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Today is French violinist and pedagogue Pierre Amoyal’s 68th birthday! A student of Jascha Heifetz, Mr Amoyal is a former prize winner at the Paganini and...

Ukrainian-born American virtuoso Louis Krasner was born on this day in 1903 - 114 years ago. A student of Lucien Capet, Otakar Sevcik and Carl Flesch,...

Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov died on this day in 1908 – aged 64. A member of 'The Five', Rimsky-Korsakov is remembered in history as one...

American violin virtuoso Berl Senofsky died on this day in 2002. A student of Louis Persinger and Ivan Galamian, Mr Senofsky is the only American...

“If you could commission a concerto from a dead composer, who would it be?” The Violin Channel recently caught up with 30+ of the world’s top...

Today is American violinist Pamela Frank's 50th birthday! Ms Frank, a former recipient of the distinguished Avery Fisher Prize, currently holds teaching positions at the Peabody...

Today is Dutch violin virtuoso Herman Krebbers’ 94th birthday. Maestro Krebbers served as Concertmaster of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra - and held a distinguished teaching...

French virtuoso Christian Ferras was born on this day in 1933 – 84 years ago. A student of Marcel Chailley and George Enescu, he is...

Austrian violinist and conductor Willi Boskovsky was born on this day in 1909 – aged 81. Maestro Boskovsky served as Concertmaster of the Vienna Philharmonic...

Jewish Polish violinist Bronislaw Huberman died on this day in 1947 – aged 64. A student of Joseph Joachim, Mr Huberman is remembered as one...

Today is German violin virtuoso Julia Fischer's 34th birthday! A former 1st prize winner at the Menuhin Competition, Julia is widely regarded as one of today’s...

Today is German-Canadian cello virtuoso Johannes Moser’s 38th birthday! A student of Professor David Geringas, Johannes is a former 1st prize winner at the Tchaikovsky...

Legendary German conductor Rudolf Kempe was born on this day in 1910 – 107 years ago. Dying in 1976, Maestro Kempe served principal conducting positions...

The Violin Channel recently caught up with Japanese violin virtuoso Mayuko Kamio. We sat her down for a fun game of VC 20 Questions –...

Hungarian violin virtuoso and inventor Emil Telmanyi died on this day in 1988 – aged 95. He is remembered in history for having invented the...

Today is Japanese virtuoso Mayuko Kamio’s 31st birthday! A student of Dorothy DeLay and Professor Zakhar Bron, Mayuko is a former 1st prize winner at the...

Romanian-born Austrian contemporary composer Gyorgy Ligeti died on this day in 2006 – aged 83. A composer who refused to play by the rules, his major...

German composer Richard Strauss died on this day in 1949 – aged 85. Strauss' signature works include operas 'Der Rosenkavalier' and 'Salome' and orchestral masterworks...

Exclusive Facebook Live webcast of the 2017 Michael Hill International Violin Competition Final Round. Featuring finalists Luke Hsu from the United States performing Sibelius Violin Concerto, Ioana...

French Romantic composer Ernest Chausson died on this day in 1899 – aged just 44. Chausson died from a freak accident - after losing control...

With the 2017 Michael Hill International Violin Competition entering its final stage in Auckland this evening, VC recently caught up with a number of former...

Robert Schumann's Cello Concerto in A Minor premiered on this day in 1860 - four years after the composer’s death. The first performance was given by...

Today is Polish-American pianist Emanuel Ax’s 68th birthday! Mr Ax is a former 1st prize winner of the Rubinstein International Piano Competition - and former...

Moravian-Jewish violinist and composer Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst was born on this day in 1812 - 205 years ago. Ernst is remembered in history as one...

Exclusive Facebook Live webcast of the 2017 Michael Hill International Violin Competition Semi-Final Round. Featuring competitors Sumina Studer from Switzerland, Ionana Cristina Goicea from Romania, Olga...

The Violin Channel recently caught up with the 2017 Michael Hill International Violin Competition Semi-Finalists, Ioana Cristina Goicea, Luke Hsu,Olga Sroubkov, Sumina Studer, Kunwha Lee, and Benjamin Baker – for a...

With the 2017 Michael Hill International Violin Competition currently underway in Auckland, New Zealand, VC recently caught up with Executive Director Ms Anna Rodda...

British violinist and conductor Iona Brown passed away on this day in 2004 – 13 years ago. Ms Brown is the former Concertmaster and Music...

Today is Argentine pianist Martha Argerich's 76th birthday! A former 1st prize winner at the Geneva, Chopin and Perruccio Busoni International Piano Competitions, Ms Argerich...

With the 2017 Michael Hill International Violin Competition currently underway in Queenstown and Auckland, VC recently caught up with a number of former prize winners, to get...

Today is VC Artist Persian-Austrian cello virtuoso Kian Soltani's 25th birthday! Praised as one of the most prodigious young concert artists to emerge in recent years,...

Today is Russian violin virtuoso Ilya Kaler’s 54th birthday! A student of Leonid Kogan and Viktor Tretiakov, Mr Kaler is a former 1st prize winner...