All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 600
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NewsMichael Hill International Violin Competition 2023 announces semi-finalists
The six chosen competitors will lead a Mozart quintet in the semi-final rounds, to be held in Auckland this week
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NewsViolinist Melissa White signs with Dinin Arts
The performer and educator joins the soloist roster for global representation
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NewsFestival Academy Budapest 2023: ‘Summer Miniverse’
Celebrating Hungarian culture on an international stage, this year’s edition will take place from 14 to 23 July
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NewsWatch: the youngest winners of the Leonid Kogan Violin Competition
Blistering virtuosity from young violinists, some of whom are yet to reach double digits!
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NewsKnow Your Bow: New online resource for owners and users of pernambuco bows
The guide contains basic facts on pernambuco and information on its conservation and sustainability efforts to help demystify usage of the threatened species
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News18-year-old violist wins 2023 Klein International String Competition
Emad Zolfaghari wins a cash prize of $5,000, as well as a host of performance opportunities
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NewsUnique viola stolen and replaced with a cheaper instrument in New York
The viola, made by luthier Geoffrey Maingart in 1990, was switched after it was delivered to an apartment building in Manhattan
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Gallery‘This Voller violin has a big sound’: Piatti Quartet violinist Michael Trainor on his instrument
Ahead of appearances at Music at Paxton, violinist of the Piatti Quartet Michael Trainor examines the curious history of his Voller violin, and the maker’s connection to Alfredo Piatti
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NewsAstral Artists announces 2023 National Competition winners
An ensemble and six up-and-coming young musicians will receive career development and support
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NewsBBC Radio 3 announces 2023 New Generation Artists
The Chaos Quartet are among the seven artists in the latest cohort of the BBC’s classical music talent development scheme
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NewsNew string professor announcements at the Royal Academy of Music
Violist Timothy Ridout will become a visiting professor of music, while Robert Cohen has been named William Pleeth professor of cello
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NewsFinalists announced for 2023 Michael Hill International Violin Competition
Three violinists will perform a concerto of their choice in the final round on Saturday 10 June
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NewsConcert Artists Guild announces 2023 Elmaleh Competition grand prize winners
Violinists Njioma Grevious and Hana Chang will receive joint management with CAG and YCAT as the grand prize winners
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VideoOur bow is our breath: cellist John-Henry Crawford
Understanding the relationship between the bow and the voice is key to creating a singing line, as the cellist discovered while preparing his new album Voice of Rachmaninoff
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BlogsTwo works for violin and piano you should know: violinist Chloë Hanslip
Ahead of a performance at Music at Paxton, the violinist shines a light on works by Kaprálová and Schulhoff
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NewsViolinist Yeyeong Jenny Jin wins 2023 Michael Hill International Violin Competition
The 20-year-old receives NZ$40,000, a recording contract and performance opportunities
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NewsUS violin maker Francis Kuttner has died
The San Francisco-based luthier won several awards over his five-decade career
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NewsTurkish violinist Suna Kan has died
Kan was soloist of the Presidential Symphony Orchestra for many years
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NewsPavel Haas Quartet announces new violist
The Pavel Haas Quartet has announced that Šimon Truszka has joined the ensemble’s ranks as its new violist, following a year-long search.
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NewsMidori takes up artistic director role at Ravinia Steans Music Institute
The violinist will head the institute’s piano and strings programme beginning this autumn, succeeding Miriam Fried
