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Analysis September 2024: Teaching folk fiddling
Since folk fiddling is a very different discipline from playing classical music, how do teaching strategies need to change to accommodate the differences?
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Competitions, Awards and Appointments: September 2024
The latest competition results, appointments and forthcoming contests
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Premiere of the Month: Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate’s work for the Dover Quartet
Traditional Chickasaw melodies evoke woodland animals
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Premiere of the Month: Gabriela Lena Frank’s new Concerto Grosso
Indigenous Peruvian music inspires a new Concerto Grosso for the Takács Quartet
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Analysis August 2024: String quartets and the ‘Bridgerton effect’
String quartets have seen a surge in business from weddings and events – all thanks to the success of one particular Netflix series. What can we learn from the so-called ‘Bridgerton effect’?
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Competitions, Awards and Appointments: August 2024
The latest competition results, appointments and forthcoming contests
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Analysis July 2024: The dangers of ticket reselling
With the music festival season already under way, how can venues and festival organisers help protect customers from the scourge of online secondary ticketing sites?
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Competitions, Awards and Appointments: July 2024
The latest competition results, appointments and forthcoming contests
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Premiere of the Month: Nathalie Joachim’s new cello concerto for Seth Parker Woods
The Black dandyism fashion movement spawns a new cello concerto
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Auction Report June 2024: Like father, like son
An Omobono Stradivari and two Vuillaumes were the standout lots during a varied spring auction season in London, as Kevin MacDonald reports
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Analysis June 2024: Is ipê an alternative for pernambuco?
With pernambuco in danger of being permanently off limits to bow makers, could another Brazilian hardwood – ipê – be the solution?
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Premiere of the Month: Britta Byström’s new violin concerto for Janine Jansen
Day and night inspire a new violin concerto
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Competitions, Awards and Appointments: June 2024
The latest competition results, appointments and forthcoming contests
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Analysis May 2024: How musicians are finding opportunities through livestreaming
With musicians finding it harder to find traditional performing engagements, some players have found a profitable way to make livestreaming work for them
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Competitions, Awards and Appointments: May 2024
The latest competition results, appointments and forthcoming contests
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Premiere of the Month: Daniel Perttu on his new cello concerto
Dvořák’s Cello Concerto is the inspiration behind a new piece in the genre
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Analysis April 2024: Discrimination towards LGBTQ+ musicians
A new report highlights the experience of LGBTQ+ musicians in the UK’s orchestral landscape, revealing that discrimination is still all too common in such environments
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Competitions, Awards and Appointments: April 2024
The latest competition results, appointments and forthcoming contests
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Premiere of the Month: Errollyn Wallen on her new string quintet
A new viola-focused quintet based on musical contrasts
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Analysis March 2024: UK ensembles touring Europe
Touring to Europe is about to become even more difficult for UK ensembles, now that Orchestra Tax Relief from the government will no longer be an option