All News articles – Page 110
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NewsNew funding announced for Scottish arts sector
The William Syson Foundation is making new funding available thanks to its £13m endowment
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NewsMinnesota Orchestra replaces August concerts with chamber performances
All full orchestra concerts originally scheduled for August and early September 2020 have been cancelled due to Covid-19 safety regulations
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NewsJapanese man arrested for attacking pedestrian with violin bow
The random incident took place on a street in Sapporo, Japan
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NewsBravo! Vail launches re-imagined summer festival following May cancellation
The annual event, held in Colorado, US, is to present an alternative programme of live outdoor music in response to Covid-19
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NewsLeonid Kogan competition announces some of its winners
Winners were selected on the basis of YouTube recordings
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NewsCadogan Hall reopens for streamed concerts and recording sessions
Events include a charity performance in response to the Black Lives Matter Movement and a concert from the English Chamber Orchestra
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NewsRoyal Over-Seas League Announces Two New Scholarships for Young Musicians in Scotland
The scholarships will fund course fees for students studying at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow and St Mary’s School in Edinburgh
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NewsThe film composer Ennio Morricone has died
Renowned for scoring Sergio Leone’s Spaghetti Westerns that made Clint Eastwood a star, the Italian composer has died in Rome at the age of 91
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NewsSchoenfeld International String Competition postponed to December
The competition was originally scheduled to take place this July 2020
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NewsGovernment announces £1.57 bn lifeline for arts and culture sector
UK music venues and theatres to benefit from new government support package following months of closure due to the coronavirus crisis
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FocusHarrogate International Festivals to put on virtual arts weekender
The HIF Weekender runs from 23-26 July
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NewsBBC Proms reveals full details of socially-distanced 2020 season
Alina Ibragimova, Nicola Benedetti and Sheku Kanneh-Mason are among the string players to be performing live at this year’s BBC Proms
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NewsLondon Symphony Chorus to launch musical tribute to health and care workers
Never to Forget pays homage to the health and care workers who have died from Covid-19
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NewsViolinist Ida Haendel has died
The ‘grande dame of the violin’ had a seven-decade career in performing, recording and teaching
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NewsYCat finalists to receive career support packages
Two cellists, a violinist, a double bassist and three chamber groups are among the twelve finalists this year
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NewsNew software allows users to recreate the sound of a Stradivarius
Native Instruments’ ‘Stradivari Violin’ uses tones captured at Cremona’s Museo del Violino in January 2019
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VideoIsrael Philharmonic Orchestra: Global Gala 2020
The virtual concert on 28 June was the victim of a cyberattack but can now be seen in its entirety
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NewsCecil Aronowitz International Viola Competition 2020 announces live competitors
40 violists aged 21 and under will compete at the event held at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire from 14 - 20 November
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News2020 Osaka Chamber Music Competition and Festa postponed to 2021
The competition will now take place from 16-21 May 2021
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NewsKenneth Goldsmith - pedagogue, concertmaster and chamber musician - has died
The violinist was 81 years old
