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VC MASTERCLASS

VC INSIGHT | Tasmin Little — "My Menuhin Competition Experience"

VC INSIGHT May 22, 2021

VC INSIGHT | "What Does the Jury Look For at the Menuhin Competition"

VC INSIGHT May 22, 2021

VC INSIGHT | VC Artist Suyeon Kang — "My Menuhin Competition Experience"

VC INSIGHT May 21, 2021

VC VOX POP

VC VOX POP | "What Piece of Music do you Consider the Most Romantic and Why?"

VC BLOG

VC WEB BLOGS

VC BLOG | Composer Avner Dorman on Creativity and Collaboration

OUT NOW

Out Now

OUT NOW | VC Young Artist Jonian Ilias Kadesha's New CD: "A Journey for Two"

AUDITIONS

DOUBLE BASS AUDITIONS

AUDITION | Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France — Co-Principal Double Bass Position

STOLEN ALERTS

STOLEN VIOLIN ALERT | 1710 Girolamo Amati Violin — Los Angeles [PLEASE SHARE]

ON THIS DAY

ON THIS DAY | French Violinist Christian Ferras Was Born In 1933

VC 20 QUESTIONS

MEET THE PROS | Conductor Kent Nagano – VC 20 Questions [INTERVIEW]

VC ASK ME ANYTHING

VC AMA | "Ask Me Anything" - With Violinist Jennifer Koh

INSTAGRAM TAKEOVER

VC INSTAGRAM TAKEOVER

VC INSTA TAKEOVER | Violinist Lara St John – Live From Quarantine in New York City [INSIDER]

VC DESERT ISLAND DOWNLOADS

VC DESERT ISLAND DOWNLOADS | Orpheus Chamber Orchestra's Todd Phillips - '5 Recordings I Can’t Live Without'

VC HEROES

VC HEROES | Meet VC Artist Timothy Chooi's Hero: Pinchas Zukerman

VC INTERVIEWS

VC INTERVIEW | Violinist Ning Feng — "My Violin Journey"

VC Giveaway

GIVEAWAY | Win 1 of 5 Signed Copies of Ning Feng's New "Paganini 24 Caprices +1" CD

VC GIVEAWAY June 17, 2021

VC BACKSTAGE

LIVE FROM POZNAN, POLAND - WITH ROBERTO REGAZZI

May 10, 2021 | Jury chairman Roberto Regazzi running his highly critical eyes over the 68 violins admitted to the opening stages of the 14th International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Making Competition | Only ten instruments will be selected to advance to the acoustic evaluation round later this week | Photo credits: Leszek Zadoń

LIVE FROM NEW YORK - WITH VC YOUNG ARTIST KEVIN ZHU AND ROHAN DE SILVA

April 20, 2021 | VC Young Artist Kevin Zhu and pianist Rohan De Silva prepare for their Musical Storefronts concert | Citizens of NYC may hear the sound of music resonating in the streets of the Upper West Side

LIVE FROM DORSET, ENGLAND - WITH ANDREAS OTTENSAMER

May 1, 2021 | Conductor and principal clarinetist of the Berlin Philharmonic Andreas Ottensamer rehearses for his U.K. conducting debut with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

VC CONCERTHALL

LIVE FROM WICHITA, KANSAS, UNITED STATES - WITH THE WICHITA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

May 29, 2021 | The Wichita Symphony Orchestra partnered with Botanica, Wichita Gardens, for a progressive, yet ethereal and holistic concert | Throughout the evening, smaller ensembles played chamber music in various pavilions in the gardens, and later on, the WSO brass ensemble performed in Botanica’s new Grand Lawn Stage

LIVE FROM HAMBURG, GERMANY - WITH THE PHILHARMONISCHES STRAASTORCHESTER HAMBURG

May 27, 2021 | On Thursday, the Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg in collaboration with the Dresdner Musikfestspiele performed Brahms Symphony No. 3 in F-major, and the world premiere of “Alisma” by William Blank under the baton of Kent Nagano | The piece was originally intended to premiere in Dresden in 2020

LIVE FROM WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN (NEW YORK) - WITH THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC

May 25, 2021 | The New York Philharmonic presents its second Bandwagon concert series, featuring four weekend-long music festivals that reach out to the local community | The first concert took place at Domino Park in Brooklyn with repertoire exploring themes of the environment, migration, and family relationships

LIVE FROM NEW YORK CITY - WITH MARTHA REDBONE

May 24, 2021 | Lincoln Center has launched its new concert series titled “Restart Stages” | Over the course of the next few weeks, there will be a premiere of 10 new outdoor concerts for live audiences | Singer/songwriter Martha Redbone performs at the first concert, acknowledging the pre-colonial history of the United States and the first inhabitants of the Lenape Community

LIVE FROM MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - WITH THE MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA

May 21, 2021 | The Minnesota Orchestra features two very special concerts occurring on May 14th and 28th | Under the baton of Osmo Vänskä, the first program features composers Yaz Lancaster, Igor stravinsky, Krzysztof Penderecki, and Franz Schubert, and reflects on the pervasive affliction of gun violence