All News articles – Page 162
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NewsProtest violinist Wuilly Arteaga released from custody in Venezuela
Violinst trained in El Sistema, who has become familiar face of anti-government protests, was arrested three weeks ago
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NewsNew violin created to commemorate first world war poet Siegfried Sassoon
The instrument is made from the same branch as Wilfred Owen violin made in 2014, from a sycamore in the grounds of the hospital where they met
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NewsGuadagnini back in action in the hands of Daniel Auner
Young Viennese violinist has been loaned 1752 Milan-period instrument by National Bank of Austria collection
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NewsViolist Matthew Jones named Guildhall School head of chamber music
Announcement confirms position Jones has held provisionally since January 2016
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NewsTeenage girl jailed for acid in viola case attack
Scottish schoolgirl booby-trapped love rival’s instrument case with drain cleaner
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NewsYo-Yo Ma to the rescue – lost puppy found after cellist’s intervention
Tanglewood Festival audience passes the word on and conductor David Zinman is reunited with four-month-old Havanese
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NewsWalter Levin, founder and first violin of the LaSalle Quartet, has died
Last remaining member of the original line-up of the US-based quartet was 92
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NewsNineteen members of youth orchestra fall ill from contaminated water
European Spirit of Youth Orchestra felled by poison fountain in northern Italy
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NewsLeonard Elschenbroich steps in to save BBC Proms premiere
Cellist steps in at two weeks’ notice to take on Brian Elias cello concerto from indisposed Natalie Clein
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NewsChristian Tetzlaff and Daniel Hope among 2017 ECHO Klassik winners
German classical music recording awards ceremony will take place at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg in October
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NewsInaugural Paganini Festival in Genoa announces programme
Festival tied to long-running Paganini Prize will feature performances on ‘The Cannon’ Guarneri
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NewsMilan Škampa presented with International Viola Society award
Milan Škampa, violist of the Smetana Quartet from 1956 until the ensemble disbandment in 1989, has been awarded the International Viola Society’s highest award, the Silver Alto Clef, for the year 2016. IVS president – and long-time contributor to The Strad – Carlos María Solare visited Dr ...
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NewsPavle Vujcic, concertmaster of the Dominican National Symphony for over 30 years, dies aged 64
Serbian by birth, the violinist made new home in Santo Domingo in 1983
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NewsArgentine National Symphony Orchestra cancels concerts amid financial chaos
Chilean conductor Francisco Rettig calls time after months of turmoil
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NewsJoshua Bell extends his Academy of St Martin in the Fields contract
Violinist, who took on artistic directorship in 2011, will now stay in role until at least 2020
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NewsHattori Foundation names five string players among 2017 award winners
Total of £42,500 shared between eleven recipients judged to be on the cusp of international solo careers
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NewsWoman, accused of destroying ex-husband's Amati among dozens of violins, arrested in Japan
Violin maker’s shop stock and collection of instruments and bows said to be worth around $1m
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NewsCecilia String Quartet to give final season of performances
The Canadian-based ensemble won the Banff International String Quartet Competition in 2010
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NewsViolinist Thomas Füri, former director of Camerata Bern, dies aged 70
Füri died following a long illness the day after his 70th birthday
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NewsHilary Hahn calls on fans for upcoming Deutsche Grammophon album artwork
American violinist turns to fan artists for career retrospective release due in the autumn
