All News articles – Page 143
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NewsMichigan violin professor is on leave following allegations
Stephen Shipps was the object of an article in The Michigan Daily alleging decades of sexual misconduct
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NewsSaving Stradivari's forests: effort to harvest precious tonewoods felled in storms
A factory in the Fiemme valley has launched a crowdfunding effort to enable it to quadruple its processing capacity before the wood deteriorates
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NewsRoyal College of Music announces new string quartet fellowship
One-year scheme will accept applications from young quartets which are already developing a profile, and offers coaching, use of facilities and more
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NewsSheku Kanneh-Mason plays at Royal Variety Performance
Another royal engagement for cellist who shot to international prominence by playing at wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
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NewsTwo events held as part of the Violins of Hope Exhibition
The events include a performance on the instruments played by Jewish musicians during the Holocaust
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NewsInvestigation reveals 40 years of sexual misconduct claims against violin professor
The reports include accusations of unwelcome touching, sexual assault and prolonged sexual relationships with teenage students
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NewsClassical Grammy nominations announced
String players among this year’s nominations include Joshua Bell, James Ehnes, Christina Day Martinson and the Kronos, Aizuri, and Danish quartets
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News$100k M-Prize discontinued after three years
University of Michigan School of Music chamber music competition fails to survive departure of dean who championed it
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NewsDominique Peccatte bow fetches nearly €200,000 at Bernard Millant auction
Vichy Enchères’ second sale of items from the leading French bowmaker’s collection included 95 bows and 16 violins, with a number of records set for makers
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NewsWinners announced at inaugural Birmingham Piano Chamber Music Competition
The Kapoor-Leung Duo wins competition which took place in new Royal Birmingham Conservatoire concert hall
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NewsJoël Bons wins 2019 Grawemeyer Award for cello work
The Dutch composer receives $100,000 prize for Nomaden, a one-hour piece for cello and instruments from cultures around the world
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NewsNikolaj Szeps-Znaider named new Music Director of the Orchestre National de Lyon
He takes up the new position in September 2020 for a period of four years
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NewsTwo groups win Chamber Music Prize of the Polytechnic Society
The musicians share the €10,000 prize
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NewsCasals Foundation award given jointly for the first time
Two young cellists share €24,000 prize pot in competition held in El Vendrell, Catalonia, chaired by Marta Casals Istomin
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NewsTwo cello records set at Sotheby’s sale of Rostropovich collection
Guadagnini and Serafin reach new highs in auction of items from the private collection of the Russian cellist and his wife Galina Vishnevskaya
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NewsEminent Soviet violinist Nina Beilina has died aged 81
Student of Yampolsky and Oistrakh who emigrated to the US and maintained busy performing and teaching career
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NewsQuatuor Ébène wins Frankfurt Music Prize
The French string quartet receives €15,000 industry prize awarded during the annual Musikmesse
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NewsInternational Classical Music Awards shortlist revealed
Alpha and Deutsche Grammophon have 13 nominations each
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NewsCellist has strings confiscated at airport
Amit Peled was asked to surrender his spare set of strings due to concerns about them being used as a weapon
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NewsNew Animated Film for Scotland’s National Music School
St Mary’s Music School hopes to raise awareness of its campaign to move to the Old Royal High
