All News articles – Page 174
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NewsInaugural Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition names 20 shortlisted candidates
Taking place from 22 January to 5 February 2017 at the Lynn Conservatory of Music in Florida, the contest offers a grand prize of $30,000, performance opportunities, and management and public relations support
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NewsViolist and music teacher Christopher Waters fatally shot in his Memphis home
Two men, both aged 22, have been charged in connection with the 30-year-old's murder, which took place during a home invasion
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NewsSinfónica de Galicia principal cellist David Ethève has died, aged 50
The French-born musician was a founding member of Sinfónica de Galicia in Spain from 1992 and served as the ensemble's principal cellist
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NewsGiovanni Battista Guadagnini violin, worth $1.5m, stolen from Geneva train
Vienna Conservatory professor and Sion Music Festival artistic director Pavel Vernikov has reported the theft, which took place on Thursday last week
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NewsCellist Taeguk Mun wins $25,000 János Starker Foundation Award
The prize is granted to cellists under the age of 30 'who have already begun a significant career in music'
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NewsCellist Yo-Yo Ma launches youth music programme in China
Youth Music Culture Guangdong (YMCG) is an annual two-week training programme for young musicians in Guangzhou, China, spearheaded by Ma
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News2017 Michael Hill International Violin Competition names 16 quarter-finalists
The violinists, aged 18-28, were whittled down from 140 applicants representing 32 countries, and will compete at the New Zealand contest for a top prize of NZ$40,000
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NewsViolinist Amalia Hall named Orchestra Wellington concertmaster
The 27-year-old New Zealand-born artist will join the ensemble from its first subscription concert in May next year
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News17-year-old cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason receives 400-year-old Amati on permanent loan
The 2016 BBC Young Musician-winning cellist used the instrument to perform in the competition final
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NewsViolinist and concertmaster Jerrold Rubenstein has died
Rubenstein was concertmaster of La Monnaie Opera Orchestra and the National Orchestra of Belgium
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NewsViolinists Leila Josefowicz, Christian Tetzlaff and Gil Shaham nominated for 2017 Grammy Awards
The 59th Grammy Awards will be held in Los Angeles on 12 February 2017
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NewsViolinist Blake Pouliot wins Canada's OSM Manulife Competition
The 22-year-old Canadian musician receives a cash award of $10,000, and performing and recording opportunities
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NewsViolinist Yebin Yoo wins New Zealand's Gisborne International Music Competition 2016
The 16-year-old performer takes home the top prize of NZ$9,000
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NewsViolinist Bethan Doci jailed for cancer fraud worth £350,000
The 38-year-old, also known as Bethan Morgan, told friends and colleagues that she needed money for cancer treatment, despite being fit and well
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NewsSteven Isserlis appointed Royal Academy of Music visiting cello professor
The British cellist will present regular masterclasses and work with students on ‘side-by-side’ ensemble projects
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NewsBeethoven string quartet manuscript fails to sell at auction after row over authenticity
The handwritten manuscript, auctioned at Sotheby's in London, had been thrown into doubt by Beethoven scholar and Manchester University Professor Barry Cooper
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NewsMahler manuscript exceeds estimate to sell for record breaking £4.5m
The 232-page handwritten score was valued by the auction house 'in excess of 3.5m'
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News'Play' by composer Andrew Norman wins $100,000 Grawemeyer Award
The 45-minute orchestral work was composed for the Boston Modern Orchestra Project in 2013
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NewsVision String Quartet wins Geneva Competition
The German ensemble, which also won the Mendelssohn Quartet Prize earlier this year, receives CHF 20,000
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NewsRoyal Academy of Music's head of strings responds to criticism from violinist Nigel Kennedy
The British violinist accused music colleges of producing 'factory lines' of pianists and violinists
