All News articles – Page 118
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NewsWorld Federation of International Music Competitions appoints new Secretary General
The Geneva-based federation has appointed Florian Riem as its new Secretary General, with immediate effect
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NewsTasmin Little postpones retirement
In response to concert cancellations as a result of the coronavirus crisis, the violinist has postponed her retirement from the concert platform to December 2020
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NewsIsabelle Faust plays Bach in empty St Thomas Church, Leipzig
The concert took place at 4pm on Sunday 5 April
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NewsGeneva Competition extends its cello application deadline to 15 June
Due to the impact of the coronavirus, the Geneva Competition has extended the registration deadline for this year’s Cello Competition to 15 June
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NewsLondon Music Masters waives group teacher training fee
In response to the impact of Covid-19 on the arts, the music education charity will waive its course fee for the 2020/21 cohort of Team Teach
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NewsViolin and bow makers collaborate to raise money for musicians’ fund
Luthier Jacob Brillhart is live-streaming the building of a $10k violin for ’Musician Aid’
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NewsLondon’s Barbican extends closure to 30 June 2020
The arts space also calls for donations from audiences ’to enable it to keep investing in the artists and organisations it works with’
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NewsFundraising campaign launched for freelance musicians in Germany
The German Orchestra Foundation has so far raised more than €855,000 for the emergency fund
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NewsTamsin Waley-Cohen has co-founded Living Room Live
The violinist has co-founded a website streaming live concerts from musicians’ homes
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NewsJulian Lloyd Webber curates online concert series in aid of NHS workers
‘Art Saves Us’ is an online concert series in support of NHS Workers, launching on Friday 3rd April
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NewsAnne-Sophie Mutter pays tribute to Krzysztof Penderecki
The German violinist honours the Polish conductor and composer whose death was announced yesterday, describing his loss as ‘a huge void in my heart’
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NewsGeorge Enescu International Competition extends its application submission deadline until May 1st, 2020
The George Enescu International Competition has extended its application submission deadline until May 1, 2020, due to the ongoing crisis caused by COVID-19 pandemic worldwide
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NewsAnne-Sophie Mutter has tested positive for coronavirus
The German violinist addresses her fans in a video revealing that she has tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus
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NewsSchoenfeld International String Competition 2020 announces deadline extension and changes to applications procedure
Preparations for the 5th Schoenfeld Competition in Harbin continue as planned for 15-29 July 2020
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NewsViolinist Rachell Ellen Wong becomes first Baroque artist to receive an Avery Fisher Career Grant
The other grant recipients for 2020 are violinist Stella Chen and cellist Zlatomir Fung
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NewsMenuhin Competition Richmond 2020 postponed to May 2021
Artistic director Gordon Back praises ‘Herculean efforts’ of all involved as competition becomes the latest to reschedule due to the Covid-19 pandemic
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NewsObituary: Hellmut Stern (1928-2020)
The former concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic fled the Nazis in 1938 and also performed in Israel and the US
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NewsThe Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center announces new Bowers Program Artists
String players Stella Chen, Sihao He, Richard Lin, Timothy Ridout and James Thompson have been selected for a three-season residency
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NewsMelbourne Digital Concert Hall launches on Friday
A new online concert platform aims to support classical musicians who have lost work due to the coronavirus crisis
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NewsFrench violinist Jean Leber dies of coronavirus
The French violinist Jean Leber, founder of the Paris Octet, has died of coronavirus
