All News articles – Page 48
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NewsThe Strad August 2024 issue is out now!
Our cover star Rachel Podger speaks about her playing, teaching and new paths in her career
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NewsYsaÿe International Violin Competition results announced
Austrian and Australian violinists took home the senior and junior category prizes respectively
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NewsWinners announced at the York International Young Artists Competition 2024
Comprising violin, five-string cello piccolo and cello, Ayres Extemporae scooped the top prize package including cash, a recording contract, plus future professional engagements
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NewsWinners announced for the 2024 Ilona Fehér International Violin Competition
The top prizes were won by Austrian violinist Leonhard Baumgartner and Romanian violinist Constantin Stefan Cristian
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NewsFinnish cellist Lauri Pulakka dies aged 62
The musician was also a noted pedagogue, teaching cello, Baroque cello, viola da gamba and music history
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NewsFriday Preview: What to know before the Ilona Fehér International Violin Competition results
The competition’s finals are taking place today and tomorrow, and we’ll bring you the results on Monday. Here’s all you need to know until then!
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NewsItzhak Perlman targeted in social media scam
The 78-year-old superstar violinist has warned his Facebook followers not to be fooled by anyone masquerading as him online
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NewsYoujin Lee loaned 1736 ‘Muntz’ Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ by Nippon Music Foundation
The 29-year-old Korean violinist is a laureate of numerous major competitions
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NewsTerra Quartet announced as Yale’s fellowship quartet-in-residence
The foursome, who won the 2022 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, succeed the Callisto Quartet in the position
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NewsAlleged Stradivari violin seized at Ukrainian border
The instrument, containing a label dated 1713, was found in a car travelling to Romania
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News‘Barjansky’ Stradivarius cello tokenised by digital asset firm
The c.1690 instrument, formerly owned and played by Julian Lloyd Webber, is one of very few Stradivari cellos in existence
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NewsViolist to depart Casals Quartet after 22 years
US violist Jonathan Brown leaves the quartet to take up the role of professor of chamber music at the Colburn School in Los Angeles
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NewsNew co-principal guest concertmasters at the Singapore Symphony Orchestra
The two violinists will begin the role in the 2024-25 season
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NewsApplications open for Continuo Foundation’s eighth round of grants
The grants will support projects taking place from November 2024 to April 2025
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News11-year-old violinist wins the 2024 Piccolo Violino Magico competition
South Korean violinist Hyunsuk Ryu receives a €5,000 scholarship and a violin made by Fabio Piagentini
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NewsCellist Antonio Meneses diagnosed with aggressive brain cancer
The Brazilian cellist has been diagnosed with an incurable brain tumour and has stepped down from his concert and teaching schedule
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NewsViolinist and conductor Liana Isakadze has died
The Georgian musician, who studied with Oistrakh and received first prize at the 1970 Sibelius Competition, was 77 years old
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NewsAskonas Holt signs a trio of violinists and more, as Opus 3 Berlin office rebrands
Violinists Benjamin Beilman, Diana Adamyan and Nemanja Radulović are among the artists on the new Askonas Holt Berlin roster
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NewsViolin vanishes after owner is abandoned on motorway during bus journey
The violin and bow disappeared from a bus after the owner was left stranded a motorway service station en route to Brussels in May 2024
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NewsThe Benedetti Foundation launches new Youth Ambassador Programme
Young musicians aged 15 to 18 across the UK are invited to apply for the programme, which will give an insight into music career paths via mentoring, networking and workshop sessions
