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NewsBoston Symphony Orchestra names three string players as its new resident fellows
Violinist Rachel Arcega Orth, cellist Maximiliano Oppeltz and violist Yuri Hughes will perform with the orchestra and the Boston Pops to gain professional experience and career support
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Premium ❘ ArticleAnalysis September 2024: Teaching folk fiddling
Since folk fiddling is a very different discipline from playing classical music, how do teaching strategies need to change to accommodate the differences?
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NewsChicago Symphony Orchestra cellist to retire after 39 years
US cellist Loren Brown will retire from the orchestra in September, receiving the Theodore Thomas Medallion for Distinguished Service
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NewsViolinists recognised in the latest round of German Record Critics’ Awards
Violinists Isabelle Faust, Sergey Khachatryan and Antje Weithaas have received awards for their recent recordings
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NewsTibor Junior International Violin Competition semi-finalists announced
Six violinists between the ages of 14 and 17 will compete in the second round on 22 August
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News‘Auer, Benvenuti’ Stradivari violin tokenised by digital asset company
A Digital Product Passport has been created with blockchain technology to preserve the violin’s unique provenance, which includes Leopold Auer and Joseph Benvenuti
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NewsSpanish cellist wins the Filón Prize for best Flamenco Instrumentalist
José ’El Marqués’ receives the €6,000 award at the International Cante de las Minas Festival, the first time the prize has ever been granted to a cellist in the festival’s history
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NewsEnsemble intercontemporain mourns violinist
Maryvonne Le Dizès was a member of the group since 1979 and was the first woman to win the Paganini Competition in 1962
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NewsNew string appointments at San Francisco Symphony
The new players join the first violin, cello and bass sections
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NewsTÁR cellist Sophie Kauer lands another film role
The cellist joins the cast of indie film All Five Eyes, which is currently filming in Kent, UK
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NewsBluegrass fiddler Bobby Hicks dies at age 91
A legendary figure in Bluegrass and country music, the fiddle master Bobby Hicks died at his home in western North Carolina from complications of heart disease at the age of 91.
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NewsCellist Camille Thomas signs with Keynote Artist Management
The Franco-Belgian cellist joins the roster for general management
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NewsAustralian principal violist John Dean has died, aged 90
John Dean was the longest-serving principal viola in the Western Australian Symphony Orchestra’s history from 1970 to 1989
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NewsViolin maker Ansaldo Poggi to be celebrated in new exhibition
One of the most highly regarded Italian luthiers of the 20th century, he was an apprentice of Giuseppe Fiorini
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NewsLondon Symphony Orchestra announces new cello appointment
Spanish cellist Salvador Bolón has joined the British orchestra
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NewsThe violin and cello winners of the Accordi Musicali Academy International Competitions
Chinese violinist Zhiyuan Qian and New Zealand-German cellist Matthias Balzat won their respective categories, receiving €5,000 each
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NewsWinners announced for the 2024 Kreutzer International Music Competition
South Korean violinist Jieun Son wins the €1,000 first prize in the senior solo violin category
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NewsViolinist retires from Pittsburgh Symphony after 36 years
First violinist Christopher Wu joined the orchestra in 1988
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News‘A band needed a cellist. It saved my life’ – Holocaust survivor and cellist meets Auschwitz director’s son in new documentary
Holocaust survivor and cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch meets Auschwitz director Rudolf Höss’s son in the new documentary The Commandant’s Shadow
