All News articles – Page 139
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NewsNielsen Competition kicks off today: who are the competitors, and what are the prizes?
The young violinists taking part in this year’s Carl Nielsen International Competition in Odense, Denmark, are today arriving and registering for what could be a career changing event. The violin event takes place in parallel with a clarinet and flute competition, reflecting the three instruments Nielsen wrote ...
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FocusPekka Kuusisto on his Greenpeace collaboration
Elegy for the Forest, Pekka Kuusisto’s short film made in collaboration with Greenpeace, aims to build awareness of deforestation. He speaks to Peter Quantrill about combining art and activism
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Gallery30 cellos in a Chicago swimming pool
Katinka Kleijn and Lia Kohl perform Water on the Bridge, a devised theatre and music piece, in and around the Eckhart Park pool in Chicago. The performance represented the first full-scale iteration of a project the two cellists have been working on since 2016, incorporating ‘elements of theatre, movement, and ...
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NewsNicolò Gagliano violin stolen in Berlin
A violin by Nicolò Gagliano made in Naples in 1769 was stolen without its case in Berlin on 11 March
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NewsLe Jonc Fleuri wins 10th International Telemann Competition
The Berlin-based quartet receives €7,500 and various concert engagements
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NewsQuartetto di Cremona wins Franco Buitoni Award 2019
The Italian ensemble receives £25,000 and a specially commissioned glass sculpture
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NewsQuartet and violinist among Avery Fisher Career Grant recipients
Jack Quartet and Angelo Xiang Yu awarded grants worth $25,000 each
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NewsNew advice for musicians travelling in and out of the UK
Dover and the Eurotunnel are among the ports to be affected by CITES legislation
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NewsQueen Elisabeth Competition 2019 names its violin candidates
49 women and 22 men compete for the grand prize of 2019
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NewsChicago Symphony Orchestra musicians go on strike
The strike follows negotiations for a labour agreement that preserves their defined-benefit pension plan
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NewsCellist George Neikrug has died
The cellist, renowned for both his teaching and playing, had just turned 100.
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NewsThe Twiolins announce 4th Progressive Classical Music Award
The competition aims to expand the repertoire for violin duet
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NewsThe International Grumiaux Violin Competition has announced its winners
The youngest winner is seven-year-old Himari Yoshimura from Japan
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NewsStradivari's forests: ongoing effort to salvage tonewood trees felled by storms
A factory in the Fiemme valley is asking luthiers and the public to buy IOUs so it can quadruple its processing capacity before the wood deteriorates
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NewsFirst finalists at Grumiaux competition for young violinists
The Brussels based competition has announced the finalists in its under-10 and under-21 categories
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NewsFormer Fine Arts Quartet violist Jerry Horner has died
The violist was a member of the US quartet for 20 years from 1980 and held principal positions in a number of orchestras
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NewsSavannah Music Festival announces Daniel Hope's final season as Associate Artistic Director
The violinist’s successor is the violist and conductor Philip Dukes
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NewsJoshua Bell awarded Glashütte Original Music Festival Prize 2019
Joshua Bell This year’s Glashütte Original Music Festival Prize, which has been presented annually since 1993 by Saxon luxury watchmaking company, Glashütte Original, will be awarded to Joshua Bell, in recognition of his significant commitment to the development of young artists. The American violinist receives €25,000. ‘I’ve ...
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NewsConcertmaster Emeritus retires from Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Timothy Lees has been on leave since December 2017 owing to a nerve injury
