All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 597
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NewsNew concertmaster for Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Violinist Jinwoo Lee leaves his role as concertmaster of the Neue Philharmonie Westfalen in Germany to take up the new post
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NewsCecilia Zilliacus appointed professor of violin at Sibelius Academy
The Swedish violinist will begin the role on 1 August 2023
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NewsPrizes awarded at the 8th Henri Marteau International Violin Competition
Dutch violinist Hawijch Elders took first prize of €10,000, plus recording and performance opportunities
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Blogs6 tips for practising fast passages: violinist Susanna Klein
Susanna Klein gives advice on left and right hand dexterity and coordination for violinists wanting to improve their virtuosity
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Video‘We must always play from the heart’: Anne Akiko Meyers’ Colburn keynote speech
The violinist gave the commencement address and a short performance at the Colburn Conservatory of Music graduation ceremony on 1 May 2023
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NewsString quartet candidates announced for 77th Concours de Genève
The 2023 edition celebrates the disciplines of string quartet and flute, with various rounds to be held from September to November this year
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NewsViolinist Volker Worlitzsch has died aged 78
Concertmaster of the NDR Radio Philharmonic for 39 years, he was also a chamber musician and tutor
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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
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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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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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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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Blogs‘Grief never seems to go away’: violinist and composer Curtis Stewart
Violinist and composer Curtis Stewart shares how he turned to composition during the caretaking and grieving process of his mother
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Blogs‘Make friends with octaves… and your metronome!’- Abi Hyde-Smith on the Shostakovich Cello Sonata
The cellist shares her insights on the piece, which she recently recorded with pianist Jocelyn Freeman
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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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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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NewsMaggini Quartet cellist Michal Kaznowski has died
The veteran musician, pedagogue and conductor was 69 years old
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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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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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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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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
