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NewsHallé Orchestra announces 'pay what you like' concert
Manchester's Hallé Orchestra is to perform a concert based on a 'pay what you like' model, whereby concertgoers will decide after the performance how much they ought to pay for the experience. CAlled 'Priceless Classics', the concert will take place at the city's Bridgewater Hall on 6 September.Audience ...
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NewsLos Angeles to gain Young Artists Symphony Orchestra
A new orchestra for pre-professional musicians has been formed in Los Angeles. The Young Artists Symphony Orchestra (YASO) will present its inaugural concert on 11 October, conducted by violinist and artistic director Alexander Treger (pictured).The orchestra, which has received funding from an education foundation, will bring together musicians ...
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NewsUS violin maker Edward Campbell dies aged 86
US violin maker Edward Campbell died on 18 July at the age of 86. A founder member of the Violin Society of America (VSA), he made more than 180 instruments during his long career, while the apprenticeship programme he set up at his shop in Boiling Springs, PA, ...
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NewsNoga Quartet receives grand prize at Melbourne Chamber Music Competition
The Noga Quartet (pictured) has been awarded the Grand Prize at the seventh Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition. The Berlin-based quartet, made up of violinists Simon Roturier and Lauriane Vernhes, violist Avishai Chameides and cellist Joan Bachs, received a cash prize of AU$24,000. The foursome performed Bartók's String ...
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NewsCandidates named for 2015 Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition Hannover
The organisers of the ninth Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition Hannover have named the candidates for this year's contest. Taking place from 27 September to 10 October, the competition will bring together 39 violinists from 14 countries.Among the candidates are Yoo Jin Jang (pictured), a finalist at last ...
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NewsThe Strad August 2015 issue is out now
As he celebrates his 70th birthday, violinist Itzhak Perlman talks about empowering the next generation of string players
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NewsViolin section cancelled at 2015 Beijing International Music Competition
The organisers of this year’s Beijing International Music Competition (BJIMC) have announced that the violin section of this year’s contest has been cancelled. The cello section will go ahead as planned.According to a statement, the BJIMC’s decision to cancel the violin part of the competition was taken because ...
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NewsViolinist Janine Jansen to receive 2015 Bremen Musikfest Award
Dutch violinist Janine Jansen has been announced as the winner of this year’s Bremen Musikfest Award. The 37-year-old will receive the honour at a concert during this year’s festival, which takes place from 29 August to 19 September.In its citation, the jury said, ‘As a soloist and as ...
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NewsSwitzerland eases import regulations for musical instruments containing ivory – will the US follow suit?
The League of American Orchestras is attempting to renegotiate transportation rules as part of a larger CITES shake-up
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News2015 Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition names finalists
Three string quartets and three piano trios will compete for substantial cash prizes and performance opportunities this weekend
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NewsArmida Quartet to pay tribute to Artemis Quartet violist Friedemann Weigle
The Armida will give a special performance in honour of their late mentor at the Rheingau Musik Festival
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NewsRobert Lakatos wins 2015 Pablo Sarasate International Violin Competition
The Serbian violinist receives a cash award of €20,000 and concert opportunities
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NewsViolinist Stephanie Gonley named Scottish Chamber Orchestra concertmaster
The British musician is also leader of the English Chamber Orchestra
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NewsSollazzo Ensemble wins York Early Music International Young Artists Competition
The ensemble receives a cash prize, performing opportunities and a CD recording
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NewsNo winner announced at 2015 Pierre Fournier Award for cellists
No winner was announced for this year’s Pierre Fournier Award. Taking place on 10 May at London’s Wigmore Hall, the event saw two cellists – Valentino Worlitzsch (pictured), from Germany, and the UK’s Jonathan Dormand – receive ‘incentive grants’ worth £1,000 each. South Korean Christine Lee and Britain's ...
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NewsBritish violinist Laurence Jackson named West Australian Symphony concertmaster
The musician has served as City of Birmingham Symphony concertmaster for ten years
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NewsPhiladelphia cellist James Holesovsky has died aged 72
The musician was a member of the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia for 50 years
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NewsBritish cellist Denis Vigay has died aged 89
The musician was principal cello of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Academy of St Martin in the Fields
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NewsArtemis Quartet violist Friedemann Weigle has died aged 53
The musician was also a professor at the Hanns Eisler School of Music in Berlin
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NewsBirmingham Conservatoire to provide music tuition for South African children
The UK music college’s string department has launched a crowdfunding campaign to fund the project
