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VC recently caught up with violinist Lara St John for a behind-the-scenes Instagram takeover — direct from her Coronavirus quarantine in New York City. View...

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VC INSTA TAKEOVER | VC Artist Calidore Quartet – Live from Spain [INSIDER]

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - February 13, 2020

The Violin Channel recently caught up with the VC Artist Calidore String Quartet for a behind-the-scenes Instagram takeover – direct from Barcelona's L’Auditori and...

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VC ARTIST | Verona Quartet – Wigmore Hall, Osaka, Melbourne & Concert Artists Guild Comp Top Prizes

The Violin Channel - August 3, 2020

The Verona Quartet has firmly established themselves as one of the most compelling young chamber music ensembles to emerge in recent years - praised...

VC YOUNG ARTISTS

VC ARTIST | Ioana Cristina Goicea, 27 – Indianapolis, Queen Elisabeth & Michael Hill Comp Major Prizes

The Violin Channel - July 28, 2020

27-year-old Romanian-born violinist Ioana Cristina Goicea is quickly building an international reputation as one of the new rising stars of the international concert stage...

VC YOUNG ARTIST | Johan Dalene, 19 – Carl Nielsen International Violin Comp 1st Prize

July 20, 2020

VC YOUNG ARTIST | Hao Zhou, 23 – Montreal Violin Competition 1st Prize Winner

July 14, 2020

VC ARTIST | Violin Virtuoso Augustin Hadelich – ‘The Musician’s Musician’

July 6, 2020

VC ARTIST | Tobias Feldmann – Queen Elisabeth & Hannover Comp Major Prizes

June 30, 2020

VC ARTIST | Yu-Chien Benny Tseng – Tchaikovsky, Singapore & Isang Yun Comp Top Prizes

June 24, 2020

VC YOUNG ARTIST | Bassist Xavier Foley, 25 – Avery Fisher Career Grant Recipient

June 15, 2020

VC VOX POP

VC VOX POP | “What Are the Unexpected Benefits of Participating in a Virtual Summer Program?”

VC VOX POP

VC VOX POP | “What’s the Funniest Thing That Ever Happened To You on an Orpheus Tour?’’ [Q&A]

VC INTERVIEWS

VC VOX POP | “What Piece of Repertoire Do You Still Want to Learn?” [Q&A]

VC INTERVIEWS

VC VOX POP | “Are You Ok Being Filmed on a Cell Phone During a Performance?” [Q&A]

VC INTERVIEWS

VC VOX POP | “If You Could Only Play 3 Pieces for the Rest of Your Life, What Would They Be?” [Q&A]

VC INTERVIEWS

VC VOX POP | “Who is the Most Underrated Classical Musician of All Time?” [Q&A]

VC INSIDER

VC INSIDER | “Should A Student Take a Lesson With a Prospective Teacher Before a Conservatory Audition?”

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - January 9, 2020

VC INSIDER | ‘Fundamental Elements of a Truly Outstanding Concertmaster’

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - July 6, 2019

VC INSIDER | ‘What Must a Successful Orchestral Candidate Do To Ensure They Ace Their Probation Period?’

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - March 1, 2019

VC INSIGHT

VC INSIGHT | Violinist Charles Castleman – ‘What Are the Hardest Things to Teach?’ [BLOG]

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - November 4, 2019

In a VC-exclusive guest blog, respected American violinist and pedagogue, Mr Charles Castleman shares his thoughts on what he feels are the hardest things to teach a violin student. ''There...

VC WEB BLOG | Violinist Svetlin Roussev – ‘Tips & Advice for Rock Solid Memorization’ [INSIGHT]

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - September 25, 2019

The Violin Channel recently caught up with Bulgarian violinist Svetlin Roussev. In a VC-exclusive guest blog, the former major prize winner at the Indianapolis and Long-Thibaud International Violin Competitions talks...

VC LIVE

VC LIVE | 2020 Heifetz International Music Institute – ‘Alumni Showcase’

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VC LIVE | Orpheus Chamber Orchestra – ‘Orpheus Summer Thursday’

VC LIVE

VC LIVE | Bowdoin International Music Festival – ‘Haydn and Messiaen’

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VC LIVE | Young Concert Artists President Daniel Kellogg – With Composer Katherine Balch

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VC LIVE | Vivace Virtual Violin & Viola Festival – ‘Community Engagement’ Initative

VC LIVE

VC LIVE | ‘Black Lives Matter’ Fundraiser – 30 Musicians Coming Together For This Important Cause

VC WEB BLOGS

VC WEB BLOG | Cellist Nicholas Finch – ‘Blind Auditions: A Powerful Bias-Neutralizing Force’ [INSIGHT]

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - August 4, 2020

The Violin Channel recently caught up with Louisville Symphony Orchestra Principal Cellist, Nicholas Finch. In a VC blog, Nicholas responds to music critic Anthony Tomassini's controversial New York Times article,...

VC WEB BLOG | Violinist Miranda Cuckson – ‘Collaboration with Artists of Different Genres’ [INSIGHT]

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - July 27, 2020

The Violin Channel recently caught up with New York-based violinist and violist Miranda Cuckson. In a VC-exclusive guest blog, Miranda talks us through her experience of collaborating with artists of...

VC DESERT ISLAND DOWNLOADS

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

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - April 25, 2020

VC DESERT ISLAND DOWNLOADS | Violinist Shlomo Mintz – ‘5 Recordings I Can’t Live Without’

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - December 8, 2019

VC DESERT ISLAND DOWNLOADS | Cellist Steven Isserlis – ‘5 Recordings I Can’t Live Without’

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - September 23, 2019

VC MASTERCLASS

VC MASTERCLASS | Cellist Amit Peled – Dvorak Cello Concerto [LEARN]

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - March 2, 2020

Israeli-American cellist and pedagogue Amit Peled works us through the 1st movement of Dvorak’s Cello Concerto in B Minor. Recorded in...

VC MASTERCLASS | Cellist Amit Peled – Saint-Saëns ‘The Swan’ [LEARN]

January 3, 2020

VC MASTERCLASS | Violinist Janna Gandelman – Saint Saens ‘Rondo Capriccioso'[LEARN]

October 11, 2019

VC MASTERCLASS | Cellist Amit Peled – Elgar Cello Concerto 2nd Mvt [LEARN]

August 16, 2019

VC MASTERCLASS | Cellist Zvi Plesser – Bach Solo Cello Suite No. 2 [LEARN]

July 29, 2019

VC INTERVIEWS

VC INTERVIEW | Mirò Quartet’s Joshua Gindele – ‘Complete Beethoven String Quartet’ Cycle

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - August 5, 2020

The Violin Channel recently caught up with Joshua Gindele - cellist with the American-based Mirò Quartet. The Mirò Quartet are currently performing the complete Beethoven String Quartet cycle live from...

VC INTERVIEW | Benjamin Roe – President & CEO of the Heifetz International Music Institute

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - August 5, 2020

The Violin Channel recently caught up with Benjamin Roe - President & CEO of the Heifetz International Music Institute. Tell us about the Heifetz Institute - its history, philosophy and...

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GERMANY - AUGUST 4, 2020 | We’re coming to you from the 75th Sommerliche Musiktage Hitzacker Festival, in Germany, this week – with violinist, VC Artist Bomsori Kim and pianist Thomas Hoppe | Program including: Isang Yun’s ‘In the Garden’, Beethoven’s ‘Spring Sonata’, Szymanowski’s ‘Notturno and Tarantella’, Tchaikovsky’s ‘Meditation’ and Waxman’s ‘Carmen Fantasy’
TOKYO, JAPAN - AUGUST 2, 2020 | We’re coming to you from Tokyo this week – for a special, socially-distanced performance with conductor Kazumasa Watanabe and the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra | The concert, the first live orchestral performance in Tokyo since the beginning of quarantine, featuring: Rossini’s ‘Overture to The Barber of Seville’ - coupled with Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 ‘From the New World’
TOKYO, JAPAN - AUGUST 2, 2020 | We’re coming to you from Tokyo this week – for a special, socially-distanced performance with conductor Kazumasa Watanabe and the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra | The concert, the first live orchestral performance in Tokyo since the beginning of quarantine, featuring: Rossini’s ‘Overture to The Barber of Seville’ - coupled with Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 ‘From the New World’
TOKYO, JAPAN - AUGUST 2, 2020 | We’re coming to you from Tokyo this week – for a special, socially-distanced performance with conductor Kazumasa Watanabe and the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra | The concert, the first live orchestral performance in Tokyo since the beginning of quarantine, featuring: Rossini’s ‘Overture to The Barber of Seville’ - coupled with Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 ‘From the New World’
TOKYO, JAPAN - AUGUST 2, 2020 | We’re coming to you from Tokyo this week – for a special, socially-distanced performance with conductor Kazumasa Watanabe and the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra | The concert, the first live orchestral performance in Tokyo since the beginning of quarantine, featuring: Rossini’s ‘Overture to The Barber of Seville’ - coupled with Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 ‘From the New World’
VAIL, COLORADO - JULY 25 , 2020 | We’re coming to you from Vail, Colorado this week – from the Bravo Vail Music Festival | This week’s performance featuring violinist Kerry McDermott, violists Zoe Martin-Doike and Paul Neubauer, cellist Brook Speltz, pianist Anne-Marie McDermott and the VC Artist Dover Quartet performing Mozart’s Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor - coupled with Brahms’ String Sextet No. 1 in B Flat Major
KATONAH, NEW YORK - JULY 26, 2020 | We’re coming to you from the Caramoor Center for Music and Arts in Katonah, New York – for a special livestream recital with The Knights Chamber Ensemble and cellist Karen Ouzounian | Program featuring: Brahms’ String Sextet No. 2 in G Major - coupled with the world premiere of Anna Clyne’s ‘Shorthand’
KATONAH, NEW YORK - JULY 24, 2020 | We’re coming to you from the Caramoor Center for Music and Arts in Katonah, New York – for a special livestream recital with the VC Artist Calidore String Quartet | Program featuring: Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 13 Op. 130 with the ‘Grosse Fuge’ - coupled with Anna Clyne’s ‘Breathing Statues’

VC CONCERTHALL

GERMANY - AUGUST 4, 2020 | We’re coming to you from the 75th Sommerliche Musiktage Hitzacker Festival, in Germany, this week – with violinist, VC Artist Bomsori Kim and pianist Thomas Hoppe | Program including: Isang Yun’s ‘In the Garden’, Beethoven’s ‘Spring Sonata’, Szymanowski’s ‘Notturno and Tarantella’, Tchaikovsky’s ‘Meditation’ and Waxman’s ‘Carmen Fantasy’
GERMANY - AUGUST 4, 2020 | We’re coming to you from the 75th Sommerliche Musiktage Hitzacker Festival, in Germany, this week – with violinist, VC Artist Bomsori Kim and pianist Thomas Hoppe | Program including: Isang Yun’s ‘In the Garden’, Beethoven’s ‘Spring Sonata’, Szymanowski’s ‘Notturno and Tarantella’, Tchaikovsky’s ‘Meditation’ and Waxman’s ‘Carmen Fantasy’
TOKYO, JAPAN - AUGUST 2, 2020 | We’re coming to you from Tokyo this week – for a special, socially-distanced performance with conductor Kazumasa Watanabe and the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra | The concert, the first live orchestral performance in Tokyo since the beginning of quarantine, featuring: Rossini’s ‘Overture to The Barber of Seville’ - coupled with Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 ‘From the New World’
TOKYO, JAPAN - AUGUST 2, 2020 | We’re coming to you from Tokyo this week – for a special, socially-distanced performance with conductor Kazumasa Watanabe and the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra | The concert, the first live orchestral performance in Tokyo since the beginning of quarantine, featuring: Rossini’s ‘Overture to The Barber of Seville’ - coupled with Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 ‘From the New World’
VAIL, COLORADO - JULY 30, 2020 | We’re coming to you from the Bravo Vail Music Festival in Vail, Colorado this week | The festival has this week created a first-of-it’s-kind ‘Music Box’ - to provide appropriate social distance to its chamber music events | By the end of this year’s festival the Music Box will have hosted more than 40 live performances
VAIL, COLORADO - JULY 30, 2020 | We’re coming to you from the Bravo Vail Music Festival in Vail, Colorado this week | The festival has this week created a first-of-it’s-kind ‘Music Box’ - to provide appropriate social distance to its chamber music events | By the end of this year’s festival the Music Box will have hosted more than 40 live performances
KATONAH, NEW YORK - JULY 23, 2020 | We’re coming to you from the Caramoor Center for Music and Arts in Katonah, New York – for a special livestream recital with The Knights Chamber Ensemble and cellist Karen Ouzounian | Program featuring: Brahms’ String Sextet No. 2 in G Major - coupled with the world premiere of Anna Clyne’s ‘Shorthand’
KATONAH, NEW YORK - JULY 23, 2020 | We’re coming to you from the Caramoor Center for Music and Arts in Katonah, New York – for a special livestream recital with The Knights Chamber Ensemble and cellist Karen Ouzounian | Program featuring: Brahms’ String Sextet No. 2 in G Major - coupled with the world premiere of Anna Clyne’s ‘Shorthand’
ROCKPORT, MASSACHUSETTS - JULY 26, 2020 | We’re coming to you from Rockport Music Festival, in Massachusetts, United States this week – for a livestreamed performance with violinist Chee-Yun Kim and pianist Henry Kramer | Program includes: Faure’s 1st Violin Sonata - coupled with Debussy’s Violin Sonata, ‘Clair de Lune’ and ‘Beau Soir’