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VC RISING STAR | Na Kyung Kang, 13 – Menuhin, Kloster Schöntal & Tchaikovsky Young Musicians Major Prizes

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VC RISING STAR | Kevin Miura, 13 – 2016 Menuhin Competition Major Prize Winner

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VC RISING STAR | Johan Dalene, 15 – Menuhin and Kocian Competition Major Prizes

The Violin Channel - May 10, 2016

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THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - January 6, 2016

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GSTAAD, SWITERZLAND - AUGUST 20, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Gstaad Menuhin Festival, in Switzerland, this week | 14-year-old VC Rising Star Clara Shen and pianist Mamikon Nakhapetov performing Mozart’s Violin Sonata No. 26 in B-Flat Major, Saint-Saens’ ‘Havanaise’, the ‘Sarabande’ & ‘Gigue’ from Bach’s 2nd Solo Partita in D Minor - and Sarasate’s ‘Carmen Fantasy’
GSTAAD, SWITERZLAND - AUGUST 20, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Gstaad Menuhin Festival, in Switzerland, this week | 14-year-old VC Rising Star Clara Shen and pianist Mamikon Nakhapetov performing Mozart’s Violin Sonata No. 26 in B-Flat Major, Saint-Saens’ ‘Havanaise’, the ‘Sarabande’ & ‘Gigue’ from Bach’s 2nd Solo Partita in D Minor - and Sarasate’s ‘Carmen Fantasy’
GSTAAD, SWITERZLAND - AUGUST 20, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Gstaad Menuhin Festival, in Switzerland, this week | 14-year-old VC Rising Star Clara Shen and pianist Mamikon Nakhapetov performing Mozart’s Violin Sonata No. 26 in B-Flat Major, Saint-Saens’ ‘Havanaise’, the ‘Sarabande’ & ‘Gigue’ from Bach’s 2nd Solo Partita in D Minor - and Sarasate’s ‘Carmen Fantasy’
SANTE FE, NEW MEXICO - AUGUST 18, 2019 | We’re coming to you live from the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival in Santa Fe, New Mexico this week for a series of all-Beethoven recitals - with violinist Ida Kavafian and pianist Anne-Marie McDermott | Photos by Steven Ovitsky
SANTE FE, NEW MEXICO - AUGUST 18, 2019 | We’re coming to you live from the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival in Santa Fe, New Mexico this week for a series of all-Beethoven recitals - with violinist Ida Kavafian and pianist Anne-Marie McDermott | Photos by Steven Ovitsky
SANTE FE, NEW MEXICO - AUGUST 18, 2019 | We’re coming to you live from the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival in Santa Fe, New Mexico this week for a series of all-Beethoven recitals - with violinist Ida Kavafian and pianist Anne-Marie McDermott | Photos by Steven Ovitsky
SANTE FE, NEW MEXICO - AUGUST 18, 2019 | We’re coming to you live from the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival in Santa Fe, New Mexico this week for a series of all-Beethoven recitals - with violinist Ida Kavafian and pianist Anne-Marie McDermott | Photos by Steven Ovitsky
LENOX, MASSACHUSETTS - AUGUST 17, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Tanglewood Music Festival in Lenox, Massachusetts this week with superstar cellist Yo-Yo Ma | This week’s performance featuring the complete Solo Bach Cello Suites 📸: Hilary Scott
LENOX, MASSACHUSETTS - AUGUST 17, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Tanglewood Music Festival in Lenox, Massachusetts this week with superstar cellist Yo-Yo Ma | This week’s performance featuring the complete Solo Bach Cello Suites 📸: Hilary Scott
LENOX, MASSACHUSETTS - AUGUST 17, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Tanglewood Music Festival in Lenox, Massachusetts this week with superstar cellist Yo-Yo Ma | This week’s performance featuring the complete Solo Bach Cello Suites 📸: Hilary Scott
LENOX, MASSACHUSETTS - AUGUST 17, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Tanglewood Music Festival in Lenox, Massachusetts this week with superstar cellist Yo-Yo Ma | This week’s performance featuring the complete Solo Bach Cello Suites - as well as an encore performance of ‘Sweet Baby James’ with special guest, legendary singer James Taylor 📸: Hilary Scott
LENGMOOS, ITALY - AUGUST 17, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Peter Mayr Common House in Lengmoos, Italy this week with VC Young Artist Diyang Mei and the Bozen Streicherakademie Orchestra | This week's performance featuring Britten’s ‘Lachrymae’, Hoffmeister Viola Concerto in D Major - and Carl Maria von Weber’s ‘Andante und Rondo Ungarese’
LENGMOOS, ITALY - AUGUST 17, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Peter Mayr Common House in Lengmoos, Italy this week with VC Young Artist Diyang Mei and the Bozen Streicherakademie Orchestra | This week's performance featuring Britten’s ‘Lachrymae’, Hoffmeister Viola Concerto in D Major - and Carl Maria von Weber’s ‘Andante und Rondo Ungarese’
LENGMOOS, ITALY - AUGUST 17, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Peter Mayr Common House in Lengmoos, Italy this week with VC Young Artist Diyang Mei and the Bozen Streicherakademie Orchestra | This week's performance featuring Britten’s ‘Lachrymae’, Hoffmeister Viola Concerto in D Major - and Carl Maria von Weber’s ‘Andante und Rondo Ungarese’
WILTON, CONNECTICUT - AUGUST 10, 2019 | We’re coming to you from Festival Edelio this week in Wilton, Connecticut, United States | VC Artist Igor Pikayzen, violinist Regi Papa, violists Chieh-Fan Yu and Ezgi İçellioğlu and cellists Adrian Daurov and Alice Yoo performing Schonberg’s ‘Verklarte Nacht’ and Tchaikovsky’s ‘Souvenir de Florence’
WILTON, CONNECTICUT - AUGUST 10, 2019 | We’re coming to you from Festival Edelio this week in Wilton, Connecticut, United States | VC Artist Igor Pikayzen, violinist Regi Papa, violists Chieh-Fan Yu and Ezgi İçellioğlu and cellists Adrian Daurov and Alice Yoo performing Schonberg’s ‘Verklarte Nacht’ and Tchaikovsky’s ‘Souvenir de Florence’
WILTON, CONNECTICUT - AUGUST 10, 2019 | We’re coming to you from Festival Edelio this week in Wilton, Connecticut, United States | VC Artist Igor Pikayzen, violinist Regi Papa, violists Chieh-Fan Yu and Ezgi İçellioğlu and cellists Adrian Daurov and Alice Yoo performing Schonberg’s ‘Verklarte Nacht’ and Tchaikovsky’s ‘Souvenir de Florence’
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - AUGUST 7, 2019 | We’re coming to you from Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival this week in New York City | This evening’s performance featuring superstar violinist Joshua Bell, conductor Louis Langree and the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra performing Mozart’s “Prague” Symphony, Kodaly’s ‘Dances of Galanta’ and Dvorak’s Violin Concerto in A Minor
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - AUGUST 7, 2019 | We’re coming to you from Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival this week in New York City | This evening’s performance featuring superstar violinist Joshua Bell, conductor Louis Langree and the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra performing Mozart’s “Prague” Symphony, Kodaly’s ‘Dances of Galanta’ and Dvorak’s Violin Concerto in A Minor
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - AUGUST 7, 2019 | We’re coming to you from Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival this week in New York City | This evening’s performance featuring superstar violinist Joshua Bell, conductor Louis Langree and the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra performing Mozart’s “Prague” Symphony, Kodaly’s ‘Dances of Galanta’ and Dvorak’s Violin Concerto in A Minor
SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN, GERMANY - AUGUST 4, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany this week | Respected New England Conservatory Violin Professor Donald Weilerstein working on step up improvements with 11-year-old Emrik Revermann
SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN, GERMANY - AUGUST 4, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany this week | Respected New England Conservatory Violin Professor Donald Weilerstein working on clarity and project with violinist Dian Zhang
SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN, GERMANY - AUGUST 4, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany this week | Respected New England Conservatory Violin Professor Donald Weilerstein working on clarity and project with violinist Dian Zhang
SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN, GERMANY - AUGUST 4, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany this week | Respected New England Conservatory Violin Professor Donald Weilerstein working on step up improvements with 11-year-old Emrik Revermann
SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN, GERMANY - AUGUST 4, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany this week | Acclaimed Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin Viola Professor Tabea Zimmermann working with 23-year-old violist Lotus de Vries
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - AUGUST 4, 2019 | We’re coming to you from Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival this week in New York City | This afternoon’s performance featuring the BFO - Budapest Festival Orchestra and its charismatic leader Iván Fischer, with soprano Jeanine De Bique, performing Haydn’s 88th Symphony, selections from Handel’s ‘La resurrezione’, ‘Rodelinda’ and ‘Giulio Cesare in Egitto’ - and Mozart’s ‘Jupiter’ Symphony
LENOX, MASSACHUSETTS - AUGUST 4, 2019 | We’re coming to you from Tanglewood Music Festival in Lenox, Massachusetts, United States this week with soloists Pinchas Zukerman and Amanda Forsyth, conductor Asher Fisch and the Boston Symphony Orchestra for the US premiere performance of celebrated composer Avner Dorman, Composer, Composer’s New Double Concerto for Violin and Cello | This week also marks the 50th anniversary of Mr Zukerman's first solo performance at the famed festival in 1969
LENOX, MASSACHUSETTS - AUGUST 4, 2019 | We’re coming to you from Tanglewood Music Festival in Lenox, Massachusetts, United States this week with soloists Pinchas Zukerman and Amanda Forsyth, conductor Asher Fisch and the Boston Symphony Orchestra for the US premiere performance of celebrated composer Avner Dorman, Composer, Composer’s New Double Concerto for Violin and Cello | This week also marks the 50th anniversary of Mr Zukerman's first solo performance at the famed festival in 1969
LENOX, MASSACHUSETTS - AUGUST 4, 2019 | We’re coming to you from Tanglewood Music Festival in Lenox, Massachusetts, United States this week with soloists Pinchas Zukerman and Amanda Forsyth, conductor Asher Fisch and the Boston Symphony Orchestra for the US premiere performance of celebrated composer Avner Dorman, Composer, Composer’s New Double Concerto for Violin and Cello | This week also marks the 50th anniversary of Mr Zukerman's first solo performance at the famed festival in 1969
LENOX, MASSACHUSETTS - AUGUST 4, 2019 | We’re coming to you from Tanglewood Music Festival in Lenox, Massachusetts, United States this week with soloists Pinchas Zukerman and Amanda Forsyth, conductor Asher Fisch and the Boston Symphony Orchestra for the US premiere performance of celebrated composer Avner Dorman, Composer, Composer’s New Double Concerto for Violin and Cello | This week also marks the 50th anniversary of Mr Zukerman's first solo performance at the famed festival in 1969
COIMBRA, PORTUGAL - AUGUST 2, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Festival das Artes in Coimbra, Portugal this week | This week’s program featuring VC Young Artist Nancy Zhou, conductor Pedro Neves and the Macao Youth Symphony Orchestra performing António Fragoso’s ‘Nocturne’, Doming Lam's ‘O mundo dos insectos’, Stravinsky’s ‘The Firebird Suite’ and ‘The Butterfly Lovers’ Violin Concerto
GSTAAD, SWITERZLAND - AUGUST 20, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Gstaad Menuhin Festival, in Switzerland, this week | 14-year-old VC Rising Star Clara Shen and pianist Mamikon Nakhapetov performing Mozart’s Violin Sonata No. 26 in B-Flat Major, Saint-Saens’ ‘Havanaise’, the ‘Sarabande’ & ‘Gigue’ from Bach’s 2nd Solo Partita in D Minor - and Sarasate’s ‘Carmen Fantasy’
COIMBRA, PORTUGAL - AUGUST 2, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Festival das Artes in Coimbra, Portugal this week | This week’s program featuring VC Young Artist Nancy Zhou, conductor Pedro Neves and the Macao Youth Symphony Orchestra performing António Fragoso’s ‘Nocturne’, Doming Lam's ‘O mundo dos insectos’, Stravinsky’s ‘The Firebird Suite’ and ‘The Butterfly Lovers’ Violin Concerto
COIMBRA, PORTUGAL - AUGUST 2, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Festival das Artes in Coimbra, Portugal this week | This week’s program featuring VC Young Artist Nancy Zhou, conductor Pedro Neves and the Macao Youth Symphony Orchestra performing António Fragoso’s ‘Nocturne’, Doming Lam's ‘O mundo dos insectos’, Stravinsky’s ‘The Firebird Suite’ and ‘The Butterfly Lovers’ Violin Concerto
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 29 | We’re coming to you from Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival this week in New York City | Violinist Pekka Kuusisto - Musician, conductor Andrew Manze and the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra this week performing Vivaldi’s 'Four Seasons' and Bartók’s ‘Romanian Folk Dances’ for string orchestra #MostlyMozart
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 29, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center in New York City this week | Tonight's program with violinist Vilde Frang and conductor Andrew Manze featuring Beethoven's Violin Concerto - coupled with Beethoven's 'Eroica' Symphony #MostlyMozart
SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN, GERMANY - JULY 31 | We’re coming to you from the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany this week | Stellar recital this evening by VC Artist Fedor Rudin and pianist Boris Kusnezow - Pianist featuring Mozart’s C Major Violin Sonata, Grieg’s G Major Violin Sonata - and Sibelius' 5 ‘Danses Champêtres’
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 31, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center in New York City this week | This week VC Artist Kian Soltani - Cellist and pianist Julio Elizalde performing Schumann's ‘Fantasiestücke’, Popper's ‘Hungarian Rhapsody’, Chopin's ‘Introduction and Polonaise Brillante’, Reza Vali's ‘Selections from Persian Folk Songs’ and the glorious slow movement from Rachmaninoff's Cello Sonata
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 29 | We’re coming to you from Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival this week in New York City | Violinist Pekka Kuusisto - Musician, conductor Andrew Manze and the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra this week performing Vivaldi’s 'Four Seasons' and Bartók’s ‘Romanian Folk Dances’ for string orchestra #MostlyMozart
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 30 | We’re coming to you from Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival this week in New York City | Violinist Pekka Kuusisto - Musician, conductor Andrew Manze and the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra this week performing Vivaldi’s 'Four Seasons' and Bartók’s ‘Romanian Folk Dances’ for string orchestra #MostlyMozart
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 29, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center in New York City this week | Tonight's program with violinist Vilde Frang and conductor Andrew Manze featuring Beethoven's Violin Concerto - coupled with Beethoven's 'Eroica' Symphony #MostlyMozart
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 29, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center in New York City this week | Tonight's program with violinist Vilde Frang and conductor Andrew Manze featuring Beethoven's Violin Concerto - coupled with Beethoven's 'Eroica' Symphony #MostlyMozart
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 29, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center in New York City this week | Tonight's program with violinist Vilde Frang and conductor Andrew Manze featuring Beethoven's Violin Concerto - coupled with Beethoven's 'Eroica' Symphony #MostlyMozart
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 29, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center in New York City this week | Tonight's program with violinist Vilde Frang and conductor Andrew Manze featuring Beethoven's Violin Concerto - coupled with Beethoven's 'Eroica' Symphony #MostlyMozart
SALZBURG, AUSTRIA - JULY 28, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg, in Salzburg, Austria this week - for the 2019 International Summer Academy masterclasses | Violin Professor Kirill Troussov working with violinist Suzune Masumoto on new approaches to Beethoven’s 4th Violin Sonata
SALZBURG, AUSTRIA - JULY 28, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg, in Salzburg, Austria this week - for the 2019 International Summer Academy masterclasses | Violin Professor Kirill Troussov working on the mechanics of Paganini’s 2nd Caprice with violinist Sean Hsieh
SALZBURG, AUSTRIA - JULY 28, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg, in Salzburg, Austria this week - for the 2019 International Summer Academy masterclasses | Violin Professor Kirill Troussov working on the details of the Bruch Concerto with violinist Pei Hsin Liu
SALZBURG, AUSTRIA - JULY 28, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg, in Salzburg, Austria this week - for the 2019 International Summer Academy masterclasses | Violin Professor Kirill Troussov working with Paris Conservatoire student Grégoire Torossian on improvements and new approaches for the Sibelius Concerto
SALZBURG, AUSTRIA - JULY 28, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg, in Salzburg, Austria this week - for the 2019 International Summer Academy masterclasses | Violin Professor Kirill Troussov working with Hochschule für Musik und Theater München student Simon Luethy on the details of Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
SALZBURG, AUSTRIA - JULY 28, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg, in Salzburg, Austria this week - for the 2019 International Summer Academy masterclasses | Violin Professor Kirill Troussov working with Royal Academy of Music student Izzy Howard on the details of Strauss' Violin Sonata
SALZBURG, AUSTRIA - JULY 28, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg, in Salzburg, Austria this week - for the 2019 International Summer Academy masterclasses | The Juilliard School and Mannes School of Music Violin Professor Lewis Kaplan working today with 18-year-old Shoshanah Sievers from the United Kingdom
SALZBURG, AUSTRIA - JULY 28, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg, in Salzburg, Austria this week - for the 2019 International Summer Academy masterclasses | The Juilliard School and Mannes School of Music Violin Professor Lewis Kaplan working today with 18-year-old Shoshanah Sievers from the United Kingdom
SALZBURG, AUSTRIA - JULY 28, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg, in Salzburg, Austria this week - for the 2019 International Summer Academy masterclasses | The Juilliard School and Mannes School of Music Violin Professor Lewis Kaplan working today with 18-year-old Shoshanah Sievers from the United Kingdom

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MONPAZIER, FRANCE - AUGUST 22, 2019 | We’re coming to you from Esperus Music Academy in Monpazier, France this week for a masterclass with violinist and professor Tamara Atschba | Tamara today working through the details of Ysaye’s ‘Extase’ with violinist Maria Katugina
MONPAZIER, FRANCE - AUGUST 22, 2019 | We’re coming to you from Esperus Music Academy in Monpazier, France this week for a masterclass with Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel cellist and teacher Gary Hoffman | Gary working through the details of Cassado’s ‘Solo Suite’ - with cellist Natalie Forthomme
MONPAZIER, FRANCE - AUGUST 22, 2019 | We’re coming to you from Esperus Music Academy in Monpazier, France this week for a masterclass with Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel cellist and teacher Gary Hoffman | Gary working through the details of Bartok’s 'First Rhapsody' - with cellist Anna Ozdemir
BATHURST, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 23, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Scots School in Bathurst, Australia for the Australian Luthiers and Archetiers Congress | The first inaugural congress in the southern hemisphere of this kind, the week brings together top instrument and bow makers form around the world to discuss repairs, restorations, pigments, varnishes, principals, processes and more
BATHURST, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 23, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Scots School in Bathurst, Australia for the Australian Luthiers and Archetiers Congress | The first inaugural congress in the southern hemisphere of this kind, the week brings together top instrument and bow makers form around the world to discuss repairs, restorations, pigments, varnishes, principals, processes and more
BATHURST, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 23, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Scots School in Bathurst, Australia for the Australian Luthiers and Archetiers Congress | The first inaugural congress in the southern hemisphere of this kind, the week brings together top instrument and bow makers form around the world to discuss repairs, restorations, pigments, varnishes, principals, processes and more
BATHURST, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 23, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Scots School in Bathurst, Australia for the Australian Luthiers and Archetiers Congress | The first inaugural congress in the southern hemisphere of this kind, the week brings together top instrument and bow makers form around the world to discuss repairs, restorations, pigments, varnishes, principals, processes and more
BATHURST, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 23, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Scots School in Bathurst, Australia for the Australian Luthiers and Archetiers Congress | The first inaugural congress in the southern hemisphere of this kind, the week brings together top instrument and bow makers form around the world to discuss repairs, restorations, pigments, varnishes, principals, processes and more
GSTAAD, SWITERZLAND - AUGUST 20, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Gstaad Menuhin Festival, in Switzerland, this week | 14-year-old VC Rising Star Clara Shen and pianist Mamikon Nakhapetov performing Mozart’s Violin Sonata No. 26 in B-Flat Major, Saint-Saens’ ‘Havanaise’, the ‘Sarabande’ & ‘Gigue’ from Bach’s 2nd Solo Partita in D Minor - and Sarasate’s ‘Carmen Fantasy’
GSTAAD, SWITERZLAND - AUGUST 20, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Gstaad Menuhin Festival, in Switzerland, this week | 14-year-old VC Rising Star Clara Shen and pianist Mamikon Nakhapetov performing Mozart’s Violin Sonata No. 26 in B-Flat Major, Saint-Saens’ ‘Havanaise’, the ‘Sarabande’ & ‘Gigue’ from Bach’s 2nd Solo Partita in D Minor - and Sarasate’s ‘Carmen Fantasy’
DRESDEN, GERMANY - AUGUST 19, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Moritzburg Festival, in Dresden, Germany | VC Young Artists Kevin Zhu and Nathan Meltzer and soloists Mira Wang and Kai Vogler this week performing Piazzolla's ‘Four Seasons of Buenos Aires’ - with conductor Josep Caballé Domenech and the Moritzburg Festival Orchestra
DRESDEN, GERMANY - AUGUST 19, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Moritzburg Festival, in Dresden, Germany | VC Young Artists Kevin Zhu and Nathan Meltzer and soloists Mira Wang and Kai Vogler this week performing Piazzolla's ‘Four Seasons of Buenos Aires’ - with conductor Josep Caballé Domenech and the Moritzburg Festival Orchestra
LISBON, PORTUGAL - AUGUST 19, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Verão Clássico Classical Summer Festival and Academy in Lisbon, Portugal | Violist Tatjana Masurenko working on Schumann's 'Fantasy Pieces' with 19 year old Israeli violist, Liam Brosh
LISBON, PORTUGAL - AUGUST 19, 2019 | We’re coming to you live from the Verão Clássico Classical Summer Festival and Academy in Lisbon, Portugal this week | Violin soloist Jack Liebeck working on improvements and new ideas for the Sibelius Violin Concerto - with 17 year old Portuguese violinist, Susana Reis
LISBON, PORTUGAL - AUGUST 19, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Verão Clássico Classical Summer Festival and Academy in Lisbon, Portugal this week | Cellist Gary Hoffman working on new ideas for Haydn's D Major Cello Concerto - with Portuguese cellist, André Gunko
LISBON, PORTUGAL - AUGUST 19, 2019 | We’re coming to you from Verão Clássico Classical Summer Festival and Academy in Lisbon, Portugal this week | Cello pedagogue Gary Hoffman working on the intricacies of Bach's 2nd Solo Cello Suite - with Korean cellist Alexandra Ayoun Kim
LISBON, PORTUGAL - AUGUST 19, 2019 | We’re coming to you live from the Verão Clássico Classical Summer Festival and Academy in Lisbon, Portugal this week | Jerusalem Quartet cellist Kyril Zlotnikov working through the details of the Elgar Concerto - with American cellist Jeffrey Ho
LISBON, PORTUGAL - AUGUST 19, 2019 | We’re coming to you live from the Verão Clássico Classical Summer Festival and Academy, in Lisbon, Portugal this week | Double bassist Janne Saksala working on Bottesini clarity - with 27 year old Domingos Ribeiro
LENGMOOS, ITALY - AUGUST 17, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Peter Mayr Common House in Lengmoos, Italy this week with VC Young Artist Diyang Mei and the Bozen Streicherakademie Orchestra | This week's performance featuring Britten’s ‘Lachrymae’, Hoffmeister Viola Concerto in D Major - and Carl Maria von Weber’s ‘Andante und Rondo Ungarese’
LENGMOOS, ITALY - AUGUST 17, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Peter Mayr Common House in Lengmoos, Italy this week with VC Young Artist Diyang Mei and the Bozen Streicherakademie Orchestra | This week's performance featuring Britten’s ‘Lachrymae’, Hoffmeister Viola Concerto in D Major - and Carl Maria von Weber’s ‘Andante und Rondo Ungarese’
GSTAAD, SWITZERLAND - AUGUST 14, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Gstaad Academy in Gstaad, Switzerland this week | Respected violin pedagogue Ana Chumachenco working on the idea of ‘singing through playing’ - with 15-year-old Swiss-German violinist Anatol Toth
GSTAAD, SWITZERLAND - AUGUST 14, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Gstaad Academy in Gstaad, Switzerland this week | Respected violin pedagogue Ana Chumachenco working on the idea of ‘singing through playing’ - with 15-year-old Swiss-German violinist Anatol Toth
GSTAAD, SWITZERLAND - AUGUST 14, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Gstaad Academy in Gstaad, Switzerland this week | Respected cello pedagogue Ivan Monighetti working on Servais’ ‘Souvenir de Spa’ - with 17-year-old cellist, Willard Carter
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - AUGUST 7, 2019 | We’re coming to you from Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival this week in New York City | This evening’s performance featuring superstar violinist Joshua Bell, conductor Louis Langree and the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra performing Mozart’s “Prague” Symphony, Kodaly’s ‘Dances of Galanta’ and Dvorak’s Violin Concerto in A Minor
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - AUGUST 7, 2019 | We’re coming to you from Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival this week in New York City | This evening’s performance featuring superstar violinist Joshua Bell, conductor Louis Langree and the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra performing Mozart’s “Prague” Symphony, Kodaly’s ‘Dances of Galanta’ and Dvorak’s Violin Concerto in A Minor
PURCHASE, NEW YORK - JULY 30 | We’re coming to you from Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York this week for a special celebration in honour of Mr Aaron Rosand - who passed away earlier this month, aged 92 | Today's concert featuring performances by former Mr Rosand students: VC Artists Ray Chen and Stephen Waarts - with Curtis Institute of Music President, Robert Diaz and Mrs Christina Khimm-Rosand
PURCHASE, NEW YORK - JULY 30 | We’re coming to you from Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York this week for a special celebration in honour of Mr Aaron Rosand - who passed away earlier this month, aged 92 | Today's concert featuring performances by former Mr Rosand students: VC Artists Ray Chen and Stephen Waarts - with Curtis Institute of Music President, Robert Diaz and Mrs Christina Khimm-Rosand
PURCHASE, NEW YORK - JULY 30 | We’re coming to you from Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York this week for a special celebration in honour of Mr Aaron Rosand - who passed away earlier this month, aged 92 | Today's concert featuring performances by former Mr Rosand students: VC Artists Ray Chen and Stephen Waarts - with Curtis Institute of Music President, Robert Diaz and Mrs Christina Khimm-Rosand
PURCHASE, NEW YORK - JULY 30 | We’re coming to you from Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York this week for a special celebration in honour of Mr Aaron Rosand - who passed away earlier this month, aged 92 | Today's concert featuring performances by former Mr Rosand students: VC Artists Ray Chen and Stephen Waarts - with Curtis Institute of Music President, Robert Diaz and Mrs Christina Khimm-Rosand
DURHAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE - JULY 31, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the UNH Violin Craftsmanship Institute in Durham, New Hampshire, United States this week | Now in its 46th year, the workshop series for violin and bow makers, educators and musicians will this week cover a wide variety of topics - including bass restoration fundamentals, violin identification and the basics of varnishing a stringed instrument
DURHAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE - JULY 31, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the UNH Violin Craftsmanship Institute in Durham, New Hampshire, United States this week | Now in its 46th year, the workshop series for violin and bow makers, educators and musicians will this week cover a wide variety of topics - including bass restoration fundamentals, violin identification and the basics of varnishing a stringed instrument
DURHAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE - JULY 31, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the UNH Violin Craftsmanship Institute in Durham, New Hampshire, United States this week | Now in its 46th year, the workshop series for violin and bow makers, educators and musicians will this week cover a wide variety of topics - including bass restoration fundamentals, violin identification and the basics of varnishing a stringed instrument
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 29, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center in New York City this week | Tonight's program with violinist Vilde Frang and conductor Andrew Manze featuring Beethoven's Violin Concerto - coupled with Beethoven's 'Eroica' Symphony #MostlyMozart
VAIL, COLORADO - JULY 2, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Gerald Ford Amphitheater at the Bravo Vail Music Festival in Vail, Colorado, United States | 28-year-old VC Artist Paul Huang, Violinist stepping in for Anne-Sophie Mutter for a performance Mozart’s D Major Violin Concerto with Concertmaster Rainer Honeck and the Chamber Orchestra Vienna-Berlin
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JULY 26, 2019 | Backstage at the Hollywood Bowl, in Los Angeles with conductor Gustavo Dudamel, cellist VC Artist Pablo Ferrández - Cellist, superstar actress Jane Fonda and dancer Benjamin Millepied | Tonight's program, with the LA Phil featuring featuring Dvorak's Cello Concerto and Prokofiev's 'Romeo and Juliet' Suite
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JULY 26, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Hollywood Bowl, in Los Angeles with conductor Gustavo Dudamel, cellist VC Artist Pablo Ferrández - Cellist and the LA Phil | Tonight's program featuring Dvorak's Cello Concerto and Prokofiev's 'Romeo and Juliet' Suite
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JULY 26, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Hollywood Bowl, in Los Angeles with conductor Gustavo Dudamel, cellist VC Artist Pablo Ferrández - Cellist and the LA Phil | Tonight's program featuring Dvorak's Cello Concerto and Prokofiev's 'Romeo and Juliet' Suite. Bravo! Bravo! Bravo!
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JULY 26, 2019 | Backstage at the Hollywood Bowl, in Los Angeles with conductor Gustavo Dudamel, cellist VC Artist Pablo Ferrández - Cellist and actresses Jane Fonda and Brie Larson | Tonight's program, with the LA Phil, featuring Dvorak's Cello Concerto and Prokofiev's 'Romeo and Juliet' Suite. Bravo! Bravo! Bravo!
DURHAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE - JULY 24, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the UNH Violin Craftsmanship Institute in Durham, New Hampshire, United States this week | Now in its 46th year, the workshop series for violin and bow makers, educators and musicians will this week cover a wide variety of topics - including bass restoration fundamentals, violin identification and the basics of varnishing a stringed instrument
DURHAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE - JULY 24, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the UNH Violin Craftsmanship Institute in Durham, New Hampshire, United States this week | Now in its 46th year, the workshop series for violin and bow makers, educators and musicians will this week cover a wide variety of topics - including bass restoration fundamentals, violin identification and the basics of varnishing a stringed instrument
DURHAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE - JULY 24, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the UNH Violin Craftsmanship Institute in Durham, New Hampshire, United States this week | Now in its 46th year, the workshop series for violin and bow makers, educators and musicians will this week cover a wide variety of topics - including bass restoration fundamentals, violin identification and the basics of varnishing a stringed instrument
DURHAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE - JULY 24, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the UNH Violin Craftsmanship Institute in Durham, New Hampshire, United States this week | Now in its 46th year, the workshop series for violin and bow makers, educators and musicians will this week cover a wide variety of topics - including bass restoration fundamentals, violin identification and the basics of varnishing a stringed instrument
APEN, COLORADO - JULY 20, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Aspen Music Festival and School in Aspen, Colorado, United States this week | VC Young Artists Timothy Ridout - Violist and Matthew Lipman performing Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-Flat Major for two solo violas - with conductor Nicholas McGegan and a hand-picked cadre of young AMFS debutants
PURCHASE, NEW YORK - JULY 30, 2019 | We’re coming to you from Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York this week for a special celebration in honour of Mr Aaron Rosand - who passed away earlier this month, aged 92 | Today's concert featuring performances by former Mr Rosand students: VC Artists Ray Chen and Stephen Waarts
PURCHASE, NEW YORK - JULY 30, 2019 | We’re coming to you from Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York this week for a special celebration in honour of Mr Aaron Rosand - who passed away earlier this month, aged 92 | Today's concert featuring performances by former Mr Rosand students: VC Artists Ray Chen and Stephen Waarts
PURCHASE, NEW YORK - JULY 30, 2019 | We’re coming to you from Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York this week for a special celebration in honour of Mr Aaron Rosand - who passed away earlier this month, aged 92 | Today's concert featuring performances by former Mr Rosand students: VC Artists Ray Chen and Stephen Waarts
DURHAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE - JULY 30, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the UNH Violin Craftsmanship Institute in Durham, New Hampshire, United States this week | Now in its 46th year, the workshop series for violin and bow makers, educators and musicians will this week cover a wide variety of topics - including bass restoration fundamentals, violin identification and the basics of varnishing a stringed instrument
DURHAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE - JULY 30, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the UNH Violin Craftsmanship Institute in Durham, New Hampshire, United States this week | Now in its 46th year, the workshop series for violin and bow makers, educators and musicians will this week cover a wide variety of topics - including bass restoration fundamentals, violin identification and the basics of varnishing a stringed instrument
DURHAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE - JULY 30, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the UNH Violin Craftsmanship Institute in Durham, New Hampshire, United States this week | Now in its 46th year, the workshop series for violin and bow makers, educators and musicians will this week cover a wide variety of topics - including bass restoration fundamentals, violin identification and the basics of varnishing a stringed instrument
LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 31, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the BBC Proms Festival at Royal Albert Hall in London this week | VC Young Artist Timothy Chooi this week leading a combined orchestra comprising students from both London’s Royal Academy of Music and The Juilliard School | Programme featuring ‘The Rite of Spring’, Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s ‘Metacosmos’ and Britten’s Violin Concerto - with soloist James Ehnes
LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 31, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the BBC Proms Festival at Royal Albert Hall in London this week | VC Young Artist Timothy Chooi this week leading a combined orchestra comprising students from both London’s Royal Academy of Music and The Juilliard School | Programme featuring ‘The Rite of Spring’, Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s ‘Metacosmos’ and Britten’s Violin Concerto - with soloist James Ehnes
LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 31, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the BBC Proms Festival at Royal Albert Hall in London this week | VC Young Artist Timothy Chooi this week leading a combined orchestra comprising students from both London’s Royal Academy of Music and The Juilliard School | Programme featuring ‘The Rite of Spring’, Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s ‘Metacosmos’ and Britten’s Violin Concerto - with soloist James Ehnes
LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 31, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the BBC Proms Festival at Royal Albert Hall in London this week | VC Young Artist Timothy Chooi this week leading a combined orchestra comprising students from both London’s Royal Academy of Music and The Juilliard School | Programme featuring ‘The Rite of Spring’, Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s ‘Metacosmos’ and Britten’s Violin Concerto - with soloist James Ehnes
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 30, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center in New York City this week | This week VC Artist Kian Soltani - Cellist and pianist Julio Elizalde performing Schumann's ‘Fantasiestücke’, Popper's ‘Hungarian Rhapsody’, Chopin's ‘Introduction and Polonaise Brillante’, Reza Vali's ‘Selections from Persian Folk Songs’ and the glorious slow movement from Rachmaninoff's Cello Sonata - with surprise audience member, Ms Vilde Frang!
SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN, GERMANY - JULY 31, 2019 | We’re coming to you from the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany this week | VC Artist Fedor Rudin and pianist Boris Kusnezow preparing for this week’s recital featuring Mozart’s C Major Violin Sonata, Grieg’s G Major Violin Sonata - and Sibelius' 5 ‘Danses Champêtres’
LISBON, PORTUGAL - AUGUST 19, 2019 | We’re coming to you from Verão Clássico - Classical Summer Festival and Academy in Lisbon, Portugal this week | Pedagogue Mihaela Martin working through the details of the Tchaikovsky Concerto with 22 year old French violinist, Camille Théveneau

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