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Juilliard announces plans for The Tianjin Juilliard School in China
The music institution’s first campus outside of New York will offer a US accredited master’s degree
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Patron loans 1757 Guadagnini violin to Sydney Symphony Orchestra
The instrument will be played by concertmaster Andrew Haveron
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Viola wins only gold medal at 2015 Cremona Triennale competition
The winners of the 2015 Cremona Triennale lutherie competition have been announced. Although a total of 445 instruments were submitted for this year’s contest, by 334 makers from 31 countries, only one instrument received a gold medal. French luthier Charles Coquet won the award for a viola; he ...
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Canada’s Musical Instrument Bank names 2015 recipients of fine stringed instruments
The 22 violins and cellos are loaned every three years to young Canadian musicians
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Air Canada offers discounted fares and priority boarding for musicians
The airline has published new company policy favouring musical instruments on its website
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British cellist and teacher Penelope Lynex has died aged 78
Lynex studied with Pablo Casals and Paul Tortelier, and was the author of several cello books
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Hong Kong student threatened with fine for carrying cello on train
The young musician was interrogated by officials, who claimed his instrument exceeded baggage restrictions
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Second double bass smashed via Atlanta Airport
University of Georgia professor Milton Masciadri was flying from Atlanta to Arkansas for a recital
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Shanghai Symphony launches $100,000 Isaac Stern Violin Competition
The new biennial contest takes place for the first time in August 2016
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The Strad October 2015 issue is out now
The Pavel Haas Quartet speak about their namesake, their new Smetana disc and the 'Czech string quartet sound'
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Airline smashes Colorado orchestral musician’s double bass
Karl Fenner has published pictures of his badly damaged instrument and case on social media
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Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition Hannover announces jury
The contest, offering a first prize of €50,000, begins next week
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Leonard Frey-Maibach, aged 24, named Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra principal cellist
The French musician has performed with the orchestra for two years
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Christie’s exhibits $60m Stradivarius and Guarneri collection in Shanghai and Hong Kong
'The Art of Music' sale features seven violins and one cello from a private European collection
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Seattle Symphony double bassist Bruce Lawrence has died aged 88
The former jazz musician was the first African American to join the orchestra in 1968
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Entries now open for 10th Carl Nielsen International Violin Competition
Open to violinists under the age of 30, the contest takes place 16-22 April 2016 in Denmark
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Noah Bendix-Balgley steps down officially as Pittsburgh Symphony concertmaster
The 31-year-old violinist will concentrate fully on his other role as Berlin Philharmonic concertmaster
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Violinist Sofiia Suldina wins 2015 Concours Nicati in Switzerland
The competition is dedicated to contemporary music and open to instrumentalists, singers and ensembles
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Cellist Nicolas Altstaedt named chief conductor of Austrian-Hungarian Haydn Philharmonic
The young musician succeeds Adam Fischer, who founded the orchestra almost 30 years ago
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Mozart’s sister may have helped compose her brother’s works, scholar suggests
Professor Martin Jarvis claims to have discovered Maria Anna’s musical handwriting