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NewsBrisbane violist wins the 2022 Freedman Classical Fellowship
Melbourne-based and Brisbane-born violist Katie Yap has taken home the coveted prize and AUD21,000
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NewsHarlem Quartet named as Kaufman Music Center’s 2022-23 artist in residence
The New York-based quartet will be joined by two other artists as of autumn 2022
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NewsDetroit Symphony appoints new concertmaster
Violinist Robyn Bollinger will join the orchestra for the start of the 2022-23 season, becoming the youngest female concertmaster in the US
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NewsCellist Seth Parker Woods joins Wittenberg Artists
A champion of various musical genres, the cellist joins the roster for general management
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NewsChamber Music America awards over $95,000 to emerging ensembles
15 emerging New York based chamber ensembles will enjoy funding to support coaching sessions and recording projects, through Chamber Music America and the New York Community Trust’s Ensemble Forward programme
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NewsSibelius Competition winner gets his hands on a Guadagnini violin
Violinist Inmo Yang has been granted use of the violin as part of the Sibelius Competition’s first prize package from earlier this year
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Premium ❘ ArticleAnalysis August 2022: ‘Teachers and examiners have been very patient, but it’s been frustrating for everyone’
Music teachers and students have recently expressed concerns about the ABRSM, the UK’s leading music examining board. How is it responding to the criticism? By Peter Somerford
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NewsGuildhall School’s brand new London centre invites applications from young musicians
The new Guildhall Young Artists King’s Cross centre will offer performing arts courses for 5–18 year olds
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NewsStrings win at the Eurovision Young Musicians competition
The competition’s 20th edition saw string players take the top three prizes
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NewsNicolò Gagliano violin recovered in Berlin
The priceless instrument, missing for three years, was discovered by police conducting a different investigation
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News‘Franz Schubert and Modern Music’ competition winners announced
The Trio Orelon has won the piano trio category at the competition’s 11th edition
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NewsViolinist Marie Leonhardt dies aged 93
With her husband, conductor Gustav Leonhardt, the Baroque violinist was active in the pioneering Dutch early music scene of the 1950s and 60s
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NewsViolinist and early music pioneer Alice Harnoncourt dies aged 91
The concertmaster of Concentus Musicus Wien for 32 years, she co-founded the ensemble with her husband, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
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NewsNew concertmaster for Belgian National Orchestra
Violinist Misako Akama will begin the role in September 2022
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NewsAlexandra Tirsu loaned Ida Haendel’s Stradivari violin
The Moldavian violinist has been granted use of the 1699 instrument by Beare’s International Violin Society
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NewsUK Supreme Court ruling secures fair holiday pay for music teachers
Music teacher Lesley Brazel wins case against her employer, securing guaranteed minimum holiday pay for all workers
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NewsStephen Upshaw joins Trinity Laban viola faculty
Upshaw will commence his role as professor of viola in September for the 2022-23 academic year
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NewsThe Strad August 2022 issue is out now!
Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto graces the cover to share stories about his latest musical adventures - including making the move from bow to baton
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NewsCellist Thomas Mesa to receive 2023 Sphinx Medal of Excellence
The cellist has been named as one of the three recipients awarded the honour recognising extraordinary Black and Latinx classical musicians
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NewsBaroque violinist Johannes Pramsohler awarded PhD for uncovering overlooked repertoire
Pramsohler receives his doctorate from the Royal Academy of Music for his research into overlooked French and English trio sonata repertoire
