All News articles – Page 209
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NewsAmerican violinist Louise Koszalka has died aged 100
An active musician for her whole life, Koszalka was a member of the New Orleans and San Antonio Symphony Orchestras
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NewsViolinist Cordula Kempe Oettinger awarded €170,000 in compensation for nerve damage
The widow of conductor Rudolf Kempe underwent an operation for carpal tunnel syndrome in 2007
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NewsViolinist-turned-Olympian Vanessa-Mae banned from skiing for four years
The International Ski Federation ruled that the athlete’s qualifying scores were manipulated
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NewsDouble bassist Duncan McTier pleads guilty to sexual assaults on students
Three attacks took place during the 1980s and 1990s while McTier was a professor at the Royal Northern College of Music and the Purcell School in the UK
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NewsMastermind of $5m ‘Lipinski’ Stradivarius violin theft receives seven-year prison sentence
Salah Salahadyn orchestrated the January 2014 stun gun attack on Milwaukee Symphony concertmaster Frank Almond
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NewsSix winning 2014 Young Concert Artists announced, including four string players
The New York organisation will promote the winning musicians with concerts and management
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NewsAtlanta Symphony musicians and management agree on new contract
The four-year deal, which includes provisions for increased musician numbers, ends a two-month deadlock
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NewsGerman freelance music teacher wage is ‘beneath contempt’, says Anne-Sophie Mutter
The star violinist has lent her support to teacher demonstrations throughout the country
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NewsStradivarius violin is top lot at Beare’s first online auction
The c.1698 instrument went for £1.7m during the sale in Late October
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NewsResearch shows the influence of Stradivarius on violin development
Published in the online journal Plos One, the study was conducted by Daniel Chitwood
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NewsWarner Music announces $100,000 prize for classical musicians
Violinists Augustin Hadelich and Itamar Zorman, cellist Brook Speltz and double bassist Roman Patkoló have been named as nominees
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NewsComposer and violist Brett Dean named BBC Symphony Artist in Association
The Australian musician will work with the orchestra as a soloist, conductor and composer for three years
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NewsViol player and conductor Jordi Savall rejects Spain’s National Music Prize
The early music specialist has cited his government’s ‘grave incompetence’
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NewsNY Philharmonic cellist Wei Yu named Detroit Symphony section principal
The musician joins the DSO as section principal in January 2015
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NewsJi-Won Song wins $50,000 first prize at China International Violin Competition
The 21-year-old Korean violinist is currently a student at the Curtis Institute in America
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NewsEbène Quartet names Adrien Boisseau as its new violist
The appointment follows the departure of Mathieu Herzog to pursue conducting
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NewsTimothy Ridout wins inaugural Cecil Aronowitz International Viola Competition
The UK competition was open to violists of all nationalities under the age of 21
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NewsThe Strad November 2014 issue is out now
Our North America special features an interview with Canadian violinist James Ehnes and a tribute to US bow maker William Salchow
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NewsArmida Quartet receives Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival ensemble prize
The annual award, worth €10,000, is given alongside ‘Young Elite’ solo and audience prizes
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NewsMemphis Symphony musicians agree on 38 per cent pay cut
It is hoped the one-year emergency measure will help the orchestra balance its books
