All News articles – Page 185
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NewsCurtis Institute of Music receives $55m gift
The award from board chair Nina Baroness von Maltzahn is one of the largest single gifts to a US music school
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NewsAlban Berg Quartet founding violinist Klaus Maetzl has died
The Viennese musician was also concertmaster of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra
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NewsAkilone Quartet wins Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition 2016
The French ensemble receives a cash award of €20,000 and an international concert tour
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NewsLeopold Mozart International Violin Competition names five semi-finalists
The competition runs until 14 May in Augsburg, Germany
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NewsBBC Young Musician of the Year names three finalists
The line-up includes 17-year-old cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason
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NewsCellist Yoon-Kyung Cho wins Musicians’ Company Prince’s Prize Competition
The Korean musician receives £10,000 and the £500 audience prize
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NewsViolinist/violist Matt Albert to head new University of Michigan Chamber Music department
Albert was a founding member of contemporary ensemble Eighth Blackbird
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NewsBanff International String Quartet Competition 2016 names 10 shortlisted ensembles
The 10 quartets will compete from 29 August to 4 September for a first prize worth $150,000
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NewsCellist Thomas Mesa receives Sphinx Organization’s inaugural Robert Frederick Smith Prize
The $50,000 annual award is made possible through a $250,000 donation from Robert F. Smith
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NewsViolinist Amalia Hall wins Tunbridge Wells International Young Concert Artists Competition
The New Zealand musician has won both the String section and the overall award
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NewsAmerican Airlines pilot denies Rachel Barton Pine access to cabin with her violin
The musician was travelling with the 1742 Guarneri ‘del Gesú’ ‘Soldat’ violin – on lifetime loan – from Chicago to Albuquerque
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News12th Lyon International Chamber Music Competition names prize winners
German cellist Marius Urba and Russian pianist Vita Kan of Duo Urba win first prize of €8,000
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NewsFresh from signing to Warner Classics, violinist Kyung Wha Chung to open Verbier Festival
The 68-year-old Korean returned to performing in 2010 following a finger injury
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NewsThe Strad May 2016 issue is out now
Our Yehudi Menuhin centenary edition celebrates the violinist and visionary in interviews and pictures
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News2016 Carl Nielsen International Violin Competition names joint first prize winners
Led by president Nikolaj Znaider, the contest took place from 16-22 April in Denmark
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NewsUS violin dealer Dan Schab dies in house fire
The 58-year-old cellist was the owner of Schab Violins
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NewsViolinist Joshua Bell joins US cultural mission to Cuba
The delegation includes writers, artists and musicians and aims to ‘advance deeper cooperation around the common bonds of our heritages’
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News2016 Carl Nielsen International Violin Competition names three finalists
Led by president Nikolaj Znaider, the contest takes place from 16-22 April in Denmark
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NewsNew England Conservatory receives ‘Joachim-Ma’ Stradivarius violin from Si-Hon Ma estate
The 1714 instrument belonged to violin virtuoso Joseph Joachim from 1849 to 1890
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NewsDocumentary charts friendship between Holocaust survivor and schoolgirl through donated violin
Joe’s Violin’ premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival this month
