All News articles – Page 67
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NewsBalourdet Quartet wins 2024 Cleveland Quartet Award
Chamber Music America has also announced the JACK Quartet will receive the 2024 Michael Jaffee Visionary Award, while Herbie Hancock will receive the Richard J. Bogomolny National Service Award
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NewsSphinx Organization announces semi-finalists for 2024 competition
20 exceptional Black and Latinx string players across two divisions will compete for nearly $100,000 in prizes in January 2024
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NewsCellist Lutz Rath has died
The cellist and conductor was artistic director of the Washington Square Music Festival for over 20 years
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NewsWinners announced at 2023 Mirecourt International Violin Competition
24-year-old South Korean violinist Jaewon Wee took first prize, as well as a host of special prizes
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NewsFormer principal violist of Singapore Symphony has died
Described as a key founding member of the orchestra, Jiri Heger served as principal viola for 26 years
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NewsViolinist Joshua Brown wins $100,000 first prize at Beijing’s Global Music Education League Competition
The violinist’s performance of Brahms Violin Concerto on 13 November won him the top cash prize, the Gold Medal, plus a prize package of performances and management
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NewsCellist Leland Ko wins 2023 OSM Competition
Ko takes first prize of CAD20,000, a residency at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel, plus recording and performance opportunities
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NewsFitzwilliam Quartet appoints new cellist
Cellist Ursula Smith joins the quartet, succeeding Heather Tuach
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NewsYoung Concert Artists Announces 2023 Winners
The winners of the 2023 Susan Wadsworth International Audition will join the roster of musicians as YCA Jacobs Fellows
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NewsViolist Lawrence Power receives 2023 Cobbett Medal
The annual award is given to a distinguished musician for services to chamber music
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NewsJanine Jansen takes up professorship at Kronberg Academy
The violinist begins the role from November 2023
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NewsGBH Music names Ulysses Quartet as its first-ever quartet in residence
The year-long partnership aims to make music more accessible with free concerts at Boston Public Schools and the Boston Public Library studio.
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NewsBassist John Bany has died
A mainstay of the Chicago jazz scene for decades, Bany was 81 years old
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NewsViolist Tabea Zimmermann named honorary member of the German Music Council
The violist receives the accolade in honour of her musical contributions within Germany and internationally
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NewsObituary: violist Ronald Arron
Arron was the assistant principal violist of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra for 18 years, and the principal violist of the Metropolitan Orchestra for 20 years
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NewsFormer Borodin Quartet violinist dies
Andrei Abramenkov was a long-serving second violinist of the string quartet from 1974 to 2011
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NewsHouston Symphony appoints new principal violist
Joan DerHovsepian takes up the role, having previously served as acting principal and associate principal viola for the orchestra
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NewsViolinist SongHa Choi signs with Domselaer Artist Management
The violinist won second prize at the Montreal International Music Competition earlier this year
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NewsIvalas Quartet appoints new violist
Marcus Stevenson joins the quartet, which is currently serving as graduate resident string quartet at The Juilliard School
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NewsSpoleto Festival names new director of chamber music
Cellist Paul Wiancko will take up the role in 2024
