All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 694
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BlogsWhere music meets nature – Moab’s new artistic director Tessa Lark takes the helm
New artistic director Tessa Lark shares her vision for adventurous programming, genre-defying artistry and the unique community that thrives where music meets nature at Moab.
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NewsNew violin professor at University of Ljubljana Academy of Music
Violinist Dan Zhu will join the faculty from October 2025
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NewsChicago Sinfonietta names new principal cello
Lindsey Sharpe assumes the role, having previously served as section cello in the 2024-25 season
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NewsViola refused on board British Airways flight
Daniel Cubero had to pay a €85 fee despite not being let on board after all
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NewsFewer than 5,000 A-level music students in England for third year in a row
The number of music entries decreased by 1.8 per cent across the UK and 2.7 per cent across England
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NewsConservatory teachers continue string teaching in Gaza
Teachers from the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music give music lessons on a range of instruments across Gaza
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VideoViolinist Maya Magub celebrates Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s 150th anniversary with ‘Valse Mauresque’
Magub performs alongside pianist Matthew Schellhorn, on a work that features on their new album of Coleridge Taylor’s Four Characteristic Waltzes
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NewsRNCM appoints professor of pop violin
Andra Vornicu, who has enjoyed a varied career in orchestral leadership, studio recording and theatre work, joins the faculty from September 2025
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NewsAir France charged me €240 to check in my cello - Peter Martens
Peter Martens was forced to pay an extra fee to check in his cello contained in a dedicated flight case, having never been charged by any other airline in the past
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BlogsViolinist Zina Schiff: my lifelong journey to record the violin works of Hovhaness
The violinist shares influential memories behind recording the works of US composer Alan Hovhaness, now immortalised in a new album
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NewsHealing in a time of war: how a 16-year-old teaches violin in Gaza
Gazan violinist Sama Nijm has been teaching violin to children against the backdrop of war, in an effort to uphold a sense of structure, purpose and beauty in their lives
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NewsString tension? Tennis player Novak Djokovic and violin appear in a new Asics ad
The bow hold still needs work, Novak
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BlogsNYO-USA in Asia: music beyond borders
From Tokyo’s Suntory Hall to Beijing’s NCPA and the Seoul Arts Centre, the National Youth Orchestra of the USA journeyed across Asia this summer with Gianandrea Noseda on the podium. Violinist Rebekah Koh and cellist Collin Runnoe talk with Thomas May about the experiences that will stay with them long ...
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NewsNorwegian jazz bassist Bjørn Kjellemyr has died
The bassist, who contributed to many recordings for the ECM label, was 74
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NewsViolinist Inmo Yang to make Proms debut on $20 million ‘del Gesù’ violin
Both Yang and the violin, the 1743 ’Carrodus’ Guarneri ’del Gesù’, will take to the Royal Albert Hall stage for the first time on 28 August
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NewsLaGrange Symphony Orchestra appoints new concertmaster
Venezuelan violinist Samuel Vargas takes assumes leadership of the orchestra in Georgia, US
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BlogsPulling strings: the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival scores
Richard Linnett reports back from the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, which presented a showcase of classics mixed with modern and ’newish’ music
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NewsNew string appointments at Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Four string players have been appointed to the orchestra, including two bassists, one violinist and one cellist
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BlogsAt the edge of the storm: string quartets in a turbulent decade
On its new album Edge of the Storm, the US-American Telegraph Quartet explores string quartets born of war, exile and renewal.
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