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For its opening concert last September, when the Seattle Symphony returned for its first full season since the pandemic hit, it was the music of Reena Esmail that kicked off the program. She continues her role as composer-in-residence…

Baku, March 9, AZERTAC The world famous Azerbaijani composer, Gara Garayev left a deep imprint on the musical culture not only of Azerbaijan, but of the whole world. His compositional art received wide recognition, both in Azerbaijan and…

Finnish musician Jaakko Kuusisto died on February 23, 2022. Diagnosed with a brain tumor in the summer of 2020, his condition deteriorated earlier this year and he was hospitalized. Kuusisto was born on January 17, 1974 into a family of…

“Play and Conduct” is a term you hear and read more and more often in gig brochures these days. However, the procedure itself is much older than the profession of conducting. In the past, like orchestral pieces, many instrumental…

From the Cradle Song to his Third Symphony, you've probably heard more Brahms in everyday life than you thought.Spending most of his time in Vienna, he evolved among part of the musical elite of the mid-Romantic era, befriending Robert and…

Michael J. Fox arrives on the red carpet for an award ceremony in Berlin, February 5, 2011. (Thomas Peter/Reuters) My…

The "most uncompromising Finnish composer of his generation" was born on January 13, 1938 and died on January 18, 2021 Composer Paavo Heininen has died. In the February 2021 issue of Gramophone, Andrew Mellor gave the…

The Miller Theater at Columbia University School of the Arts continues its 2021-22 Portrait of Composers series with Luca Francesconi. The Signal Ensemble, in their first live ensemble concert since COVID, presents two full-scale…

The following excerpt is from the May issue of The Strad on soloists' changing approach to encores. To read it in its entirety, click here to subscribe and log in. The month of May 2021 digital magazine and print edition are on sale now…

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When Krzysztof Penderecki passed away in March 2020, the Polish composer left behind not only some of the most exciting, atmospheric and daringly inventive music of the past half century, but also a remarkable garden -…

The Cobar Sound Chapel was due to be completed in the first semester and officially opened in early October. Then came the confinements.But in this rugged part of the world, another six months makes little difference for a…

A Russian violinist has said playing her first concert in Belfast will be an "incredible" experience.Lena Baeva, tonight's soloist with the Ulster Orchestra, is a working mum who takes her eight-month-old daughter with her to some gigs.…

Tai Murray joined the list of Colbert artists for general performance, with immediate effect. The new assistant professor of violin at the Yale School of Music plans to split her time between New Haven and her home in Berlin. Murray's…

Born in Indiana, James buswell started playing the violin at the age of 5. His main violin teachers included Mary Canberg, Paul Stassevich and Ivan Galamian, with whom he studied at The Juilliard school. He also graduated in 1970…

After completing his first violin concerto, "Für Ludwig Van", the British violinist Nigel kennedy wrote an autobiography during one of COVID-19's many lockdowns. Entitled "Uncensored", the book will be accompanied by a…

The air was filled with the sounds of high-quality Armenian music at the Dubai Opera on September 5th. The Armenian State Symphony Orchestra (ASSO), led by its artistic director and principal conductor Sergey Smbatyan, and…

The following excerpt is from the May issue of The Strad about soloists' changing approach to callbacks. To read it in full, click here to register and log in. The digital magazine and the print edition of May 2021 are on sale now…

July 12, 2020, 7:21 am Violinist Helen Hagnes.On the evening of July 23, 1980, I was one of the violinists in the pit of the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. The Berlin Ballet was in town with guest artists!-->!-->!-->…

A VERY accomplished violinist from Bolton who started playing the instrument at the age of seven and has gone to perform across Europe has passed away. Professor Jennifer Nuttall-Wolf died at the Royal Bolton…

Hungarian-born violinist Anton Kontra, one of the main soloists of his adopted Scandinavia, has died. He was 88 years old. Trained in Budapest at the Liszt Academy, Kontra moved to Denmark in 1965. He was principal violin of the…

JOHAN DALENE (Nikolaj Lund)The album received rave reviews and was named Record of the Week by the BBC's Record Review.Johan Dalene joins the Worthing Symphony Orchestra at Worthing Assembly Hall on Sunday 23 February.Spokeswoman Jennie…

BRI Records announced the release of the Swedish violinist Ulf Wallinthe new album by: Violin Concerto No. 2 by Allan Pettersson. Recorded with conductor Christian Lindberg and the Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra, the disc presents the…

Biography The American-born violinist…

Gidon Kremer, the Latvian Russian-trained violin virtuoso who turns 70 next month, has never shied away from linking his art and politics.On a North American tour that just started with concerts in Boston and arrives at 92nd Street Y with…

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Lozakovich follows in the footsteps of Anne-Sophie Mutter, who first appeared on GM at age 15 Deutsche Grammophon signed 15-year-old Swedish violinist Daniel Lozakovich. The accord is described as "a long-term…

Swedish violinist Daniel Lozakovich, 15, has signed with Deutsche Grammophon and will begin his "long-term association" with the yellow label by releasing two orchestral albums and a recital disc. The artist, who is now the youngest…