CLASSICAL MUSIC NEWS

Soviet-born New York-based violinist Nina Beilina has passed away following a year-long illness - aged 81. A graduate of the Moscow Conservatoire, where she studied...

65-year-old Dutch composer Joël Bons has been announced as the 2019 recipient of the prestigious USD $100,000 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition - for...

The Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, in Rome, Italy has today announced the appointment of Italian conductor Daniele Gatti as its new Music Director -...

Italian luthier Nicola Amati was born on this day in 1596 – 422 years ago. The grandson of Andrea Amati, the founder of the Amati family of...

Norwegian composer Christian Sinding died on this day in 1941. His signature works include 4 symphonies, an opera, Frühlingsrauschen for piano, 3 violin concertos - and his much-popular...

The Orchestre national de Lyon, in Lyon, France has today announced the appointment of violinist and conductor Nikolaj Znaider as its new Music Director -...

Azica Records has announced the release of the American-based Neave Piano Trio‘s new album: Celebrating Piazzolla. Recorded with acclaimed mezzo-soprano Carla Jablonski, the disc features...

The Violin Channel recently caught up with American conductor and trumpeter Gerard Schwarz - in New York City. We sat him down for a fun game...

Beijing Central Conservatory Professor Vera Tsu works us through Mozart's Violin Sonata No. 27 in G Major. Recorded in 6 camera high-definition with student violinist Nathan Tishin...

18-year-old American VC Young Artist Nathan Meltzer performing Paganini’s Solo Violin Caprice No. 2 in B Minor. Recorded live on the 1734 ‘Ames/Totenberg’ Stradivarius violin -...

22-year-old American violinist Randall Goosby performing Korngold’s Violin Concerto in D Major Op 35 - with conductor Richard Owen and the Adelphi Orchestra. Randall was this...

English conductor Sir John Barbirolli was born on this day in 1899 – 119 years ago. Remembered as one of the finest conductors of the...

American-born Greek soprano Maria Callas was born on this day in 1923 – 95 years ago. Dying in 1977, aged just 53, she is remembered...

An online crowdfunding campaign has been launched for the family of South Korean-born artist management intern Anna Lucia Kim - who passed away tragically...

20-year-old violinist Tim Yu from Australia has today been awarded 1st prize at the 2018 Gisborne International Music Competition – in Gisborne, New Zealand. The annual competition, open to...

Sergei Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor Op. 63 premiered on this day in 1935. The first performance was given by French violin...

Legendary Hungarian-Israeli violin pedagogue Ilona Fehér was born on this day in 1901 – 117 years ago. Remembered as one of the last representatives of the Central European Violin...

The Violin Channel recently caught up with violinist Renaud Capuçon for a behind-the-scenes Instagram takeover – direct from Paris’ Olympia Hall.     View this post on Instagram   RENAUD CAPUÇON...

To help celebrate the international release of the the VC Artists Calidore String Quartet’s debut album, Resilience, The Violin Channel is this week giving...

Pentatone Records has announced the release of American cellist Alisa Weilerstein’s new album: Transfigured Night: Haydn & Schoenberg. Recorded with the Norwegian-based Trondheim Soloists, the disc features...

Archival footage of the then 24 year old VC Artist Noah Bendix-Balgley - in the Final of the 2009 Queen Elisabeth International Violin Competition. VC recently...

The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra has this week announced British conductor and pianist Richard Egarr as its newest Artistic Partner – effective from September 2019. He currently serves...

The Pau Casals Foundation, in Tarragona, Spain, has this week announced 21-year-old Spanish cellist Carla Conangla Oliveras and 21-year-old American cellist Johannes Gray as joint-1st prize recipients...

Incredible never-before-uploaded 1982 archival performance of Italian violin virtuoso Uto Ughi performing Paganini's 1st Violin Concerto in D Major - with conductor Alberto Rocchegiani...

With the 2018 Gisborne International Music Competition drawing to a dramatic climax this weekend, VC recently caught up with a number of former 1st prize winners,...

The 3 Finalists have today been announced at the 2018 Gisborne International Music Competition – in Gisborne, New Zealand. The 2018 Finalists are: 22-year-old violinist Aziel Verner from...

Legendary Soviet pedagogue Pyotr Stolyarsky was born on this day in 1871. Mr Stolyarsky is remembered in history as the founder of 'The Odessa School' and 'The...

French jazz violinist Stephane Grappelli died on this day in 1997 – aged 89. Mr Grappelli’s lively, elegant style captivated audiences for more than half a century –...

Tchaikovsky's 'Variations on a Rococo Theme' Op. 33 for Cello and Orchestra premiered on this day in 1877. The first performance was given by German virtuoso Wilhelm Fitzenhagen in Moscow...

Austro-Hungarian composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold died on this day in 1957 – aged 62. Remembered as one of the founders of film music, he was...

“Which great musicians from the past do you take your greatest inspiration from?” The Violin Channel recently caught up with 25+ of the world’s top...

The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden has this week announced the appointment of British cellist Tim Hugh as its new Joint-Principal Cellist - effective...

American conductor, composer and percussionist Harold Farberman has passed away - aged 89. A graduate of The Juilliard School and the New England Conservatory, Mr...

The 13 Semi-Finalists have today been announced at the 2018 Gisborne International Music Competition - in Gisborne, New Zealand. The 2018 Semi-Finalists are: 22-year-old violinist Brian...

It has been announced today that Chinese-born conductor Yip Wing-sie will step down as Music Director of the Hong Kong Sinfonietta - at the...

It has been announced today that the French-based Quatuor Ébène String Quartet has been awarded the annual 2019 €15,000 Frankfurt Music Prize. Awarded annually since 1982...

Henryk Wieniawski's Violin Concerto No. 2 in D Minor Op. 22 premiered on this day in 1862. The first performance was given by the composer...

Today is American violinist, VC Young Artist Kevin Zhu’s 18th birthday. A student of Itzhak Perlman and Li Lin at The Juilliard School, Kevin shot to international fame, aged just 11, after claiming...

Today is Russian-born British violin virtuoso Viktoria Mullova’s birthday. A protégé of Soviet legend Leonid Kogan, Ms Mullova is a former Grand Prize winner at...

Signum Records has this month announced the release of VC Artists Calidore String Quartet‘s debut album: Resilience. The disc features Prokofiev's String Quartet No. 2, Janáček's String...

The Violin Channel recently caught up with New York-based cello pedagogue, Mr Harry Wimmer – husband of the late violinist Ms Shirley Givens, who passed away on 10th of January, aged...

ARS Produktion has this week announced the release of violinists Natasha Korsakova and Manrico Padovani's new album: Tabula Rasa - Double Concertos by Vivaldi, Bach, Schnittke &...

Harmonia Mundi Records has this week announced the release of French baroque violinist Amandine Beyer's new disc: Haydn: Concerti per Esterházy. Recorded with Italian cellist Marco...

The Colburn School, in Los Angeles, has this week announced the appointment of Finnish conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen to its conducting teaching faculty - effective from...

The Violin Channel recently caught up with Berlin Philharmonic 1st Concertmaster, VC Artist Noah Bendix-Balgley – for a fun game of VC Desert Island Downloads. We...

Never-before-uploaded 1978 archival recording of the-late Russian violin virtuoso Andrei Korsakov performing Stravinsky's Violin Concerto in D Major - with conductor Vladimir Fedoseyev and the Moscow...

It has been announced this week that Vancouver’s last remaining classical music store, Sikora’s Classical Records, is set to close permanently in February next year...

It has been announced this week that Irish-conductor conductor Peter Shannon will step down as Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Savannah Philharmonic, in...

Incredible never-before-uploaded 1982 archival performance of the then 28-year-old Dmitry Sitkovetsky performing Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor. Recorded live with conductor Miltiades Caridis and the...

The Violin Channel recently caught up with former Schoenfeld International Cello Competition and the Boulder International Art of Duo Chamber Music Competition 1st prize winner, American cello...