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Artists, academics urge London Philharmonic Orchestra to reconsider suspension of four string players
Groups of artists and academics have written separate letters to The Telegraph and The Guardian urging the London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) to reinstate the four musicians it suspended after they signed a letter calling for the BBC to cancel an Israel Philharmonic concert. Figures including film directors ...
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Chicago Lyric Opera violist Keith Abbott Conant dies at the age of 49
Keith Abbott Conant, the principal violist of the Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra has died of a heart attack at the age of 49. He had been a member of the orchestra since 1987, and its principal violist since 1997. Born in Rockville Centre, New York, Conant studied viola ...
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Spanish violinist Ana María Valderrama wins Sarasate contest
Ana María Valderrama has won the €10,000 first prize at the Pablo Sarasate International Violin Competition in Pamplona, Spain. The 26-year-old Spaniard is a masters student at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin, where she studies with Antje Weithaas.Second prize went to Ji Yoon Lee, 19, from South ...
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Violin case deemed offensive weapon by Edinburgh police
A violin case, a pizza shovel, a quill pen, a potato peeler and a pool ball in a sock are among hundreds of unusual items that police in Edinburgh have confiscated since 2009. The items were either used in attacks or deemed offensive weapons. Police seized the pizza shovel ...
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Cellist Alisa Weilerstein receives $500,000 MacArthur Fellowship
Alisa Weilerstein will receive $500,000 in no-strings-attached support over the next five years after being named as a MacArthur Fellow. The 29-year-old cellist was awarded the so-called 'genius' grant by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Weilerstein was one of 22 individuals chosen as 2011 MacArthur Fellows. ...
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London Philharmonic Orchestra suspends cellist and violinists
The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) has suspended four of its musicians for up to nine months after they signed a letter calling on the BBC to cancel a Proms concert by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Cellist Sue Sutherley and violinists Tom Eisner, Nancy Elan and Sarah Streatfeild were among ...
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Rodolfo Lipizer Competition win for violinist Stefan Tarara
Stefan Tarara has won first prize at the Rodolfo Lipizer International Violin Competition in Gorizia, Italy. The 25-year-old German, who studies with Zakhar Bron at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Mannheim, received €12,000. Second prize was shared between 24-year-old Ermir Abeshi, from Albania, and Maria Milchtein, 25, ...
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Violin pupils set world record for mass violin playing in Taiwan
A total of 4,645 children from Changhua county in central Taiwan played their violins together in a stadium on Sunday 18 September. The event, which was witnessed by a Guinness World Records official, set a new world record for mass violin playing. The previous record was set in London in ...
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Belarusian cellist Aleksei Kiseliov joins Royal Scottish National Orchestra
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra has appointed 26-year-old Aleksei Kiseliov as its principal cello. The Belarusian musician studied with Raphael Wallfisch at the Royal College of Music in London, and with Natalie Clein at Trinity Laban.
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Cellist David Finckel to co-direct new Korea festival
Cellist David Finckel and pianist Wu Han will direct a new festival in South Korea this December. Chamber Music Today will feature performances by the Emerson Quartet, the Jupiter Quartet, and a trio comprising Finckel, Han and violinist Philip Setzer. The venue for the festival's three main concerts is the ...
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British bassist jazz composer and educator Graham Collier dies
British jazz bassist and composer Graham Collier has died suddenly at the age of 74. Born in Tynemouth in 1937, he became an army musician after leaving school at the age of 16. He then won a scholarship to study at the Berklee School of Music in Boston, becoming ...
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Chinese cellist Bonian Tian wins Enescu Competition
Chinese cellist Bonian Tian has won first prize at the George Enescu International Competition in Bucharest, Romania. The 25-year-old, who studies with Frans Helmerson at the Kronberg Academy in Germany, received €15,000. Second prize in the cello division went to Valentin Radutiu, 25, from Romania. Michael Korman, also 25, from ...
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London Philharmonic Orchestra suspends violinist after 'rant'
The London Philharmonic Orchestra has suspended one of its violinists after she delivered an anti-Israel diatribe at a pre-Proms event. The incident happened at a Proms Plus Intro session at the Royal College of Music ahead of the BBC Proms concert by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO), which was repeatedly ...
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Violinist Igor Yuzefovich appointed Hong Kong Philharmonic concertmaster
Moscow-born Igor Yuzefovich has been appointed as the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra's new concertmaster. The Russian violinist will take up the post on 1 January 2012. The orchestra has also announced the appointment of Li Bo as co-principal viola. Since 1991 Yuzefovich has been based in the US. He ...
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European museums complete project to put instrumen collections online
Eleven European museums have completed a two-year project to provide online access to their instrument collections. The Musical Instruments Museums Online (MIMO) initiative cost more than €3m, with half of the funding coming from the EU. The project partners include the Cité de la Musique in Paris, the University of ...
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Violinist Kristian Winther and violist Stephen King join Australian String Quartet
The Australian String Quartet has recruited two new players to replace departing members Sophie Rowell and Sally Boud. Violinist Kristian Winther and violist Stephen King will join the quartet for the start of the 2012 season. Winther, 27, was born in Canberra, and was violinist in the Tinalley String ...
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Cellist Yo-Yo Ma to receive Kennedy Center nod
Yo-Yo Ma has been named as one of five performers who will be honoured for their contribution to US culture at this year's Kennedy Center honours. The cellist will join fellow honorees saxophonist Sonny Rollins, Broadway singer Barbara Cook, singer–songwriter Neil Diamond and actress Meryl Streep at a gala ceremony ...
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Violinist Stephanie Jeong appointed Chicago Symphony Orchestra associate concertmaster
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) has appointed Stephanie Jeong as associate concertmaster. The 24-year-old Jeong joins the CSO from the New York Philharmonic, where she has been a member of the first violin section since November 2010. Jeong, who grew up in Chicago, studied with Aaron Rosand at the ...
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UK violinist to play on Himalayan peak
A British violinist is aiming to set a new world record for the highest musical performance on land next month. Hugh Midford, 27, plans to climb a 20,305-feet (6,189m) peak in the Himalayas, and play some Bach sonatas when he reaches the summit. The violinist will be raising money ...
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Demonstrators disrupt Proms concert by Gil Shaham and Israel Philharmonic
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators repeatedly interrupted last Thursday's BBC Proms concert by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. A live broadcast of the concert, in which Gil Shaham played the Bruch First Violin Concerto, was twice taken off air by the BBC because of 'sustained audience disturbance'. The protests were greeted by boos, shouts ...
