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NewsTwo first prizes awarded at the 2025 Concours de Genève viola edition
Sarah Strohm and Brian Isaacs have each won the CHF20,000 (£17,600) first prize
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NewsViolinist Geraldine O’Grady dies aged 93
The Irish musician was a well-known figure in the music world, appearing on radio and TV and serving for four years as concertmaster of the RTÉ Symphony Orchestra
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VideoWATCH LIVE: Concours de Genève viola finals
The three viola finalists will perform the competition’s compulsory work, plus a concerto of their choice on 12 November
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NewsDecember 2025: Editor’s welcome and contents
The Strad’s editor Emma Baker introduces the December 2025 issue starring Swedish violinist Johan Dalene, who has released his sixth album at the age of only 25
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NewsWinners announced for the 2025 Young Concert Artists auditions
The auditions identify three exceptional early-career artists and offers them a three-year career mentorship programme
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NewsMirecourt International Violin Competition winners announced
South Korean violinist Seonglan Hong receives the €5,000 first prize and performance opportunities
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NewsSearch launched for the violin of Holocaust victim Hélène Berr
The musician and diarist perished in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945 aged 24
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NewsDanish National Symphony Orchestra appoints new concertmaster
Norwegian violinist Ludvig Gudim, 26, has officially passed his trial period with the orchestra
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News‘Vesuvio’ Stradivari violin goes on display in Seoul
The c.1727 instrument is the first from a public Italian collection to be exhibited in South Korea
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News2025 Concours de Genève viola finalists announced
The three finalists will perform at Geneva’s Victoria Hall on 12 November
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NewsString players and ensembles among 2025 YCA finalists
The finalists are competing for a three-year YCA Jacobs Fellowship
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NewsWinners announced at the 2025 Isang Yun Cello Competition
Korean cellist Youbien Lee received both first prize and the UNESCO City of Music Special Prize
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NewsFundraiser launched to send British Baroque delegation to Ukraine
The campaign has been set up to cover urgent travel, rehearsal and logistical costs for the cross-cultural collaboration to begin on 16 November
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NewsFinalists announced for the 8th Mirecourt International Violin Competition
Three finalists will perform a concerto with orchestra on 9 November 2025 in Thaon-les-Vosges, France
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NewsFinalists announced for 2025 Isang Yun Cello Competition
Four cellists will perform a concerto on 8 November in Tongyeong, South Korea, for the chance to win the top prize of KRW30,000,000 (£16,000)
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NewsCellist Anouchka Hack receives Beethoven Ring 2025
The cellist receives the award in recognition for her recent performance of a Beethoven work at Bonn’s Beethovenfest
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NewsObituary: Philadelphia violinist Robert de Pasquale (1928–2025)
De Pasquale was a former associate principal second violin for the Philadelphia Orchestra and member of the De Pasquale Quartet with his brothers
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News2025 Concours de Genève preview: what to expect from this year’s viola edition
The competition’s first viola edition since 2005 kicks off with an opening concert tonight, featuring Tabea Zimmermann and the Novo Quartet
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NewsSemi-finalists announced for 2025 Isang Yun Cello Competition
Ten cellists have progressed to the next round, which will be held on 5 and 6 November in Tongyeong, South Korea
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NewsPekka Kuusisto loaned 1695 ‘Sandars’ Stradivari violin
The violinist and conductor receives the violin from the Anders Sveaas Charitable Foundation’s extensive collection of Stradivari instruments
