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ArticleViolist and pedagogue David Schwartz dies aged 96
US viola player and teacher David Schwartz has died at the age of 96. In a varied career, he performed as a soloist, a session player, and in orchestras and chamber groups. Born in 1916 in Detroit, Schwartz studied with Louis Bailly and Max Aronoff at ...
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ArticleLawrence Hurst heads list of 2013 ISB award winners
American double bassist and pedagogue Lawrence Hurst has received the International Society of Bassists (ISB) 2013 Distinguished Achievement Award. Hurst (pictured) was chair of the string department at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music from 1987 to 2012, and served as president of the ISB from ...
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ArticleBassist Richard Davis named 2014 NEA Jazz Master
Bassist and pedagogue Richard Davis has been named as one of four 2014 NEA Jazz Masters by the National Endowment for the Arts in the US. The NEA Jazz Masters is America's highest honour for jazz, and comes with a one-time award of $25,000. Davis, along ...
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ArticleBoston museum launches musical instruments e-book
Boston's Museum of Fine Arts has launched an e-book showcasing 100 musical instruments from its collection. The e-book is an electronic version of a 2004 MFA Highlights book, but includes 23 new video clips and 25 audio samples, so that users can see and hear some of ...
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ArticleTeaching association honour for violin pedagogue Kató Havas
Hungarian-born violin teacher Kató Havas is to receive a lifetime achievement award from the British branch of the European String Teachers Association (ESTA). The 92-year-old pedagogue is known for developing innovative ways of string teaching, which she wrote up as the New Approach. A particular focus of ...
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ArticleCanada's National Arts Centre displays 'toothpick orchestra'
A Canadian artist has unveiled a model of the Ottawa-based National Arts Centre (NAC) Orchestra made entirely out of toothpicks. Go Sato, a scientific illustrator, took three years to craft the 61-piece ensemble, using 12,500 separate pieces of wood in the model. As well as sculpting ...
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ArticleCarnegie Hall makes first 50 years of performance history available for online research
New York's Carnegie Hall has made records of the first 50 years of its performance history freely available to the public for the first time. The venue's website now includes a search feature, giving access to details of more than 12,500 events, spanning the years 1891 to ...
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ArticleUK conservatoires to collaborate on four-year study of musicians' health
Nine UK conservatoires will take part in a four-year research project investigating the health and well-being of musicians. The study, called Musical Impact, will be funded by an £800,000 grant from the Arts and Humanities Research Council, together with £200,000 from the participating institutions. Beginning in ...
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ArticleLuthier documentaries focus on Italian tradition and a Catalan's unusual violins
Four contemporary Italian violin makers and a Catalan luthier who created violins with sympathetic strings are the subjects of two new documentaries currently in production. Parma luthier Andrea Zanrè and art historian Paolo Parmiggiani are making a film about the lives and careers of four of ...
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ArticleIrish violinist and pedagogue Hugh Maguire dies
The Irish-born violinist Hugh Maguire, who led symphony orchestras and chamber groups including the Allegri Quartet and the Melos Ensemble, has died at the age of 86. Maguire (pictured coaching a young piano trio in 1980) grew up in Dublin, where he studied at the College of ...
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ArticleOnline archive showcases English folk song and fiddle music collections
A new online archive from the English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS) will make more than 58,000 documents from twelve of England’s most important folk music collections freely available to all, including a wealth of fiddle- and string-related material. The Full English will be the ...
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ArticleRomanian cellist wins Aram Khachaturian Competition
Andrei Ionita, a 19-year-old cellist from Romania, won first prize at the Aram Khachaturian International Competition for cellists, held in Yerevan, Armenia. Ionita (pictured performing with the State Youth Orchestra of Armenia conducted by Sergey Smbatyan) is a student of Jens Peter Maintz at the Berlin University ...
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ArticleUK's Northern Sinfonia awarded royal status
The Northern Sinfonia, the UK's only full-time professional chamber orchestra, will from now on be known as the Royal Northern Sinfonia. The 'royal' title was bestowed on the Gateshead-based orchestra by the Queen. It is the first such honour for any UK orchestra for more than 20 ...
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ArticleLindsay Quartet co-founder Roger Bigley dies aged 69
Violist Roger Bigley, one of the founders of the UK-based Lindsay Quartet, has died at the age of 69. Bigley (pictured) formed the quartet at London's Royal Academy of Music in 1966 with violinists Peter Cropper and Michael Adamson and cellist Bernard Gregor-Smith. After studying with Sidney Griller, ...
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ArticleLuthier–dealer reunited with stolen violins after seven years
An Italian violin maker and dealer has been reunited with two violins that were stolen from him in Paris seven years ago. Alberto Giordano (pictured), from Genoa, was on his way to the Musicora expo in March 2006 when his case containing a Giuseppe Pedrazzini, a Paolo ...
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ArticleSouth Korean violinist Youjin Lee wins Klein String Competition
Youjin Lee, a 17-year-old South Korean violinist, has won first prize at the Irving M. Klein International String Competition in San Francisco, US. Lee (pictured), who studies with Danielle Belen and Robert Lipsett at the Colburn Young Artists Academy in Los Angeles, received cash and solo appearances ...
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ArticleViolinist Richard Lin triumphs at Sendai International Music Competition
US–Taiwanese violinist Richard Lin won first prize at the Sendai International Music Competition in Japan at the weekend. The 21-year-old (pictured), a student of Aaron Rosand at the Curtis Institute of Music, received JPY3,000,000 (£19,500). Japanese violinists Tatsuki Narita and Chieri Tomii, both 21, took second ...
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ArticleNikki Chooi wins Michael Hill International Violin Competition in New Zealand
Canadian violinist Nikki Chooi (pictured) won first prize at the Michael Hill International Violin Competition, which concluded in Auckland, New Zealand, on Saturday 8 June. Chooi, 24, who studies with Ida Kavafian and Donald Weilerstein at the Juilliard School, received NZ$40,000 (£20,000). Second prize went to Sarah ...
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ArticleChinese bassist and US maker take top prizes at ISB competitions
Tian Yang Liu took first prize in the International Society of Bassists (ISB) Solo Competition last week at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. The 28-year-old Chinese bassist (pictured), who studied with Jeff Bradetich at the University of North Texas and is currently a ...
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ArticleCellist Erling Blöndal Bengtsson dies aged 81
Danish cellist and teacher Erling Blöndal Bengtsson has died at the age of 81. A student of Gregor Piatigorsky at the Curtis Institute of Music, he went on to become an international soloist and a champion of new works. Born in 1932 in Copenhagen, Bengtsson began ...
