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NewsStudy proves attending a live classical music concert reduces stress
The research, undertaken by London’s Royal College of Music, will help further investigations into the relationship between music and health
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NewsCellist Andrei Ionuț Ioniță wins 2015 Tchaikovsky Competition Gold Medal
No first prize was awarded in the violin category
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News'Strad on the Sand': beach drawing marks opening of East Neuk Festival
Musicians and organisers of the East Neuk Festival, taking place this week in Fife, Scotland, joined together to make a giant anamorphic sand drawing of a violin on 29 June. The 60ft x 40ft ‘transitory work of art’ was created on Elie beach and nicknamed ‘Strad on ...
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NewsUS double bassist Neil Courtney has died aged 82
Double bass player Neil Courtney, who performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra for 48 years, has died at the age of 82 after a long battle with heart disease. Born in Rochester, NY, in 1932, Courtney studied at the Eastman School of Music during which time he performed with ...
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NewsTchaikovsky Competition 2015 announces 6 violin and 6 cello finalists
All finalists are required to perform two concerto works for a public audience
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NewsViolinist-turned-Olympian Vanessa-Mae cleared of race fixing allegations
The musician has won her appeal against a four-year skiing ban issued by the International Skiing Federation
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NewsAmerican violist Joseph de Pasquale has died aged 95
The musician was principal violist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Philadelphia Orchestra
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NewsHollywood composer James Horner has died in a plane crash
The composer of scores to films including Titanic and Braveheart was piloting the small private jet
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NewsKirill Petrenko to succeed Simon Rattle as chief conductor of Berlin Philharmonic
The 43-year-old Russian takes up the position in August 2018
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NewsViolinist Anne-Sophie Mutter films her performance with a head cam
The artist used a GoPro camera to film her playing at Berlin's Yellow Lounge
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NewsLondon cab driver steals musician’s violin and viola
The unlicensed driver sped off with the instruments on the back seat of his vehicle
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NewsJust 12 violinists and 12 cellists remain at International Tchaikovsky Competition 2015
The candidates have been whittled down from 25 violin and 25 cello finalists
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NewsViolin workshop opens in Brussels music museum
Luthier Thomas Meuwissen embarks on two-year public project to make a quartet
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NewsThe Strad July 2015 issue is out now
As the Borodin Quartet celebrates its 70th anniversary, we ask the current line-up how they retain their distinctive sound
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NewsViolinist Iva Miletić wins 2015 Khachaturian Competition in Armenia
The 27-year-old musician performed Mozart and Khachaturian in the final
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NewsComposer Max Richter’s ‘Sleep’ to be given eight-hour overnight premiere
The ‘eight-hour lullaby’, thought to be the longest single piece of recorded classical music, is intended to send listeners to sleep
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NewsInternational Tchaikovsky Competition 2015 names 25 cello finalists
The 25 candidates, whittled down from 48 cellists invited to the Moscow auditions, will compete in St Petersburg
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NewsSuyeon Kang wins Michael Hill International Violin Competition in New Zealand
The Australian violinist receives NZD$40,000, a recording contract and performance opportunities
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NewsLuthier and teacher Peter Prier dies aged 73
Peter Paul Prier, the German-born US luthier who founded the Violin Making School of America, died on 14 June at the age of 73. As a luthier, Prier made more than 200 instruments during his career, with Yehudi Menuhin and Daniel Heifetz among those playing his violins on ...
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NewsInternational Tchaikovsky Competition 2015 names 25 violin finalists
The 25 candidates, including a number of familiar names, were whittled down from 48 violinists invited to audition for the event in Moscow
