CLASSICAL MUSIC NEWS

Tchaikovsky's showpiece 'Valse-Scherzo' Op. 34 premiered on this day in 1878 – 139 years ago. The first performance was given by Polish virtuoso Stanislaw Barcewicz. The...

Spanish violinist and composer Pablo de Sarasate died on this day in 1908, from chronic bronchitis - aged 64. Remembered as one of the eminent...

The Violin Channel recently caught up with Ethiopian-Hungarian violinist Samuel Nebyu. In a VC-exclusive blog, the Temple University Boyer College of Music student talks...

World premiere performance of acclaimed American composer David Ludwig’s ‘Pangaea’ for Piano and Strings. Commissioned by the Bravo! Vail Festival, the 18 minute tone poem...

With the 2017 Zhuhai International Mozart Violin Competition underway this week in China, VC recently caught up with 2015 Intermediate 1st prize winner, Chinese VC Young...

The 3 Group C (17 to 23 Years Old) Violin Finalists have today been announced at the 2017 2nd Zhuhai International Mozart Competition for...

Today is Korean wunderkind, VC Young Artist SooBeen Lee’s 17th birthday. Praised for her eloquent music making, maturity and effortless virtuosity, SooBeen is a former major...

German conductor Kurt Sanderling was born on this day in 1912 – 105 years ago. Dying in 2011, Maestro Sanderling served principal conducting positions...

13 year old violinist, Yesong Sophie Lee from the United States is quickly building an international following as an emerging young virtuoso of outstanding potential. A student...

31 year old Jung Yoon Yang from South Korea has been awarded 1st prize at the 36th 2017 Premio Rodolfo Lipizer International Violin Competition,...

VC member Jonathan Attias from the United States was keen to know how music teachers manage to maintain their instrumental playing alongside teaching. We threw Jonathan’s question...

The 3 Group B (13 to 16 Years Old) Violin Finalists have today been announced at the 2017 2nd Zhuhai International Mozart Competition for...

Italian luthier Giovanni Battista Guadagnini died on this day in 1786 – 231 years ago. Guadagnini is widely regarded as one of the finest string...

20 year old French-Dutch violinist Cosima Soulez-Larivière has been awarded 1st prize at the inaugural 2017 Bartok World Competition & Festival International Violin Competition –...

22 year old Australian-violinist Riley Skevington has been awarded 1st prize at the 2017 Australian Kendall National Violin Competition - in Kendall, Australia. Regarded as one...

The 3 Group A (12 Years and Under) Violin Finalists have today been announced at the 2017 2nd Zhuhai International Mozart Competition for Young...

French violinist Zino Francescatti died on this day in 1991 – aged 89. Maestro Francescatti is remembered as one of the finest violin virtuosi of...

The 9 Group C (17 to 23 Years Old) candidates progressing to the Semi-Final round of the 2017 2nd Zhuhai International Mozart Competition for...

The 3 Grand Finalists have today been announced at the 2017 Bartok World Competition & Festival International Violin Competition – in Budapest, Hungary. The 2017 Grand Finalists...

American-born Greek soprano Maria Callas died on this day in 1977. She is remembered as one of the most renowned and influential opera singers of...

With the 2017 Zhuhai International Mozart Violin Competition underway this week in China, VC recently caught up with 2015 Junior 1st prize winner, Latvian violinist Daniil...

Archival footage of the then 16 year old Chinese VC Young Artist Ziyu He's 1st prize winning performance - in the Final of the...

The 11 Group B (13 to 16 Years Old) candidates progressing to the Semi-Final round of the 2017 2nd Zhuhai International Mozart Competition for...

Hungarian violin virtuoso and composer Jenő Hubay was born in 1858. He is remembered as one of the most influential violin pedagogues of all time...

Austrian composer and conductor Anton Webern died on this day in 1945 – aged 61. A protégé of Arnold Schoenberg, Webern is remembered for his...

Spanish conductor and composer Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos was born on this day in 1933. He served Principal Conducting positions with the Spanish National Orchestra,...

Today is Norwegian violin virtuoso and pedagogue Ole Bøhn's 72nd birthday! A student of Louise Behrend, Ernst Glaser, Henry Holst and Max Rostal, Professor Bohn...

The 7 Finalists have today been announced at the 2017 Bartok World Competition & Festival International Violin Competition - in Budapest, Hungary. The 2017 Finalists...

To help celebrate the international release, The Violin Channel is this week giving away 5 fresh-off-the-press personally-autographed CD copies of Ethiopian-Hungarian violinist Samuel Nebyu’s...

And the winners are in! The following 5 lucky VC members will each be receiving a fresh-off-the-press CD copy of the acclaimed Quatuor Ebene’s newly-released...

The 12 Group A (12 Years and Under) candidates progressing to the Semi-Final round of the 2017 2nd Zhuhai International Mozart Competition for Young...

Astonishing 1985 archival footage of the then just 5 year old Sarah Chang performing Saint-Saens' 'Introduction et Rondo Capriccioso'. A recognised child prodigy, she was accepted into...