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Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective: Transfigured
A typically thoughtful programme from a rising chamber ensemble
Aisling O’Dea, Clea Friend: Almost Unseen
A meeting of minds in Scotland’s capital city
Anne Harvey-Nagl: Respighi, Strauss
Assured accounts of two demanding sonatas are let down by the acoustic
Concert review: Chouchane Siranossian (violin) Leonardo García Alarcón (harpsichord) Balázs Máté (cello)
Tim Homfray hears the performance of Bach, Farina, Walther, Locatelli, Naregatsi and Schmelzer at London’s Wigmore Hall on 18 September 2023
Concert review: Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin) Reto Bieri (clarinet) Polina Leschenko (piano)
Review: String highlights of the 2023 Edinburgh International Festival
Concert review: Simone Lamsma (violin) Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra/Jonathon Heyward
Concert review: Soloists, Bard Festival Chorale/James Bagwell, Orchestra Now/Leon Botstein
Book review: Two Violins, One Viola, a Cello and Me
Anne Inglis reviews the memoir of classical music agent Sonia Simmenauer, and her encounters with string quartets over the years
News from The Strad
Novo Quartet wins €68,000 grant from the Danish Arts Foundation
The recent string quartet winners of the 2023 Concours de Genève will take part in the Young Artistic Elite programme from 2024 for two years
Former Vienna Philharmonic principal cellist has died
Cellist Franz Bartolomey has died aged 76
Vilém Vlček wins the 4th International Krzysztof Penderecki Cello Competition
First prize of PLN 80,000 (£16,000) was awarded to Czech cellist Vilém Vlček, along with the prize for the best concerto performance
Winners announced at the Karol Lipiński International Violin Competition
Polish violinists dominated the top three places in the violin competition held in Wrocław
Maggini Quartet appoints new cellist
Will Schofield joins the British string quartet
Violinist Conrad von der Goltz has died
Concertmaster with numerous orchestras and a champion of youth music education, the German violinist was 95 years old