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British cellist Denis Vigay has died aged 89
The musician was principal cello of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Academy of St Martin in the Fields
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Artemis Quartet violist Friedemann Weigle has died aged 53
The musician was also a professor at the Hanns Eisler School of Music in Berlin
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Birmingham Conservatoire to provide music tuition for South African children
The UK music college’s string department has launched a crowdfunding campaign to fund the project
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Study proves attending a live classical music concert reduces stress
The research, undertaken by London’s Royal College of Music, will help further investigations into the relationship between music and health
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Cellist Andrei Ionuț Ioniță wins 2015 Tchaikovsky Competition Gold Medal
No first prize was awarded in the violin category
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'Strad on the Sand': beach drawing marks opening of East Neuk Festival
Musicians and organisers of the East Neuk Festival, taking place this week in Fife, Scotland, joined together to make a giant anamorphic sand drawing of a violin on 29 June. The 60ft x 40ft ‘transitory work of art’ was created on Elie beach and nicknamed ‘Strad on ...
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Tchaikovsky Competition 2015 announces 6 violin and 6 cello finalists
All finalists are required to perform two concerto works for a public audience
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US double bassist Neil Courtney has died aged 82
Double bass player Neil Courtney, who performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra for 48 years, has died at the age of 82 after a long battle with heart disease. Born in Rochester, NY, in 1932, Courtney studied at the Eastman School of Music during which time he performed with ...
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Violinist-turned-Olympian Vanessa-Mae cleared of race fixing allegations
The musician has won her appeal against a four-year skiing ban issued by the International Skiing Federation
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American violist Joseph de Pasquale has died aged 95
The musician was principal violist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Philadelphia Orchestra
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Hollywood composer James Horner has died in a plane crash
The composer of scores to films including Titanic and Braveheart was piloting the small private jet
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Kirill Petrenko to succeed Simon Rattle as chief conductor of Berlin Philharmonic
The 43-year-old Russian takes up the position in August 2018
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Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter films her performance with a head cam
The artist used a GoPro camera to film her playing at Berlin's Yellow Lounge
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Just 12 violinists and 12 cellists remain at International Tchaikovsky Competition 2015
The candidates have been whittled down from 25 violin and 25 cello finalists
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London cab driver steals musician’s violin and viola
The unlicensed driver sped off with the instruments on the back seat of his vehicle
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The Strad July 2015 issue is out now
As the Borodin Quartet celebrates its 70th anniversary, we ask the current line-up how they retain their distinctive sound
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Violin workshop opens in Brussels music museum
Luthier Thomas Meuwissen embarks on two-year public project to make a quartet
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Violinist Iva Miletić wins 2015 Khachaturian Competition in Armenia
The 27-year-old musician performed Mozart and Khachaturian in the final
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Composer Max Richter’s ‘Sleep’ to be given eight-hour overnight premiere
The ‘eight-hour lullaby’, thought to be the longest single piece of recorded classical music, is intended to send listeners to sleep
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International Tchaikovsky Competition 2015 names 25 cello finalists
The 25 candidates, whittled down from 48 cellists invited to the Moscow auditions, will compete in St Petersburg