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Latest Reviews
Mirò Quartet: Home
An all-American celebration of the concept of home
Concert review: Tabea Zimmermann (viola) Kammerakademie Potsdam
Carlos Maria Solare attends the performance of Brahms, Hindemith and Sofia Gubaidulina’s at the Potsdam Nikolaisaal on 27 April 2024
Concert review: Takács Quartet, Marc-André Hamelin (piano)
Edward Bhesania watches the performance of Florence Price and Dvořák at London’s Wigmore Hall on 20 May 2024
Book review: Together on Strings
Celia Cobb goes through Esther Klein and Michael Dartsch’s collection of 23 ‘German and international’ song arrangements for young string players
Book review: The Power of Practice: How Music and Yoga Transformed the Life and Work of Yehudi Menuhin
Book review: Up Bow, Down Bow: A Child with Down Syndrome and His Journey to Master the Cello
Book review: Around the World with a Violin
Book review: The Amazing Violin Comics: Tips for practicing and mental images for learning stringed instruments
News from The Strad
Competitors announced at the Tibor Junior International Violin Competition
The participants will perform in the first round of the competition in Sion, Switzerland, on 20 August 2024, following the order draw on 19 August
Former concertmaster charged with rape of a child
The charges against violinist Odin Rathnam also include multiple accounts of sexual abuse of a child under the age of ten
Cellist Frans Helmerson joins Stauffer Academy faculty
The cellist will assume the role of professor for the Advanced Cello Course at the start of the 2024/25 academic year
Queensland Symphony Orchestra appoints Hyung Suk Bae as principal cello
Cellist Hyung Suk Bae steps up to the position having served in the orchestra as acting principal cello since 2020 and associate principal cello since 2018
Long-standing Boston Symphony Orchestra principal double bassist announces retirement
Edwin Barker was appointed to the role nearly 50 years ago in 1976
Violinist Alena Baeva signs with Harrison Parrott
The Luxembourgish violinist joins the roster for worldwide general management