CLASSICAL MUSIC NEWS

The Menuhin Competition has today announced the 22 Junior and 22 Senior candidates for the 2020 competition – to be held in Richmond, Virginia,...

The Juilliard School-based Abeo Quartet performing the world premiere performance of American composer Alistair Coleman‘s ‘Moonshot‘ for String Quartet - inspired by the 50th anniversary of the...

Russian-born American violin virtuoso Mischa Elman was born on this day in 1891. He is widely regarded as one of the finest violinists of the 20th...

Russian violin virtuoso and pedagogue Andrei Korsakov died on this day in 1991 – aged just 44. A protégé of Boris Belenky and Leonid Kogan, Maestro Korsakov was a former...

American violin virtuoso Michael Rabin died on this day in 1972 – aged just 35. A celebrated child prodigy, he is remembered as one of the...

The 8 Semi-Finalists have just minutes ago been announced at the 2020 Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition – at the Lynn Conservatory in Boca Raton,...

The BBC Symphony Orchestra in London, is currently accepting applications for the ‘Principal 1st Violin No. 3’ position. Applications to be received by February 14th, 2020. For...

Applications are this week set to close for the 2020 Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition – to be held in Shanghai, China from the...

Czech violinist and pedagogue Otakar Ševčík died on this day in 1934. He served teaching positions at the Prague Conservatory, Russian Music Society and the Vienna Music...

Today is German violinist and pedagogue Ulf Hoelscher’s 78th birthday! A student of Max Rostal, Josef Gingold, Paul Makanowitzky and Ivan Galamian, Professor Hoelscher currently...

It has been announced today that VC Artist Timothy Chooi will join the management roster of Colbert Artists, in New York City - for...

Italian violin virtuoso and conductor Rodolfo Lipizer was born on this day in 1895. Dying in 1974, the Rodolfo Lipizer International Violin Competition, held annually...

The then 22-year-old VC Young Artist Sirena Huang’s 1st prize winning performance in the Final of the 2017 inaugural Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition...

The 19 opening round Quarter Finalists have been announced for the 2020 Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition - to be held at Lynn Conservatory in...

Today is German violinist and pedagogue Kolja Blacher's 56th birthday. A student of Dorothy DeLay and Sandor Vegh, he is a former Concertmaster of the...

Today is German violinist, VC Artist Tobias Feldmann’s 29th birthday. A graduate of the Hanns Eisler Conservatory of Music in Berlin, where he studied with Professor...

YouTuber WowBrickArt’s step-by-step tutorial for building the Kronos String Quartet from LEGO ... Also available for the Casals and Oistrakh Quartets, cellist Jacqueline du Pre...

The Violin Channel recently caught up with Thomastik-Infeld string manufacturer’s Director of Engineering and Technology, Mr Franz Klanner. In part 2 of a new blog series, released in...

The Sydney Opera House, in Sydney, Australia has this week illuminated its sails with images of the firefighters currently battling the devastating bushfires across...

The Royal Academy of Music, in London, has this week announced the appointment of British violinist, Jack Liebeck to the Émile Sauret Professor of...

American Soprano Brianna Robinson has this week been awarded 1st prize at the 2020 6th ‘Getting to Carnegie’ Competition – at Carnegie Hall, in...

The Oberlin Conservatory, in Ohio, United States, has this week announced the appointment of American violinist Francesca dePasquale to its violin teaching faculty -...

Legendary violinist Donald Weilerstein and pianist Vivian Hornik Weilerstein performing the world premiere performance of violinist and composer, VC Young Artist Luke Hsu’s: ‘For Violin...

To help celebrate this week’s upcoming National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) show in Los Angeles, The Violin Channel in conjunction with our good...

Bulgarian violin virtuoso Vasco Abadjiev was born on this day in 1926. Plagued by the war years and the death of his beloved mother in 1965,...

The Colburn School-based Viano String Quartet has in recent seasons firmly established themselves as one of the most promising young chamber music ensembles to emerge internationally. Comprising...

Russian-born American violin virtuoso Nathan Milstein was born on this day in 1904. A student of Pyotr Stolyarsky, Leopold Auer and Eugène Ysaÿe, he is remembered as one of the...

BIS Records has this week announced the release of violinist, VC Young Artist Johan Dalene's new CD: 'Tchaikovsky & Barber Violin Concertos'. Recorded with conductor...

Applications are now open for the 2021 London Symphony Orchestra Donatella Flick Conducting Competition – to be held in London from the 27th of February...

It has been announced that week that New York's Concert Artists Guild will partner with London's Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT) - in a combined...

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in Pittsburgh, United States, is currently accepting applications for three ‘Section Viola’ positions. Applications to be received by February 10th 2019. For further...

Russian-born violinist Boris Brovtsyn performing Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor – with conductor Alexander Rudin and the Musica Viva Chamber Orchestra. Recorded...

The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, in Indianapolis, United States has this week announced the appointment of American violinist Kevin Lin as its new Concertmaster -...

Today is Soviet-born Israeli cellist Mischa Maisky’s 72nd birthday. A student of Mstislav Rostropovich and Gregor Piatigorsky, he is widely regarded as one of the...

Today is Italian-born American violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg’s birthday. A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music and The Juilliard School, Nadja is a former grand prize...

An international stolen violin alert has been issued for a 1908 A. E. Smith violin – stolen in Melbourne, Australia on Tuesday the 9th...

The Violin Channel recently caught up with a panel of esteemed international string pedagogues - to get the inside word on whether it's advisable...

The opening round candidates have been announced for the 2020 Netherlands Violin Competition – to be held in Utrecht, Netherlands from the 11th of January...

The then 24-year-old Romanian violinist VC Young Artist Ioana Cristina Goicea‘s 1st prize winning performance – in the Final of the 2017 Michael Hill International...

Newly-uploaded footage of cello and dance duo 'FEMAURA' performing excepts from Bach's 1st Solo Cello Suite, Piazzolla’s ‘Le Grand Tango’ and ‘Oblivion’ - and...

The Houston Symphony Orchestra in Houston, United States, is currently accepting applications for the ‘Assistant Concertmaster’ position. Applications to be received by February 3rd 2019. For further...

The Sphinx Organization, a US non-profit organization dedicated to the development of young American Black and Latin classical musicians, has this week announced the four...

Violinist, VC Artist Francisco Fullana and acclaimed bandoneonist and composer JP Jofre performing the New York premiere performance of the JP Jofre Double Concerto...

The University of Chicago has this week announced the appointment of the French-based Quatuor Diotima as the school’s new Chamber Music Ensemble-in-Residence - effective...

Australian funsters, TwoSet Violin step us through the …. ’12 levels of violin playing' ... "We though that this video would give people who want...

Famed French cellist Pierre Fournier died on this day in 1986 – aged 79. A student of Paul Bazelaire and Anton Hekking, he is remembered...

Revolutionary French violin pedagogue and composer Lucien Capet was born on this day in 1873. He served a long-term teaching position at the Société Sainte-Cécile de Bordeaux – during...

American violin virtuoso Maud Powell died on this day in 1920 – aged just 52. A student of Henry Schradieck, Charles Dancla and Joseph Joachim,...

Watch the Juilliard School's Kila Quartet - direct from WQXR's Greene Space, in New York City KILA STRING QUARTET PRESENTED BY WQXR IN COLLABORATION WITH THE...

Violinist Maxim Vengerov performing the world premiere performance of Chinese composer Qigang Chen‘s ‘La Joie de la Souffrance‘ (The Joy of Suffering) for Violin and...