All News articles – Page 79
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NewsCellist Anastasia Kobekina signs with Sony Classical
The cellist will release her debut album in early 2024
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NewsScottish Ballet Orchestra violinist Justine Watts dies
The musician also performed with several orchestras and ensembles across the UK and abroad
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NewsPoiesis Quartet wins 2023 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition
The quartet has received $21,500 and multiple performance opportunities
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NewsThe Strad June 2023 issue is out now!
Cellist, composer and vocalist Ayanna Witter-Johnson graces the cover with tales of her musical journey and creative output
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NewsSibelius Academy loans Stradivari violin to Paddington Trio violinist
The loan will enable Finnish violinist Tuulia Hero to play the fine instrument for two years
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Premium ❘ NewsCompetitions, Awards and Appointments: June 2023
This month’s competition results, appointments and forthcoming contests
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NewsEdinburgh International Festival announces paid opportunity for pre-professional string players
Five string players will be chosen by festival director Nicola Benedetti to take part in a performance of Mendelssohn Octet this summer
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NewsNational Orchestra of Spain appoints 23-year-old concertmaster
Violinist Valerie Steenken becomes the youngest leader in the orchestra’s history
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NewsMarkneukirchen Competition announces cello winners
Czech cellist Vilem Vlcek took first prize of €7,000 as well a future concerto engagement
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NewsBelarusian cellist Aleksandr Khramouchin dies aged 43
The musician was principal cellist of the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra for almost two decades and performed in the Aviv Quartet
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NewsJoseph Conyers announced as the Philadelphia Orchestra’s new principal double bass
The bassist is the orchestra’s first black principal musician
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NewsLeopold Mozart’s violin playing treatise translated into Chinese
The translation of the seminal 1756 text on performance practice has taken four years
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NewsA cultural destination: the Lake George Music Festival
This year’s festival will take place from 6 to 17 August 2023 among the beauty of the Adirondacks in upstate New York
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NewsMaggini Quartet cellist Michal Kaznowski has died
The veteran musician, pedagogue and conductor was 69 years old
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NewsMarkneukirchen Competition announces double bass winners
Portuguese double bassist José Trigo took first prize of €7,000 plus a future concert engagement
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NewsUkrainian street violinist dies in the battle for Bakhmut
Bogdan Mikhalaki died in hospital on 6 May after fighting at the front
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NewsThe Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center reveals new Bowers Program artists
Five individual string players and one string quartet will begin a three-year residency next season
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NewsViolinist Lisa Batiashvili announced as Berlin Philharmonic’s artist-in-residence
The violinist will perform with the orchestra during its 23/24 season
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NewsNYOS launches new fund to raise £20,000
The Scottish youth orchestra aims to raise £20,000 to continue the legacy of its former director
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NewsCellists needed to help Celtic artist plant 10,000 trees via music video pledge campaign
The pledges will go towards global reforestation projects, with cellists submitting video performances of the new work Full Circle – Cellos for Trees
