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News2025 Sphinx Competition winners announced
A total of six string players from both the junior and senior divisions have won more than $100,000 in prizes in the 2025 competition’s final rounds over the weekend
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NewsViolins of Hope instruments feature on new album commemorating 80th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation
The instruments that formerly belonged to Holocaust survivors can be heard on Violins of Hope from The Daniel Pelton Collective, which strives to provide a stark reminder of atrocities of the past in an aim to shape better future
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NewsOscar nomination for documentary celebrating the NY Phil’s first full-time female musician
The Only Girl in the Orchestra has received an Academy Award nomination for best documentary short film
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NewsFinalists announced for 2025 Sphinx Competition
Three string players from both the junior and senior divisions will compete for a total of more than $100,000 in prizes in the final rounds this weekend
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NewsFinalists selected for 2025 Tertis and Aronowitz International Viola Competitions
Three violists from each competition will perform in the final rounds taking place on Saturday 25 January
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NewsNew documentary commemorates Jacqueline du Pré ahead of her upcoming 80th anniversary
Jacqueline du Pré: Genius and Tragedy by Allegro Films will premiere on PBS America platforms from 24 January
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NewsObituary: violist Eric Sargon (1928 - 2025)
The violist was a long-standing member of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and recorded with The Beatles
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NewsAnimato Quartet wins the Irene Steels-Wilsing Foundation Competition
The Animato Quartet won €12,000 plus a future engagment at the 2026 Heidelberg Spring String Quartet Festival
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NewsWinners announced for the 2025 Sphinx Orchestral Partners Auditions Excerpt Competition
Violinist Allison Lovera wins the $3,500 in the Strings and Harp category
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NewsTertis and Aronowitz Viola Competitions announces semi-finalists for 2025
Eight violists from each competition have progressed to play for spot in the final round this weekend
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NewsViolinist James Ehnes extends contract with Seattle Chamber Music Society
The violinist will serve as the Gilbert Omenn and Martha Darling artistic director through 2032
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NewsObituary: British violin maker Peter Voigt
The Sussex-based luthier enjoyed a 67-year career restoring stringed instruments and was also a keen amateur motor racer
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NewsChicago Violin Competition announces 2024 winners and laureates
Violinists Audrey Park and Stephan Zhang took first prize in the Senior and Young Artists divisions respectively
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NewsJazz double bassist Mark Izu has died
The Japanese-American bassist and composer was 70 years old
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NewsViolin and piano trio winners announced at the 2025 Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition
Tsukushi Sasaki won the violin category, while the Bernstein Trio scooped multiple prizes in the piano trio category
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Premium ❘ ArticleFebruary 2025: Editor’s welcome and contents
The Strad’s editor Emma Baker introduces the February 2025 issue, which presents the ever-evolving Attacca Quartet
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NewsHilary Hahn withdraws from Munich Philharmonic concerts due to nerve injury
Violinists Clara-Jumi Kang and Esther Yoo step in as soloists
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NewsViolinist Mary O’Reilly has died
O’Reilly had a long-standing association with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra as a violinist and board member
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NewsOver $300,000 raised to help jazz double bassist affected by Los Angeles fires
John Clayton was away accepting a jazz award when his house burnt down in California, US
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NewsCellist Tommy Mesa joins Manhattan School of Music faculty
The Cuban-American cellist and recipient of the Sphinx Organization’s 2023 Medal of Excellence will join the school’s cello faculty starting autumn 2025.
