All News articles – Page 29
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NewsTrio Basilea wins Swiss Chamber Music Competition
The piano trio received CHF5,000 at the national competition for up-and-coming string ensembles
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NewsViolinist Bohdan Luts wins Long-Thibaud Competition
The 18-year-old Ukrainian receives the €35,000 First Grand Prize, as well as the audience prize, the press jury prize and the Prize of the French Republican Guard Orchestra
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NewsNew study finds three in ten UK musicians suffer from low mental wellbeing
The study from Help Musicians and Musicians’ Union of nearly 6,000 UK musicians found that those at the start of their careers were most impacted
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NewsManchester Camerata names recipients of inaugural fellowship
This year’s cohort for the Camerata 360° Ruth Sutton Fellowship include two violinists, a violist, double bassist and composer/multi-instrumentalist, who will take part in a year-long training programme with the orchestra
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NewsJulian Lloyd Webber receives London Cello Society’s Lifetime Achievement Award
The cellist received the award at the society’s season-opening concert on 19 November 2023
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NewsWinners announced for the 1st International W. Kamiński Violin Making Competition
First prize of PLN 15,000 (£3,000) was awarded to Polish luthier Martyna Reske, as well as an honourable mention of PLN 2,000 (£400) for her other submitted instrument
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NewsNew head at the Violin Making School of America
Sanghoon Lee becomes the VMSA’s new owner, director, and head instructor
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NewsViolinist Petru Munteanu has died
The Romanian professor was involved with many notable international competitions
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NewsViolist Shanda Lowery-Sachs has died
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra violist had been battling cancer
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NewsNever-before-seen documentary to spotlight Cleveland Quartet’s 1988 Soviet tour
Read more news stories here In an evening of music, history and live performances, the educational website CelloBello will present an event celebrating the history of the Cleveland Quartet on Wednesday 29 November at Reinberger Chamber Hall in Severance Music Center. The event marks a reunion of ...
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Premium ❘ ArticleAnalysis December 2023: Testing graded music exams in Italy
How much difference do graded music exams make to students’ performance in schools? A study in Italy has been attempting to find out
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NewsCellist Bryan Cheng wins 2023 Virginia Parker Prize
The prize, worth CAD25,000, is awarded to an outstanding musician by the Canada Council for the Arts
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NewsPrizes awarded at the Bach-Abel International Viola da Gamba Competition
The competition was held at Köthen Castle from 4 to 11 November 2023
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NewsViolinists receive awards at Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s Annual Women in Classical Music Symposium
As part of her Award of Excellence, Nicola Benedetti has chosen violin teacher Rachel Cooper for the DSO’s Emerging Artist Award
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NewsThe Strad December 2023 issue is out now!
US violinist Anne Akiko Meyers speaks to Rita Fernandes about working with composers and commissioning new works in our December cover feature
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NewsBalourdet Quartet wins 2024 Cleveland Quartet Award
Chamber Music America has also announced the JACK Quartet will receive the 2024 Michael Jaffee Visionary Award, while Herbie Hancock will receive the Richard J. Bogomolny National Service Award
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NewsSphinx Organization announces semi-finalists for 2024 competition
20 exceptional Black and Latinx string players across two divisions will compete for nearly $100,000 in prizes in January 2024
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NewsCellist Lutz Rath has died
The cellist and conductor was artistic director of the Washington Square Music Festival for over 20 years
