All News articles – Page 154
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NewsCandidates named for $100,000 Shanghai Isaac Stern Competition
Starting on 10 August this year, the 36 young violinists will be competing for the biggest prize pot available in any competition
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NewsPaganini International Violin Competition announces 16 semifinalists
Event in its 55th edition offers a €20,000 first prize and opportunity to perform on Paganini’s favourite violin
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NewsCellist Maxim Calver wins the string category of BBC Young Musician 2018
Eighteen-year-old Menuhin School student gains place in semi-final playing works by Lutoslawski, Brahms and Stravinsky
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NewsViolin belonging to Russell Crowe fetches £89,500 at auction
Leandro Bisiach instrument used in the 2003 film Master and Commander was sold as part of an auction of the Australian actor’s belongings ostensibly to fund his divorce settlement
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NewsMichael Tree, violist, 1934-2018
Veteran chamber musician who co-founded the Guarneri Quartet and remained with it for the entire 45 years of its life, dies aged 84
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NewsUK ivory ban: Musical instrument exemption confirmed
Strict sale prohibition set to be made law will apply to all ivory objects, new and old, bar a handful of specific exceptions
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NewsPhilip De Groote, founding cellist of Chilingirian Quartet, dies at 68
South African cellist started group with Levon Chilingirian in 1971 and retired over 40 years later in 2013
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NewsViola player wins momentous case against Royal Opera House
First of a kind High Court judgement finds in favour of Chris Goldscheider, who claimed he suffered acoustic shock during Wagner Ring cycle rehearsals
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NewsStaatskapelle Berlin concertmaster Axel Wilczok has died aged 66
Axel Wilczok, who served as concertmaster of the Staatskapelle Berlin for more than 30 years, has died aged 66. A close associate of Daniel Barenboim since 1990, Wilczok was one of the first tutors at the Barenboim–Said Akademie and an important mentor at the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra. ...
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NewsJury named for 2018 Schoenfeld Competition
Jean-Jacques Kantorow and David Geringas to chair the violin and cello divisions respectively
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NewsDonghyun Kim wins Seoul International Music Competition
South Korean 18-year-old picks up $50,000 first prize and package of performance opportunities
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NewsNew York Metropolitan Museum of Art reopens its musical instrument galleries
André Mertens Galleries have been refurbished and reordered during two-year closure
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NewsSeoul International Music Competition violin finalists announced
South Korean candidates dominate in competition with $50,000 first prize
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NewsViolinist, double bassist and quartet awarded Avery Fisher grants
Xavier Foley, Francisco Fullana and the Calidore String Quartet take three of the four 2018 Avery Fisher Career Grants worth $25,000
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NewsThe Strad April 2018 issue is out now
In a German-themed issue, we look at the instrument making traditions of Füssen and talk to violinist Carolin Widmann
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NewsUpdated: More cancellations from David Garrett as herniated disc keeps him out of action
Violinist withdraws from concerts until the end of April, bringing the total cancellations to 25 since January
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NewsDaniel Hope signs up as artistic director of conductorless New Century Chamber Orchestra
German-based violinist commits to five-year term with San Francisco ensemble after trial period as artistic partner
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NewsLuthiers sans Frontieres back on the road with Philippines project
UK chapter of charity based at Newark School of Violin Making makes its twelfth overall mission and first visit to Bataan over Easter
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NewsPromising young bass player is victim of package bomb in Austin
Spate of terrorist bombings in Texan state capital, thought to be racially motivated, claims life of 17-year-old musician Draylen Mason
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NewsCastalian String Quartet wins inaugural Merito String Quartet Award worth €45,000
Professional development award headed by Alban Berg Quartet cellist Valentin Erben, is based on secret observation of elligible quartets
