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Festival round-up: Edinburgh International Festival 2024
David Kettle reports from the Edinburgh International Festival, where string works were much in evidence
Concert review: Bozzini Quartet
Bruce Hodges takes in the performance of Bekah Simms, Klaus Lang, James Tenney at Jürg Frey at Mary Flagler Cary Hall in New York’s Dimenna Center on 16 and 17 August 2024
Calidore Quartet: Beethoven
A second volume of quartets impresses with its drama
Festival round-up: BBC Proms 2024
Peter Quantrill takes in some of the string highlights at the Royal Albert Hall from this year’s BBC Proms
Book review: Thumb Position
Caroline Emery reviews double bass tutor Charlotte Mohrs’s introduction to playing in thumb position, published in English for the first time
News from The Strad
IMS Prussia Cove co-founder Hilary Tunstall-Behrens dies aged 97
Tunstall-Behrens began the influential musical seminar for young musicians with Sándor Végh in 1972
String compositions feature among 2024 Ivor Novello Award nominations
The nominations come ahead of the awards ceremony on Tuesday 12 November at the BFI Southbank in London
Violist Jennifer Stumm receives Kronberg Academy’s Pablo Casals Award
Stumm has been recognised for her work with Ilumina, and receives the €10,000 prize which honours artists for exceptional musical achievements and strong commitment to social justice
‘They just didn’t want to listen’: cellist Maja Bogdanović denied boarding by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
The cellist was travelling with her family to perform at the Belgrade Music Festival
TwoSet Violin ‘ends chapter’ after eleven years
The violin comedy duo made the announcement on social media on Monday afternoon
UK bassist Mat Heighway has died
The double bassist died ‘in unexpected circumstances’ while travelling to the island of Jersey