All News articles – Page 72
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News12-year-old violinist wins 2023 Il Piccolo Violino Magico competition
US violinist Mio Imai took first prize in the final round on 9 July 2023
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NewsIreland’s National Concert Hall announces recipients of Young Musician Award for String Players
A violinist and cellist will share the €10,000 prize for young Irish musicians
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NewsAmati five-string cello bought by New York museum
The c.1610 instrument is thought to be the only surviving five-string cello made in Cremona from that era
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NewsContinuo Foundation invites applications for sixth round of grants
£100,000 will be available to UK-based period instrument ensembles for creative projects taking place from October 2023 to March 2024
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NewsAffinity Quartet wins 2023 Melbourne International Music Competition
The Affinity Quartet has been announced as winner of Musica Viva Australia’s Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition 2023. The finals took place on 9 July at Melbourne Recital Centre.
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NewsHong Kong-based violin maker Anton Sie has died
The pioneering luthier was a keen researcher into violin acoustics and the subject of a 2017 biography
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NewsViolist Garth Knox receives honorary doctorate from RCS
The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS) awarded the degree to Knox in recognition of his work as a violist and composer
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NewsDouble bassist Hal Robinson receives ISB’s Distinguished Achievement Award
The ISB recognises Robinson’s lifetime accomplishments, as well as the contributions of numerous bass players with its 2023 Special Recognition Awards
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NewsViolinist Diana Tishchenko signs with Askonas Holt
The Ukrainian-German violinist joins the roster for general management
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NewsViolinist Stefan Jackiw takes up artistic director role in Hawaii
The violinist will begin his new role with the Hawaii Chamber Music Festival in autumn 2023 for a three-year term
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NewsViolist Tabea Zimmermann returns to Frankfurt teaching post
Zimmermann returns to the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts after 20 years
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NewsTrio Delyria celebrates recent prize success
The trio has won two prizes from the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts worth €18,000 in total
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NewsFormer home of Antonio Stradivari reopens to the public
The house in Cremona’s Corso Garibaldi has been renovated to turn it into a cultural centre
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NewsViolist Tabea Zimmermann appointed chair of the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation Board
The violist won the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize in 2020
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NewsLong-standing Chicago Symphony Orchestra members to retire
Cellist Gary Stucka, violist Li-Kuo Chang and librarian Peter Conover will retire at the end of the 2022/23 season
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NewsEnsemble Augelletti named as 2023-25 New Generation Baroque Ensemble
The five-piece UK group becomes only the second ensemble to benefit from the scheme in its history
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NewsViolinist Hina Maeda joins Askonas Holt’s talent development programme
The violinist won the the International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition in Poznań in 2022
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NewsViolinist Julia Fischer to perform at 2023 Nobel Prize concert
The violinist will perform Brahms Violin Concerto with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic and Esa-Pekka Salonen in December
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NewsPlans unveiled for postponed Mirecourt lutherie competition
The inaugural event in the French violin making capital has been delayed since 2020
