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BREAKING | Junior Finalists Announced at Menuhin Competition Richmond 2021

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - May 15, 2021 0

This year's junior finalists are: Boha Moon (14, South Korea) Hannah Wan Ching Tam (15, China) Edward Walton (15,...

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2021 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition Finalists Announced

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - May 15, 2021 0

The 2021 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition announced its finalists: Senior String Division Risus Quartet (Seoul, South Korea) The Galvin Cello Quartet (Evanston,...

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2021 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition Semi-Finalists Announced

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - May 14, 2021 0

The 2021 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition announced its semi-final candidates: Senior String Division Trio Rupnik (Vrhnika, Slovenia) Risus Quartet (Seoul, South Korea) ...

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VC INTERVIEW | Kara Kane and Tom Rosenberg — Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - May 14, 2021 0

The Violin Channel recently sat down with the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition's Executive Director Kara Kane and Artistic...

VC LIVE | Michigan State University Dorothy DeLay Masterclass Series: Violinist Gil Shaham

VC LIVE May 14, 2021

VC LIVE | Scottish Chamber Orchestra Presents: “Mendelssohn, Ravel & Mozart”

VC LIVE May 14, 2021

VC INSIGHT | Richmond is Ready For the 2021 Menuhin Competition

VC INSIGHT May 14, 2021

VC INTERVIEW | Gordon Back — Menuhin Competition Artistic Director

VC INTERVIEWS May 14, 2021

OUT NOW | Violist Zachary Carrettín's New CD: "Metamorphosis"

Out Now May 14, 2021

UCLA School of Music Names New Director of Iranian Music

Classical Music News May 14, 2021

VC LIVE | Menuhin Competition Richmond 2021

VC LIVE May 14, 2021

Record Number of Applicants For 75th Geneva International Music Competition

Classical Music News May 14, 2021

Piotr Pielaszek Awarded Both Top Prizes at Poland's Wieniawski Violin Making Competition

Classical Music News May 13, 2021

2021 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition Opening Round Candidates Announced

Classical Music News May 13, 2021

VC GIVEAWAY | Win 1 of 5 Minuendo Musicians' Lossless Hearing Protection Earplugs

VC GIVEAWAY May 13, 2021

VC INTERVIEW | Tom Trones on Minuendo's Lossless Hearing Protection Earplugs

VC INTERVIEWS May 12, 2021

City of Cremona Opens The Stauffer Center

Classical Music News May 12, 2021

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VC ARTIST | Timothy Chooi — Hannover & Queen Elisabeth Comp Top Prizes

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - May 10, 2021 7

A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, and current artist diploma student of Catherine Cho at The Juilliard School and professional studies candidate at...

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VC INSIGHT | Richmond is Ready For the 2021 Menuhin Competition

VC INSIGHT May 14, 2021

PAGANINI POV | Violinist Sean Lee — Paganini Solo Caprice No. 5

PAGANINI POV May 6, 2021

PAGANINI POV | Violinist Sean Lee — Paganini Solo Caprice No. 4

PAGANINI POV March 9, 2021

VC VOX POP

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

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VC WEB BLOGS

VC BLOG | Composer Avner Dorman on Creativity and Collaboration

OUT NOW

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OUT NOW | Violist Zachary Carrettín's New CD: "Metamorphosis"

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 | Happy Birthday, VC Young Artist Anne Luisa Kramb!

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 | Kara Kane and Tom Rosenberg — Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition

VC Giveaway

VC GIVEAWAY | Win 1 of 5 Minuendo Musicians' Lossless Hearing Protection Earplugs

VC GIVEAWAY May 13, 2021

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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

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LIVE FROM LUND, DENMARK - WITH STUDENTS FROM THE SCANDINAVIAN CELLO SCHOOL

May 7, 2021 | Prize-winning cellists from the Scandinavian Cello School performed for an atypical, but receptive audience | Weekly concerts have been happening since last November for the cows in their winter stalls

LIVE FROM MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - WITH VC RISING STAR CHRISTIAN LI

May 3, 2021 | 13-year-old Australian violinist, VC Rising Star Christian Li, performs alongside pianist Laurence Matheson on the Melbourne Digital Concert Hall at Melbourne's Athenaeum Theatre | Performance available at: melbournedigitalconcerthall.com

LIVE FROM TROLLHÄTTAN, SWEDEN - WITH CONDUCTOR ULF WADENBRANDT

April 27, 2021 | Conductor Ulf Wadenbrandt of the Swedish Symphony Orchestra worked around the clock to create a symphonic version of Iron Maiden song, “Fear of the Dark”

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

April 22, 2021 | VC Young Artist Kevin Zhu and pianist Rohan De Silva perform a beautiful program for Musical Storefronts, brought by Kaufman Center in partnership with the Alphadyne Foundation

LIVE FROM NEW YORK - WITH VIOLINIST JENNIFER KOH

April 15, 2021 | Violinist Jennifer Koh premieres a new work in the Guggenheim Museum in New York City as part of a Works & Process Virtual Commission