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NewsMontreal competition announces final six
Players perform for chance to win prizes worth CA$150,000
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News10th International Leopold Mozart Violin Competition announces semi-finalists
Twelve violinists will proceed to the competition’s second round
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NewsBaltimore Symphony cancels summer concerts after failing to agree pay deal
The announcement cites ‘fiscal reform, improvement efforts’ and intention to reduce its activities from 52 to 40 weeks per year
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NewsThe Strad June 2019 issue is out now
Why is it that so many of the great luthier’s violins don’t fit the moulds we have for them?
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NewsMontreal competition names twelve semi-finalists
They will compete for the six places available in the final for a chance of winning a first prize worth CA$100,000
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Premium ❘ NewsA Question for the Ages – Analysis
Does respecting the value of old instruments mean they should be played less often? Luthiers, museum curators and foundation heads debate the age-old question
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NewsUpdated competitor list for $100,000 Montreal Competition
Canadian event’s first round starts this evening with 24 candidates from around the world, with some new additions
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News13-year-old Hannah Tam wins Montreal's 'Mini Violini'
Preceding the main competition, the showcase invited five young violinists aged 10-14, and awarded a $10,000 audience prize
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NewsTrump gifts viola to new Japanese emperor
A 1938 viola bought from an Arkansas violin shop was among the gifts presented yesterday by President Trump to Emperor Naruhito
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NewsViolinist and pedagogue Alice Schoenfeld dies aged 98
Alice Schoenfeld © Ian Evenstar Veteran string tutor Alice Schoenfeld died on 25 May at the age of 98. An internationally acclaimed violinist, who for many years had a respected duo partnership with her sister, cellist Eleonore Schoenfeld, she taught at USC Thornton School of Music, California, ...
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NewsJoshua Bell receives €25,000 Glashütte Original Music Festival Award
The American violinist will be donating the award to five organisations
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NewsStella Chen awarded first prize in Queen Elisabeth Violin Competition
The American violinist receives €25,000, a CD recording, a number of important international performance opportunities and the loan of a Stradivarius
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NewsW.E. Hill cello damaged on Delta flight
Cincinnati CCM student claims damage was sustained on instrument in hold despite outer flight case
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NewsNicola Benedetti appoints executive director
Michael Garvey takes up his new role at the Benedetti Foundation in July
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NewsPieter Wispelwey wins Brahms Prize for unconventional recording project
The Dutch cellist has won the recognition alongside pianist Paolo Giacometti for five-album survey of duos, including arrangements of works not written for cello
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NewsJuilliard School announces new graduate resident string quartet
As part of the Artist Diploma programme the Ulysses Quartet will study with the members of the Juilliard String Quartet
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NewsViolin and cello winners at Vienna Classic Strings competition
Meruert Karmenova and Grace Sohn take first prizes over the weekend, joining viola winner Luosha Fang
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NewsMarkneukirchen Cello Competition names winner
South Korean cellist Yeong-Kwang Lee takes first place in all-Schumann final
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NewsMeet the candidates: Michael Hill International Violin Competition
Starting in two weeks, the New Zealand event with NZ$40,000 top prize has invited 16 violinists to its live rounds
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NewsLuosha Fang wins viola section of Vienna Classic Strings competition
The Chinese violist, who has trained in the US and Spain, takes home €22,000 in prize money
