All News articles – Page 172
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NewsViolinist Elisa Citterio named Tafelmusik music director
Citterio takes up her new role in July 2017, and will open the Canadian period instrument orchestra's 2017-18 season
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NewsNew York Philharmonic String Quartet to make international debut
The new ensemble comprises principal players from the New York Philharmonic
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NewsElmar Oliveira International Violin Competition names 8 semi-finalists
Currently taking place at the Lynn Conservatory of Music in Florida, the contest offers a grand prize of $30,000, performance opportunities, management and public relations support
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NewsViolin by Luc Deneys stolen on Madrid Metro
The €20,000 violin was on loan to Elina Sitnikava, a violin student of Zakhar Bron at the Queen Sofía College of Music in Madrid
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NewsDutch luthier Frederick Lindeman has died aged 84
The maker and restorer specialised in re-conversion of modernised stringed instruments to their original Baroque state
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NewsCroall, McEwen' Stradivarius violin, worth £2m, to be auctioned
Previous violinists who have performed on the instrument include Frank Peter Zimmermann, Alexander Gilman and Suyeon Kim
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NewsDocumentary short 'Joe's Violin' receives Oscar nomination
The film tells the story of a Holocaust survivor who donates his violin to a Bronx schoolgirl
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NewsBritish orchestras are reaching larger audiences but losing income, says ABO
According to an Association of British Orchestras report, published today, British orchestras faced a five per cent drop in their total income from 2013 to 2016.
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NewsTeenagers break Vienna Symphony viola player's finger at metro station
Michael Buchmann was involved in an altercation with three young men over smoking on Saturday evening
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NewsCello broken to pieces on United Airlines flight, claims musician
Florida State University graduate student in cello performance Carrie Miller has set up a Go Fund Me page to replace her instrument
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NewsKLM airline refuses to allow viola in the cabin, despite misleading hand baggage policy
Violist Rachel Bolt was unable to book an extra seat for her instrument on the fully booked flight from London to St Barts via Amsterdam, but eventually convinced staff to allow her to board following a two-hour stand off
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NewsThe Strad February 2017 issue is out now
Examining the mysteries behind French maker Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume's 'Evangelists' quartet of instruments
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NewsPiano Guys to perform at Trump presidential inauguration
The American cello and piano ensemble has defended the decision against widespread social media criticism in a blog on its website
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NewsMan arrested for throwing mobile phone at orchestral musicians
The Madrid Community Orchestra was performing at National Auditorium of Music in Spain when the incident took place
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NewsViolinist Anne-Sophie Mutter receives World Economic Forum's Crystal Award
The German artist receives her award for 'advocacy in the field of music education', particularly through her Friends of Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation
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NewsFire destroys 4,000 violins in Romanian musical instrument factory
The blaze, which caused damage worth RON 1m (€223,000), engulfed the violin storage section of the facility
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NewsMusician network Anipo aims to prevent instrument theft with electronic chip
The French organisation is encouraging musicians around the world to fit electronic chips to their instruments and bows and register them with the network
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NewsViolinist Ray Chen signs new recording deal with Decca Classics
The violinist, who is a former winner of the Menuhin and Queen Elisabeth competitions, will make his first recording for the label later this year
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NewsDutch violinist Simone Lamsma leaves IMG for Solea Management
The artist joins violinist Daniel Hope, cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras and violist Lise Berthaud at the company
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NewsNew York and Vienna philharmonics celebrate 175th anniversaries with joint exhibition
The display will be housed at the Austrian Cultural Forum in New York from 23 February 2017, and will travel to Vienna, opening at the Haus der Musik, on 28 March
