All News articles – Page 108
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NewsCellist Arlen Hlusko joins Bang on a Can All-Stars
The Canadian cellist has been made a permanent member after performing with the group throughout the 2019-20 season
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NewsViolinist and composer Jessie Montgomery appointed to Mannes School faculty
The New Yorker, 39, will take up the post in the autumn
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NewsMusic venues in England remain closed despite planned reopening
Fears over second wave of Covid-19 cases prompt government re-think
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NewsGstaad Menuhin Festival & Academy to broadcast live music throughout August
Artists including cellist Sol Gabetta and violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja will perform from various venues in Switzerland’s Saanenland for the Pop-up Festival 2020
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NewsAudiences to return to Shanghai Symphony Hall
The Shanghai Symphony Orchestra confirms plans for its 2020/2021 season
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NewsLondon Music Masters names first organisations signed up to diversity audit tool
The music education charity has launched ‘I’m In’ to tackle racism and all forms of prejudice, and to drive systemic change
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NewsCellist Michael Dahlenburg to join Australian String Quartet
The musician and conductor will take up the post in November 2020, succeeding Sharon Grigoryan
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VideoTwoSet Violin react to The Strad’s August issue
Brett Yang and Eddy Chen give YouTube viewers their take on appearing in the magazine
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NewsRhiannon Giddens named artistic director of Silkroad
The fiddle player, banjoist and singer is the first single person to hold the role since Yo-Yo Ma
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NewsTasmin Little records personalised performances for fans in charity fundraiser
The violinist is raising money for UK charity Help Musicians
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NewsCincinnati Symphony and Pops orchestras to livestream seven free concerts this autumn
The orchestras will also present additional digital content and live, physically distanced performances across the region
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NewsViola player raises £16k in charity walk before his 100th birthday
Kenneth Essex walked 1km each day in the ten days leading up to the milestone
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NewsOrchestra heads to court over reprimanded concertmaster
Augsburg Philharmonic concertmaster Agnes Malich recieved a formal warning for supporting a Covid-19 fundraiser
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NewsSt John’s Smith Square creates Artist Lab to support musicians during the coronavirus crisis
The London concert venue’s new bursary fund will allow musicians to develop creative ways to make live music during the current distancing restrictions
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FocusNew UK artist management agency launched
String players including Francesca Dego (pictured), Henning Kraggerud and Laura van der Heijden will be represented by the new firm
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NewsJaakko Kuusisto to undergo brain surgery
The violinist was motivated to speak out by a wish to encourage others to get symptoms checked out
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NewsNational Children’s Orchestra of Great Britain launches online programme
The digital offering replaces right residential courses that were due to take place in the summer months this year
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NewsFrom swimming pool to solo Bach
An outdoor pool in southern Germany has switched swimmers for classical music fans
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NewsGuarneri ‘filius Andreae’ cello goes on display in Cremona
The 1692 instrument is owned by the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory of Music in Milan
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NewsISM updates UK live performance guidelines
Indoor performances restart next weekend and face-to-face teaching is back on the cards
