All News articles – Page 15
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NewsContestants announced for the 2024 Mieczysław Wajnberg International Violin Competition
30 violinists from around the world will compete for the chance to win the top prize of €10,000 this December in Katowice, Poland
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NewsRecipients of the 2025 Kaiser Otto Prize announced
Violinist Lisa Batiashvili and pianist Igor Levit will be recognised for their work promoting peace and European values at an awards ceremony in July 2025
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NewsChiaroscuro Quartet announces new violinist
Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux succeeds Pablo Hernán Benedí, who has been a member of the quartet since 2010
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NewsViolin worth $11,000 stolen from Suzuki programme
The instrument was last seen at Evansville University in Indiana, US
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NewsThe Corrs violinist left ‘humiliated’ after Ryanair refuses to let her board with violin
Sharon Corr was about to board a flight to Dublin but claims she was denied boarding by the airline for having her violin with her
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NewsMissing: a 1754 Giovanni Battista Gabrielli violin stolen from Belgian train
The instrument was stolen in transit between Antwerp and Bruxelles Midi, Belgium
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NewsViolinist Guido Sant’Anna receives €15,000 LOTTO-Förderpreis
The Brazilian violinist received the award from the Rheingau Music Festival, celebrating in a performance at the festival on 27 June 2024
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NewsViolinist Lisa Batiashvili signs with Impresariat Simmenauer
Batiashvili joins the Berlin-based agency for general management with immediate effect
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NewsWinners announced at 19th ANLAI International Violin Making Competition
The contest saw the assessment of 200 luthiers and bow makers from around the world
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NewsContestants announced for Ilona Fehér International Violin Competition 2024
Young violinists from around the world will convene in Budapest, Hungary from 4 July 2024 to compete for the total prize money of €10,000
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NewsCassatt Quartet appoints new violist
Violist Emily Brandenburg joins the ensemble in autumn 2024, coinciding with the quartet’s 40th anniversary season
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NewsCremona’s Museo del Violino appoints new curator
Riccardo Angeloni takes over the role from Fausto Cacciatori and is the first graduate of a degree dedicated to restoration and conservation of musical instruments from the University of Pavia to hold the position
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NewsAmerican violinist Maynard Goldman has died
A well-known figure on the Boston music scene, the violinist spent almost 25 years as concertmaster of the Boston Ballet
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NewsTop string players among Opus Klassik 2024 winners
This year’s award winners include a host of string players, who won prizes in categories including Instrumentalist of the Year, Young Talent of the Year and more
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NewsCandidates announced for the International Karol Lipiński Violin Competition 2024
24 violinists from around the world have been selected to compete in this year’s competition, starting from 27 September in Torun, Poland
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NewsViolinist Daniel Hope to take up leadership role at Gstaad Menuhin Festival & Academy
Hope will assume the role of intendant and artistic director from 1 November 2025, continuing the legacy of the festival’s founder, Yehudi Menuhin
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NewsEmad Zolfaghari wins 2024 Primrose International Viola Competition
The 19-year-old Canadian violist won $15,000, future concert engagements, as well as the audience prize
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NewsCello professor and string quartets take top honours at Reina Sofía School of Music
Cellist Ivan Monighetti and the Casals and Quiroga quartets were among those to receive the school’s highest distinction for their contribution and collaboration with the institution
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NewsChicago Symphony Orchestra appoints new principal viola
Currently principal viola of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Teng Li will assume her new role on 15 September 2024
