All News articles – Page 5
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NewsIMS Prussia Cove co-founder Hilary Tunstall-Behrens dies aged 97
Tunstall-Behrens began the influential musical seminar for young musicians with Sándor Végh in 1972
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NewsString compositions feature among 2024 Ivor Novello Award nominations
The nominations come ahead of the awards ceremony on Tuesday 12 November at the BFI Southbank in London
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NewsViolist Jennifer Stumm receives Kronberg Academy’s Pablo Casals Award
Stumm has been recognised for her work with Ilumina, and receives the €10,000 prize which honours artists for exceptional musical achievements and strong commitment to social justice
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News‘They just didn’t want to listen’: cellist Maja Bogdanović denied boarding by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
The cellist was travelling with her family to perform at the Belgrade Music Festival
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NewsTwoSet Violin ‘ends chapter’ after eleven years
The violin comedy duo made the announcement on social media on Monday afternoon
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NewsUK bassist Mat Heighway has died
The double bassist died ‘in unexpected circumstances’ while travelling to the island of Jersey
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News2024 BBC Young Musician finalists announced
The Grand Final will be broadcast on 20 October on BBC Four, BBC iPlayer, BBC Radio 3 and BBC Sounds
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NewsCello of Holocaust victim reunited with daughter after 80 years
The cello, which has been loaned to Sam Lucas, was discovered to be that of composer and Holocaust victim Pál Hermann
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NewsJoshua Bell named New Jersey Symphony’s principal guest conductor
The violinist will be the orchestra’s inaugural principal guest conductor from the 2025-26 season
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News2024 BBC Young Musician semi-finalists announced
The semi-finals will be broadcast on 13 October on BBC Four and BBC iPlayer
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NewsPekka Kuusisto takes up conducting role in Gothenburg
The Finnish violinist and conductor will be the new principal guest conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra from the 2025-26 season
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NewsObituary: Violinist and violist Kay Pech (1940-2024)
Pech was a committed educator and performer in California and beyond
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NewsRichard Harwood named principal cello at the Academy of St Martin in the Fields
The British cellist was previously the principal cellist of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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NewsFound: 1896 Léon Fischesser violin stolen in Cape Town in 2022
South African violinist Petrus De Beer has been reunited with his instrument thanks to two local citizens
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NewsViolinist Randall Goosby takes up artist residency with Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra has appointed Goosby as the 2025 MAC Music Innovator, for a community-focused artist residency that includes educational programmes celebrating diversity
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Premium ❘ ArticleNovember 2024: Editor’s welcome and contents
The Strad’s editor Emma Baker introduces the US-themed November 2024 issue, which features US violinist Rachel Barton Pine, string players in the US military, luthier Nicola Giorgis and his daughter Francesca Maria and the centenary of Leonid Kogan
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NewsWinners announced at the 2024 Oskar Nedbal International Viola Competition
Three violists from South Korea, Japan and the US took the top prizes, comprising cash, a fine viola bow, plus cases and accessories
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NewsDanish Quartet wins $150,000 Léonie Sonning Music Prize
The string quartet is the first ensemble to ever win the accolade, which is usually awarded to individual artists
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NewsUncovered Imogen Holst Violin Concerto to receive first public performance
Violinist Midori Komachi will perform the work almost 90 years after it was written, following recent discovery of the manuscript at the Britten Pears Arts Archive
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NewsKarol Lipiński Violin Competition names winners
South Korean violinist Sunjae Ok scooped the top prize of €15,000
