All News articles – Page 219
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ArticleTop lots from the March London stringed instrument auctions
Highlights included an English double bass believed to have been made in the capital, an Italian violin by Francesco Ruggeri from 1694 and an Italian cello by Nicolò Gagliano, 1767
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ArticleViolinist Renaud Capuçon appointed to the UK's Royal Northern College of Music
He joins a number of new staff members in 2014 including violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky, violist Vicci Wardman, and violist and conductor Henk Guittart
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ArticleViolinist Itzhak Perlman publishes statement about his mistreatment at Toronto airport
The disabled virtuoso was abandoned by a member of staff and forced to make his way through customs with his luggage and violin
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ArticleUnfinished Dvorák manuscript to be presented in New York
Early version of the Cello Concerto's solo part may reveal clues to composer's thought process
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ArticleVideo: Violinist Itzhak Perlman speaks about his mistreatment at Toronto's Pearson Airport
The disabled virtuoso was abandoned by a member of staff and forced to make his way through customs with his luggage and violin
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ArticleAnker Buch, ‘the Victor Borge of the violin', has died aged 74
The Danish violinist became famous for mixing music and comedy
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ArticleName dispute continues between Netherlands Philharmonic and Netherlands Symphony orchestras
In what sounds like an April Fools' Day joke, the Netherlands Symphony is currently the ***** Symphony, writes Heather Kurzbauer
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ArticleNew York Philharmonic announces four-year partnership with Music Academy of the West
Music Academy fellows will benefit from training opportunities with New York Phil musicians
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ArticleViolinist Itzhak Perlman abandoned by disability staff at Toronto airport
The disabled performer was forced to make his own way through customs with his luggage and violin
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ArticleViolinist Hilary Hahn to receive €25,000 Dresden Music Festival Prize
The US violinist Hilary Hahn has been awarded the Dresden Music Festival Prize for 2014. Worth €25,000, the award will be presented at a concert at the Dresden Semperoper on 4 June. In its citation, the festival award committee said, ‘Through her authentic, contemporary musical language, ...
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ArticleThe Strad April 2014 issue is on sale now
Tributes to János Starker, 40 years of the Arditti Quartet and a beautifully decorated bow are among this month's features
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ArticleRare 1719 Stradivarius viola to go on sale
The 1719 ‘Macdonald’ Stradivarius viola is to go on the market. One of only ten surviving violas made by the master luthier, the instrument will be offered for sale in a sealed bid process by auctioneers Sotheby’s and Ingles & Hayday. Made during Stradivarius’s so-called ‘golden ...
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ArticleYo-Yo Ma to receive the inaugural Fred Rogers Legacy Award
US cellist Yo-Yo Ma has been named the recipient of the inaugural Fred Rogers Legacy Award. The 58-year-old (pictured) will receive the honour at a ceremony on 23 May at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, location of the Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media.In ...
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ArticleMinnesota Orchestra president to step down in August
The Minnesota Orchestra has announced that Michael Henson, president and chief executive since 2007, is to step down from both roles in August. A statement from the orchestra’s board said that Henson would remain to ‘lead the organisation through a transition period over the next five months’ ...
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ArticleViolist Dimitri Murrath and Calder Quartet to receive Avery Fisher career grants
The Los Angeles-based Calder Quartet and the Belgian violist Dimitri Murrath have each been named as recipients of Avery Fisher Career Grants for 2014. Worth $25,000, the grants give professional assistance to instrumentalists judged to have exceptional career potential. Formed in 1998 at the Thornton School ...
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ArticleYuri Bashmet loses honorary professorship at Lviv music academy
The violist, violinist and conductor Yuri Bashmet has been stripped of his title as honorary professor at the Lviv National Music Academy (LNMA) in Lviv, Ukraine. Bashmet, 61, was granted the title in 2012. According to a statement from the LNMA, the decision was taken in response ...
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ArticleToronto Symphony Orchestra cellists to give 22 ‘pop-up' performances
The performances will take place daily in unexpected locations as part of the Keep Toronto Reading festival
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ArticleLondon's Royal College of Music launches postgraduate string quartet programme
The new Artist Diploma provides an intense year of study for a pre-formed quartet
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ArticleStudy finds orchestras are judged more on what audiences see than what they hear
Research conducted at University College London pitted world-ranking orchestras against regional and university ensembles
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ArticleViolinist Nicola Benedetti named Cheltenham Music Festival artist-in-residence
The UK festival celebrates its 70th birthday in July this year
