CLASSICAL MUSIC NEWS

Long time Curtis Institute of Music violin pedagogue Aaron Rosand has passed away this evening from pneumonia - aged 92. A graduate of the Curtis...

Italian composer and conductor Ottorino Respighi was born on this day in 1879 – 140 years ago. Respighi's signature works include his orchestral trilogy, Fountains...

Violinist VC Young Artist Kevin Zhu, cellist Phillip Sheegog and pianist Tengku Irfan performing the world premiere recording of Australian-American composer Jack Frerer’s Stutter Step for Piano...

The Singapore Symphony, in Singapore, has this week announced the appointment of Austrian conductor Hans Graf as its new Chief Conductor - effective from...

The Orchestre Régional Avignon Provence, in Avignon, France has this week announced the appointment of Brazilian-Israeli conductor Debora Waldman as its new Music Director...

J & A Beare has this week announced the opening of J & A Beare Europe GmbH, in Germany. The new company, located to conveniently...

Supraphon Records has announced the release of Czech-based Bennewitz Quartet's new album: Ullmann, Krasa, Schulhoff, Haas: String Quartets. The disc features Viktor Ullmann's (1898-1944) 3rd...

24-year-old American cellist Brannon Cho is quickly building an international reputation as an emerging young concert artist of outstanding potential. A graduate of Northwestern University's Bienen School...

The Orchestre Symphonique De Quebec in Quebec City, Canada is currently accepting applications for a Section Cello position. Applications to be received by July 31st, 2019. For further...

Never-before-uploaded 1970 archival audio recording of luminary violinist Henryk Szeryng performing Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major - with conductor Alexander Gibson...

Pentatone Records has announced the release of the Los Angeles-based Calder Quartet's new album: Beethoven Hillborg. The disc features Beethoven's String Quartets No. 3 in...

VC Artist Ray Chen accepts the Bottle Cap viral internet challenge … The newest Internet challenge taking the net by storm requires participants to...

Russian-Jewish violin virtuoso Nelli Shkolnikova was born on this day in 1928 – 91 years ago. A student of Lillia Kossodo and Yuri Yankelevich, Ms Shkolnikova was a former...

Today is Israeli violin virtuoso Hagai Shaham's 53rd birthday! A student of Professor Ilona Feher, Hagai performs regularly with many of world's finest orchestras and...

13-year-old Edward Walton from Australia has today been awarded 1st prize at the 2019 il Piccolo Violino Magico International Competition – in San Vito al...

1952 never-before-uploaded archival audio recording of legendary American violinist Albert Spalding performing Brahms Violin Concerto - with conductor Wilhelm Loibner and the Tonkunstler Orchestra.   https://youtu.be/EYv1yLF4BAs ALBERT...

The Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra in Helsinki, Finland is currently accepting applications for a Tutti Viola position. Applications to be received by November 1st, 2019. For further details, visit:...

Resonus Classics Records has announced the release of the British-based Fidelio Trio's new album: Fauré, Chausson & Satie Piano Trios. The disc features Chausson's Piano...

Austrian-born violinist Max Rostal was born on this day in 1905 – 114 years ago. A student of Carl Flesch, he is remembered as one...

Late-Romantic Austrian composer and conductor Gustav Mahler was born on this day in 1860 – 159 years ago. Dying in 1911, he is remembered as...

It has been announced this week that the Canadian-based Rolston String Quartet will join the management roster of Sciolino Artist Management, in New York...

American violist Brian Bires has been awarded 1st prize at the 2019 Texas Music Festival Cynthia Woods Mitchell Young Artist Competition – in Houston, Texas,...

Sony Classical has this month announced the release of German cellist Raphaela Gromes' new CD: Offenbach. Recorded with pianist Julian Riem and cellist Wen-Sinn Yang,...

Danish composer and organist Ib Nørholm has passed away - aged 88. A graduate of the Royal Danish Academy of Music, where he studied with...

Today is Taiwanese-American violinist, VC Artist Richard Lin's 28th birthday! A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music and the The Juilliard School, Richard is...

The Violin Channel recently caught up with a panel of esteemed Concertmasters and Conductors - to get the inside word on the fundamental qualities...

“What work in another instrument's repertoire are you jealous that it's not in yours?” The Violin Channel recently caught up with 30+ of the world’s top string...

BIS Records has announced the release of Swedish violinist Ulf Wallin's new album: Allan Pettersson Violin Concerto No. 2. Recorded with conductor Christian Lindberg and...

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in Melbourne, Australia is currently accepting applications for the Section Principal Double Bass position. Applications to be received by August 12th, 2019. For further...

The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, in Winnipeg, Canada has his week announced Canadian conductor Naomi Woo as its new Assistant Conductor - effective from the...

Polish avant-garde composer and musicologist Boguslaw Schaeffer has passed away - aged 90. He served long term Professorships at the Kraków Academy and the Salzburg...

The 5 Finalists have just minutes ago been announced at the 2019 il Piccolo Violino Magico International Competition – in San Vito al Tagliamento, Italy. The...

Hungarian-American cello virtuoso Janos Starker was born on this day in 1924 – 95 years ago. Maestro Starker served as a former principal cellist of...

Today is Danish violin virtuoso and conductor Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider's 44th birthday! A student of Boris Kuschnir, Nikolaj is a former 1st prize winner at the...

Czech violinist and composer Jan Kubelik was born on this day in 1880 – 139 years ago. Dying in 1940, aged 60, he is remembered as...

The Salon de Virtuosi, in New York City, has this week announced the recipients of the 2019 'Charlotte White' Career Grants - including 3...

Argentine tango composer and bandoneón player Ástor Piazzolla died on this day in 1992 – aged 71. Piazzolla is remembered in history as the inventor...

Hungarian violinist and conductor Tibor Varga was born on this day in 1921 - 98 years ago. A student of Carl Flesch and Jeno Hubay, Maestro Varga is remembered...

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...

Applications are now open for the 2020 Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition – to be held at the Lynn University Conservatory of Music in Boca Raton,...

Introducing Sibelius' Finlandia ... performed by 4 electric toothbrushes  ... Produced by a Finnish engineer, calling himself The Device Orchestra, the ensemble focuses primarily on...

German-born Austrian conductor Carlos Kleiber was born on this day in 1930 – 89 years ago. The son of eminent Austrian conductor Erich Kleiber, he...

Watch the 2019 il Piccolo Violino Magico International Competition live on The Violin Channel – direct from San Vito al Tagliamento, Italy.   2019 IL PICCOLO...

The opening round candidates have been announced for the 2019 il Piccolo Violino Magico International Competition – to be held in San Vito al Tagliamento, Italy from the 3rd...

To help celebrate the international release of the new warm and broad variant Larsen ‘Il Cannone’ A Violin String, The Violin Channel is this...

The Ensemble Arcadiana performing the world premiere recording of Jamaican composer Eleanor Alberga's String Quartet No. 1. "My three quartets were written within a few...

The Juilliard School, in New York City, has this week announced that Dean and Provost Ara Guzelimian will step down from the leadership position...

VC recently caught up with the VC Artist Attacca Quartet  for a behind-the-scenes Instagram takeover — direct from the 'Crypt Sessions' - in Harlem,...

Violin pedagogue Virginie Robilliard works us through the second movement of the Beethoven Violin Concerto. Recorded in 6 camera high-definition with violinist Nicole Leon and...

Revolutionary German operatic composer Christoph Willibald Gluck was born on this day in 1714. His signature works include the operas Orfeo ed Euridice, Alceste, Iphigénie...