All News articles – Page 105
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NewsMusical chairs: new Stradivaris for top violin soloists
Eldbjørg Hemsing receives the 1707 ‘Rivaz, Baron Gutmann’ while Janine Jansen has the 1715 ‘Rode, Duke of Cambridge’
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NewsJazz bassist Gary Peacock has died
The bassist, who played with musicians including Miles Davis, was 85 years old
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NewsLive concerts to return to St John’s Smith Square
The remainder of the year brings a programme of 63 public concerts, as well as 50 digital events
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NewsRapid Covid-19 test supports London Symphony Orchestra’s return to live performance
The new Covid-19 test delivers results in just over an hour
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NewsNew York’s 92Y announces autumn season
The series of nine streamed concerts features violinists Midori and Tai Murray, double bassist Xavier Foley and the Emerson String Quartet
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NewsGary Karr and François Rabbath donate treasured items to help bassists in need
Four of Karr’s bows and Ten of Rabbath’s paintings will be donated to raise funds for Project 80/90
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NewsBBC Proms announces Last Night amendment
Nicola Benedetti will replace Lisa Batiashvili, who is withdrawing due to illness
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NewsCity of London Sinfonia returns to Southwark Cathedral for two performances
The concerts will be open to socially distanced audience members in groups of up to six
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NewsLondon Mozart Players launch ‘Classical Club’
This ticketed series of concerts filmed in unusual or iconic venues will take place between 24 September and 15 November
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NewsIndianapolis Symphony Orchestra agrees pandemic pay deal
Players will receive a third of their 2019–20 base salary from January 2021
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NewsYouth orchestra awarded €15,000 Würth Prize
The North German Youth Philharmonic Orchestra was commended for its ’willingness to take risks’
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NewsBBC Arts announces autumn schedule
Among the offerings is a series of live concerts on Radio 3 in the lead-up to Christmas
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NewsLive music and audience to return to the Barbican
Among the performers are the London Symphony Orchestra and the Kanneh-Mason family
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NewsEx-Shanghai Quartet violinist sues former colleagues for unfair dismissal
Yi-Wen Jiang is suing the Shanghai Quartet and Montclair State University, where the quartet is resident, following a comment on social media earlier this year
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NewsMelbourne cellist wins Freedman Classical Fellowship during lockdown
Richard Narroway receives the $20,000 award, enabling him to set up a post-COVID national performance tour
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NewsObituary: double bassist Erich Hartmann
The oldest surviving member of the Berlin Philharmonic died, aged 100, in July
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NewsDaniel Müller-Schott and Anne-Sophie Mutter receive Opus Klassik 2020 solo recording award
The award ceremony will take place on 17 October
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NewsLondon Philharmonic Orchestra returns to Royal Festival Hall this autumn
The ensemble’s Autumn season will consist of 13 streamed concerts
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NewsRule, Britannia! will now be sung at BBC Proms 2020
The UK music festival has reversed its decision to perform orchestral arrangements of Rule, Britannia! and Land of Hope and Glory following heated criticism
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NewsAriana Nelson to join Carpe Diem Quartet
The cellist succeeds Greg Sauer, who has left after eleven years with the group
