All News articles – Page 157
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NewsPatricia Kopatchinskaja and Jennifer Higdon pick up 2018 Grammys
Higdon’s Viola Concerto earns her two trophies at 60th Grammy Awards with Kopatchinskaja’s the only one for a classical string player
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VideoBerlin-based Vision String Quartet picks up €60,000 award
Biennial Jürgen Ponto Foundation award also includes concerts at its four partner festivals
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NewsNew play dramatises Jascha Heifetz's part in the creation of Israel
A Walk With Mr Heifetz, written by arts journalist and former Gramophone editor James Inverne, opens at New York’s Cherry Lane Theatre on 31 January
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NewsFacebook engineer who died aged 33 creates fellowship to lend his Vuillaume violin to worthy talents
Eric Sun’s prized instrument will be made available via the Tarisio Trust Sun-Law Vuillaume Fellowship in two-year periods to talented musicians with a community-building proposal
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NewsPlans unveiled for Tokyo Stradivarius Festival
Blockbuster exhibition, supported by The Strad, will feature over 20 instruments
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NewsNancy Zhou wins $50,000 first prize at International Music Competition Harbin
American violinist, 25, adds the Chinese accolade to a number of recent competition successes
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NewsThe Strad February 2018 issue is out now
A French focus led by the Arod Quartet discussing how making a successful career as a foursome takes more than first-rate playing
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NewsInternational Music Competition Harbin in China enters final round
Four young violinists from China, South Korea, Russia and the US compete for $50,000 first place in first edition of Chinese competition
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NewsVanessa-Mae's Olympic skiing career likely over following shoulder injury
The violinist was chasing qualification to compete for Thailand at the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea
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NewsYouTube violinist Charles Yang wins Leonard Bernstein Award 2018
Versatile American violinist awarded the €10,000 prize and concert opportunity at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival
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NewsShirley Givens, violinist and pedagogue, 1930-2018
Concert violinist and beloved pedagogue remembered for her breadth of experience and enthusiam for teaching from international masterclasses to her picture-book violin methods for absolute beginners
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NewsAlisa Weilerstein joins Trondheim Soloists as Artistic Partner
Initial two-year contract will see MacArthur ‘genius grant’ winning American cellist embark on touring and recording projects and coincides with her move to audiophile record label Pentatone
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NewsSol Gabetta and Cremona Quartet among winners of International Classical Music Awards
Jury made up of editors of classical music magazines and websites chooses its albums of the year
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FocusAnshel Brusilow, violinist and conductor, 1928-2018 – an interview
A brief but illustrious career as a concertmaster in the 1950s and 60s at the Cleveland Orchestra under George Szell and the Philadelphia Orchestra under Eugene Ormandy gave way to his true calling as a conductor and later educator. In this interview from 2012 he talks to Julian Haylock about ...
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NewsMenuhin Competition 2018 announces 44 successful candidates for live rounds
Over 90% of participants began playing the violin before the age of five and average age across junior and senior categories has dropped to 15 for the first time, with the youngest aged ten and oldest 21
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NewsBaroque string specialist working for music publisher forced to leave UK after visa non renewal
An announcement from Schott Music has highlighted how changes to Visa rules have disproportionate effects on the arts world
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NewsHappy ending for musician whose violin disappeared from tour bus
Morven Bryce’s 1996 John Dilworth, thought to have fallen onto the road due to a faulty luggage compartment door, was missing for six weeks before being sold to Cash Converters for £35
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NewsObituary: viola and violin soloist Luigi Alberto Bianchi, 1945-2018
Menuhin protégé who in later years swapped fluidly between violin and viola, and whose career was punctuated by the thefts of two famous instruments
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NewsLuck holds out for violist whose instrument went missing twice in two months
RSNO member Fiona West and violinist colleague reunited with stolen instruments
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NewsDestroyed viola da gamba update: further info from owner, plus Alitalia responds
Myrna Herzog explains circumstances while airline claims investigations ongoing but that signed ‘limited release’ form effectively absolves it of responsibility
