All News articles – Page 159
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NewsViola da spalla pioneer Lambert Smit has died
Dutch violist’s research on Bach’s use of the five-string shoulder held instrument in the Cello Suites and Cantatas played crucial role in its revival
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NewsCleveland Orchestra receives $15m gift in 100th season
Richard and Emily Smucker have pledged the amount, with $3m as challenge grants to encourage further fundraising efforts
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NewsMenuhin Competition receives record number of applications
Event taking place in Geneva in April 2018 receives 317 applications across junior and senior categories
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NewsSingapore International Violin Competition announces 2018 participants
Event returns for second edition with $100,000 total prize fund, of which half goes to the winner
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NewsPamela Frank joins USC Thornton with collaborator physical therapist Howard Nelson
One-year visiting appointment will see Avery Fisher Prize winning violinist working with graduate students in tandem with movement related injury specialist
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NewsDouble bassist Duncan McTier's ban from teaching children upheld
Renowned soloist and teacher pleaded guilty in 2014 to indecent assaults but had sought to overturn teaching restriction
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NewsBernard Millant collection goes under the hammer
Vichy Enchères to auction 127 lots belonging to leading French bow maker who died earlier this year
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NewsVirtual musical instrument museum launches with 20,000 items from British collections
Launching today, the MINIM-UK website features photos, audio and video from 20,000 items spanning 5,000 years
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NewsChristian Tetzlaff awarded Jeunesses Musicales Deutschland’s Würth Prize
€15,000 recognition for violinist’s commitment to opening up access to classical music
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NewsAndré Rieu fights €116,000 fine after falling foul of Dutch child employment laws
Minors involved in series of concerts in Rieu’s hometown of Maastricht in 2015 worked beyond allowable hours according to authorities
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NewsYo-Yo Ma steps down from Silkroad Ensemble
Cellist passes directorship of artistic melting pot to trio of current musicians
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NewsLondon Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Gordan Nikolitch steps down after 19 years
Serbian violinist has accepted teaching post in Germany and maintains artistic directorship of Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
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NewsViolinist Maria Milstein wins Dutch Music Prize
Recognition from Dutch Ministry of Culture’s Performing Arts Fund follows a period of mentorship and study
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NewsSharon Roffman appointed Royal Scottish National Orchestra leader
US violinist will share role at RSNO with current incumbent Maya Iwabuchi
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NewsArgus Quartet and violinist Yoojin Jang win Concert Artists Guild competition
New York recital and CAG management contract are part of package of benefits for winners
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NewsSwiss cellist Daniel Pezzotti dies aged 55
Versatile musician with presence in the worlds of classical, jazz and beyond, dies after illness
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NewsAugustin Hadelich named as Musical America’s Instrumentalist of the Year
Violinist praised for broad repertoire and particularly for recent performances of the Dvořák concerto
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NewsThe Strad November 2017 issue is out now
Celebrating the centenary of Jascha Heifetz’s historic US debut at Carnegie Hall
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NewsViolinist avoids jail after causing car crash at twice the drug drive limit
Victoria Yellop already on suspended sentence for involvement in staged burglary in 2015
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NewsRunning viola shatters marathon record
Alistair Rutherford sets new Guinness World Record for fastest marathon dressed as a musical instrument – breaking previous one by nearly an hour
