by Americans for the Arts, the national arts advocacy organisation, was a lecture given by Ma in Washington DC's ...
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ArticleIvry Gitlis, movie star: Legendary violinist back on screen at the age of 90 in new French comedy
The great violinist Ivry Gitlis stars in a new film that opens in French cinemas tomorrow. In the Danièle Thompson-directed 'Des gens qui s'embrassent' (People Kissing), Gitlis plays Aron (pictured), the patriarch of a Jewish family that comes together for a funeral and a wedding. Comedic tensions ...
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ArticleBrothers Amati viola is returned to Italian soloist after legal tussle over ownership
The Italian soloist and conductor Luigi Alberto Bianchi has been confirmed as the owner of a 1595 Brothers Amati viola following a lengthy legal dispute with an insurance company, reports L'Inviato. The viola (pictured), which was commissioned for the Medici family, is known as the ...
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ArticleNew York dealer sued over alleged loss of $400,000 Pressenda violin
A violinist has launched a legal claim against a New York dealer who she alleges lost her violin while it was on consignment – by giving it out for trial to someone who never returned. A lawsuit was filed on 26 March against dealer Emmanuel Gradoux-Matt ...
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ArticleAmsterdam's Rijksmuseum to reopen after renovation with new room devoted to music
Violas da gamba feature in special music room following museum's renovation
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ArticleSydney Symphony Orchestra cancels tour of Europe over eurozone crisis
The Sydney Symphony Orchestra (SSO) has had to shelve a European tour planned for this November. The orchestra (pictured) was to have visited Germany, Russia and Armenia with principal conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy, who will be replaced next year by David Robertson. The SSO's managing director Rory ...
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ArticleSwift conclusion to SF Symphony strike as musicians return to work
The musicians of the San Francisco Symphony have agreed to return to the concert stage after reaching an agreement with the management over a new contract. Although the agreement is subject to the approval of the orchestra’s board of governors and of all 103 of its players, ...
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ArticleFind out about the extra content hidden in The Strad's digital edition, out now
You can now download every issue of The Strad for the past two years on to your iPad, smartphone, PC, Mac or tablet computer. Since January we have been adding extra content to some of the features and regulars in each issue. Here’s a summary of the ...
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Award for folk fiddler and singer Eliza Carthy
The English folk fiddler and singer-songwriter Eliza Carthy has received a £50,000 award from the Paul Hamlyn Foundation (PHF), one of the largest independent grant-making foundations in the UK. Carthy was one of three composers named as recipients of the PHF's 2012 Awards for Artists. Five visual artists also ...
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Tertis competition won by 15-year-old Ziyu Shen
The jury at the Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition in Port Erin, Isle of Man, UK, awarded first prize to the youngest competitor, Chinese 15-year-old Ziyu Shen. A student of Sheng Li at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, she received £7,000. Kei Tojo, 21, from Japan, won second prize ...
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ArticleFemale luthier wins Triennale gold
Ulrike Dederer viola wins in a first for Cremona competition
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ArticleNew Zealand violinist Benjamin Baker, 23, takes £5,000 first prize in Windsor
New Zealand-born violinist Benjamin Baker has won the fourth Windsor Festival International String Competition. The 23-year-old (pictured), who is studying with Natasha Boyarsky at the Royal College of Music, received £5,000, engagements, a solo recording with Champs Hill Records and a violin bow. As part of the ...
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ArticleIntroduction to klezmer fiddle
Alicia Svigals presents a guide to performing traditional Jewish folk music
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ArticleStradivarius exhibition at Oxford's Ashmolean brings together over 20 Strad violins, violas and cellos
The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, UK, is to hold a major Stradivari exhibition this summer. Stradivarius, which runs from 13 June to 11 August, will feature 21 Stradivaris drawn from international and private collections, London's Royal Academy of Music and the Ashmolean's own collection. The exhibition ...
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Hill violin bow from 1900 realises 4,400 per cent on estimate at auction
A bow discovered in a pile of rubbish sold for £3,600 at a UK auction on 13 March. It was found during a house clearance, along with a violin in a heavily mildewed case. Together with a mandolin, the entire lot was given an estimated price of £50–80, making the ...
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Cellist Philip De Groote retires after 40 years with Chilingirian Quartet
Philip De Groote, the cellist of the Chilingirian Quartet, has retired after 40 years of performing with the group. The Johannesburg-born De Groote co-founded the ensemble with violinist Levon Chilingirian in 1971. Alongside his chamber music career, De Groote has been active as a soloist and as a teacher at ...
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ArticleViolin said to have been played as Titanic sank to be auctioned
A violin that belonged to Wallace Hartley, bandmaster on the ill-fated maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic, is to go on display in Belfast City Hall at the end of March. According to specialist Titanic auctioneers Henry Aldridge & Son, the water-damaged instrument is the one played ...
