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NewsApplications open for Continuo Foundation’s eighth round of grants
The grants will support projects taking place from November 2024 to April 2025
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News11-year-old violinist wins the 2024 Piccolo Violino Magico competition
South Korean violinist Hyunsuk Ryu receives a €5,000 scholarship and a violin made by Fabio Piagentini
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NewsCellist Antonio Meneses diagnosed with aggressive brain cancer
The Brazilian cellist has been diagnosed with an incurable brain tumour and has stepped down from his concert and teaching schedule
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NewsViolinist and conductor Liana Isakadze has died
The Georgian musician, who studied with Oistrakh and received first prize at the 1970 Sibelius Competition, was 77 years old
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NewsAskonas Holt signs a trio of violinists and more, as Opus 3 Berlin office rebrands
Violinists Benjamin Beilman, Diana Adamyan and Nemanja Radulović are among the artists on the new Askonas Holt Berlin roster
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NewsViolin vanishes after owner is abandoned on motorway during bus journey
The violin and bow disappeared from a bus after the owner was left stranded a motorway service station en route to Brussels in May 2024
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NewsThe Benedetti Foundation launches new Youth Ambassador Programme
Young musicians aged 15 to 18 across the UK are invited to apply for the programme, which will give an insight into music career paths via mentoring, networking and workshop sessions
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NewsContestants announced for the 2024 Mieczysław Wajnberg International Violin Competition
30 violinists from around the world will compete for the chance to win the top prize of €10,000 this December in Katowice, Poland
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NewsRecipients of the 2025 Kaiser Otto Prize announced
Violinist Lisa Batiashvili and pianist Igor Levit will be recognised for their work promoting peace and European values at an awards ceremony in July 2025
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NewsChiaroscuro Quartet announces new violinist
Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux succeeds Pablo Hernán Benedí, who has been a member of the quartet since 2010
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NewsViolin worth $11,000 stolen from Suzuki programme
The instrument was last seen at Evansville University in Indiana, US
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NewsThe Corrs violinist left ‘humiliated’ after Ryanair refuses to let her board with violin
Sharon Corr was about to board a flight to Dublin but claims she was denied boarding by the airline for having her violin with her
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NewsMissing: a 1754 Giovanni Battista Gabrielli violin stolen from Belgian train
The instrument was stolen in transit between Antwerp and Bruxelles Midi, Belgium
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NewsViolinist Guido Sant’Anna receives €15,000 LOTTO-Förderpreis
The Brazilian violinist received the award from the Rheingau Music Festival, celebrating in a performance at the festival on 27 June 2024
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NewsViolinist Lisa Batiashvili signs with Impresariat Simmenauer
Batiashvili joins the Berlin-based agency for general management with immediate effect
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NewsWinners announced at 19th ANLAI International Violin Making Competition
The contest saw the assessment of 200 luthiers and bow makers from around the world
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NewsContestants announced for Ilona Fehér International Violin Competition 2024
Young violinists from around the world will convene in Budapest, Hungary from 4 July 2024 to compete for the total prize money of €10,000
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NewsCassatt Quartet appoints new violist
Violist Emily Brandenburg joins the ensemble in autumn 2024, coinciding with the quartet’s 40th anniversary season
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NewsCremona’s Museo del Violino appoints new curator
Riccardo Angeloni takes over the role from Fausto Cacciatori and is the first graduate of a degree dedicated to restoration and conservation of musical instruments from the University of Pavia to hold the position
