CLASSICAL MUSIC NEWS

Paladino Music has this month announced the release of German violinist Friedemann Eichhorn new album: 'Brahms, Schumann, Mendelssohn & Gernsheim: Works For Violin &...

The San Antonio Symphony Orchestra in San Antonio, Texas, United States is currently accepting applications for the Assistant Principal Viola position. Applications to be received by May...

Incredible 1962 archival footage of the then 7-year-old cellist Yo-Yo Ma performing Jean-Baptiste Bréval’s Concertino No. 3 in A Major - accompanied by sister...

American vaudeville violinist Wilbur Francis Hall's frantically athletic rendition of Pop Goes the Weasel ... Taken from the 1930 classic film: The King of Jazz.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meuNWgl2ko8 WILBUR HALL...

It has been announced today that London’s Royal Opera House has lost its legal appeal against a 2018 court decision awarding damages to a...

The Singapore Symphony Orchestra, in Singapore, is currently accepting applications for the Principal Double Bass position. Applications to be received by April 12th, 2019. For further details, visit: https://bit.ly/2HBaWBB...

Russian-born American cello virtuoso Gregor Piatigorskywas born on this day in 1903 – 116 years ago. Dying in 1976, Maestro Piatigorsky served as Principal Cellist...

Internationally acclaimed Hungarian conductor István Kertész died on this day in 1973 - aged just 43. Remembered as one of the finest conductors of the 20th Century,...

Today is Canadian-born violin soloist Lara St John's birthday! A student of Linda Cerone, Gerard Jarry, Felix Galimir, Arnold Steinhardt and Joey Corpus, Lara has...

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra in British Columbia, Canada is currently accepting applications for a Section Second Violin position. Applications to be received by May 6th, 2019. For further...

Hyperion Records has this month announced the release of German cellist Alban Gerhardt's new album: Bach: The Cello Suites. The disc features the 6 cornerstone...

Russian-American violin virtuoso Igor Pikayzen is building an international reputation as one of today’s most exciting and gifted young concert soloists. A graduate of the...

Cellist Amit Peled and Peabody Institute students Jiaoyang Xu, Mafalda Santos, Joseph Staten, Ismael Guerrero and Tzu Jou Yeh performing Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody - newly...

The Philadelphia Orchestra Music Director, Yannick Nézet-Séguin has this week announced the release of his own specially-curated symphonic playlist ... for pets. Inspired by the...

The Iceland Symphony Orchestra, in Reykjavík, Iceland, has this week announced the appointment of Icelandic conductor and composer Daníel Bjarnason as its new Principal...

It has been announced this week that British violinist Tasmin Little has been awarded BBC Music Magazine's 2019 Personality of the Year accolade -...

The University of Miami's Frost School of Music has this week announced the appointment of international conductor Gerard Schwarz to its Music, Conducting and...

Um …. Youtube sensation Andrew Huang takes on Johann Sebastian Bach’s Air on the G String …. played entirely on ladies' underwear. We have no more...

28-year-old American violist Paul Laraia has been awarded 1st prize at the 2019 Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition – in Port Erin, on the...

Superstar cellist Yo-Yo Ma performing Bach’s 6th Solo Cello Suite live at the US-Mexico border - in protest to the Trump administration's recent immigration...

Chinese-born violinist and violist Xi Yang has passed away from colon cancer - aged just 56. A graduate of Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music,...

Today is British cellist Julian Lloyd Webber's 68th birthday! A student of Pierre Fournier, he has premiered a number of important works including Cello Concertos...

Iranian-born Armenian violinist Ivan Galamian died on this day in 1981 – 38 years ago. A student of French pedagogue Lucien Capet, he is remembered...

Applications are now closing for the 2019 il Piccolo Violino Magico International Competition – to be held in San Vito al Tagliamento, Italy from the 3rd to...

The 8 Semi-Finalists have been announced at the 2019 Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition – in Port Erin, on the Isle of Man. The Semi-Finalists...

Orchid Classics has this month announced the release of the Paris-based Quatuor Capriccio's new album: Capriccios. Recorded with guest artists, violist Gerard Causse and cellist...

Baltimore-based stringed instrument maker and repairer Raymond E. Hardy Jr. has passed away from Alzheimer’s disease complications - aged 86. A clarinet performance and education...

Incredible never-before-uploaded 1948 archival performance of luminary violinist Mischa Elman performing Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E Minor – with conductor Antal Dorati and the...

The then 20-year-old Latvian violinist Baiba Skride’s 1st prize winning performance in the Final of the 2001 Queen Elisabeth International Violin Competition. The jury for...

Italian master luthier Nicola Amati died on this day in 1684, 335 years ago - aged 88. The grandson of Andrea Amati, the founder of the...

Today is American cellist, VC Young Artist Zlatomir Fung’s 20th birthday. A student of Richard Aaron and Timothy Eddy at The Juilliard School, Zlatomir is a former 1st prize winner at...

It has been announced today that conductor Hannu Lintu will step down as Chief Conductor of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, in Helsinki - effective from...

Czechoslovakian-born Los Angeles-based violinist Pavel Farkas has passed away - aged 77. Throughout his six decade performing career, Mr Farkas served as a member of...

To help celebrate the international release of VC Artist Augustin Hadelich's new album Brahms Ligeti Violin Concertos, The Violin Channel in conjunction with Warner...

The 38 candidates have today been announced for the 2019 Sendai International Violin Competition – to be held in Sendai, Japan from the 15th to...

The Violin Channel recently caught up with British violinist Chloë Hanslip. In a VC-exclusive guest blog, the international virtuoso shares her thoughts on the life...

It has been announced this week that the musicians of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra have rejected management's recent "last, best and final offer" to...

The Los Angeles Philharmonic has this week announced Honduras-Korean violinist Gabriela Peña-Kim as the recipient of the 2018-2019 Resident Fellowship – created to invest...

Incredible 1980 archival performance of legendary tenor Luciano Pavarotti singing 'Nessun Dorma' from Puccini's 'Turandot' - with conductor Zubin Mehta and the New York...

Deutsche Grammophon has this month announced the release of the Australian-based Orava Quartet's new album: Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov & Shostakovich. The disc features Tchaikovsky's String Quartet...

The Toronto Symphony, in Toronto, Canada has today announced that conductor Louis Langrée will withdrawn from all concert appearances this week - due to...

It has been announced this week that a new documentary, based on the life of renowned Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti, is set for international...

The San Antonio Symphony in San Antonio, Texas, United States is currently accepting applications for the Assistant Concertmaster position. Applications to be received by April 22nd, 2019. For...

Dartmouth College, in New Hampshire, United States has today announced that superstar cellist Yo-Yo Ma will be awarded a 2019 Honorary Doctorate Degree from...

American violinist John C. Merrill has passed away from pancreatic cancer - aged 75. A graduate of Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music, where he...

The San Diego Symphony has this week announced the appointment of three new violinists to the ensemble - effective from the commencement of the...

Violinist Pat Ernst, from the band The Whiskeydicks, warming up on his way to work at Whistler's Dubh Linn Gate Irish pub ...   https://youtu.be/IFslN5fbOSI    

Today is Korean-American violinist Soovin Kim’s 43rd birthday. A graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music and the Curtis Institute of Music, where he studied...

Austrian composer and educator Balduin Sulzer has passed away - aged 87. A graduate of the University of Vienna, Bruckner Conservatory and the Vienna Academy of...

Orchid Classics has announced the release of Romanian cellist Andrei Ioniță's new album: Oblique Strategies: Works for Solo Cello. The disc features Bach’s 1st Solo...