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NewsCMS introduces The Phenomenal 50 Podcast
Free podcasts, each with a spoken introduction by David Finckel and Wu Han, bring us fine performances from the last 50 years
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NewsDouble virtuoso appointed as USC Thornton School of Music professor
The violinist and violist Yura Lee will join the faculty as Associate Professor of Practice for viola
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NewsBows worth $55,000 stolen from car in Midtown Manhattan
Lamy and Voirin cello bows were on trial from Salchow & Sons
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NewsObituary: Vagram Saradjian, cellist, 1948-2019
Student of Mstislav Rostropovich at the Moscow Conservatory who went on to performing and teaching career in the US
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NewsObituary: Michael Flaksman, cellist, 1947-2019
Student of Paul Tortelier and Antonio Janigro was head of strings at the Musikhochschule in Mannheim
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NewsShanghai Quartet appointed to faculty of Tianjin Juilliard School
The members of the ensemble will coach and perform with students as part of their new role
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NewsConductor ploughs on despite clothing mishap
Muhai Tang continued conducting after his trousers fell down mid-concert
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NewsIs this a true portrait of Stradivarius?
Recently discovered painting appears to be copy of portrait made in the luthier’s lifetime
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NewsSimply Quartet crowned winners at Nielsen Competition
Ensemble based in Austria but with roots in Shanghai scoops top prize in Copenhagen
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NewsQuartet finalists at the Nielsen Chamber Music Competition
Event in Copenhagen ends this evening with three ensembles vying for €15,000 first prize and list of engagements
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NewsCello stolen on Paris-Le Mans train
The instrument, built by Parisian luthier Charles Coquet in 2012, was taken yesterday afternoon
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NewsSemi-finalists named at Nielsen Chamber Music Competition
Event in Copenhagen puts five quartets through to second round taking place on Friday
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NewsThe Strad November 2019 issue is out now
American violinist Sarah Chang on her 30-year career and taking on more chamber and contemporary projects
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Premium ❘ ArticleAnalysis: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
In these environmentally aware times, players will be conscious of the long-term impact of the strings they’re using. What are manufacturers doing to set their minds at rest? Peter Somerford finds out
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Premium ❘ NewsCompetitions and Award Winners: November
Chinese violinist Ming Liu, 24, has won China’s Harbin International Music Competition. She receives $50,000. Liu studied at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music with Vera Tsu Weiling. Second prize went to Sinying Chan, 22, from Hong Kong, and third prize to Haram Kim, 21, from South Korea. The Zhuhai ...
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NewsInfluential Italian luthier Renato Scrollavezza has died
Born in poverty and initially self taught, he went on to mentor generations of violin makers at his lutherie school in Parma
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NewsNielsen Chamber Music Competition begins in Copenhagen
Seven string quartets and eight wind quintets compete this week in the second edition of the competition
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NewsPrizes awarded at 5th Karol Lipiński Violin Competition
Event in Toruń, Poland, hands out €50,000 in cash prizes
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NewsCellist protest at British Airways check-in desk
Musicians stranded at Basel airport following booking problems give impromptu performance
