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VC LIVE | VC Takeover – VC Artist Tessa Lark, Live from New York’s Central Park [LIVE]

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - June 12, 2018

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VC LIVE | 2019 Sphinx Competition Senior Final, Detroit [LIVESTREAM]

The Violin Channel - February 2, 2019

Watch the 2019 Sphinx Competition Senior Final live on The Violin Channel – direct from Detroit, United States. SPHINX COMPETITION SENIOR FINAL ROUND LIVE FROM THE MAX M...

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VC LIVE | Direct From the 2018 Rockport Music Festival – Opening Night [LIVE]

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - June 16, 2018

VC Facebook Live webcast direct from the opening night of the 2018 Rockport Music Festival - in Rockport, Massachusetts, United States. Program including Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir...

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VC LIVE | Time for Three – Happy Hour Set Live from New York’s Joe’s Pub [LIVE]

The Violin Channel - April 2, 2018

VC Facebook Live webcast of genre-crossing trio Time for Three performing a happy hour set – live and exclusively from Joe's Pub at The Public in New...

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VC LIVE | WQXR’s ’19 Classical Artist to Watch For 2019′ – Live from New York [LIVE]

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - February 4, 2019

VC Facebook Live webcast of WQXR's celebration of the '19 for 19' - the inaugural list of 19 exciting classical artists to watch in 2019. Live...

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VC LIVE | Direct From the 2018 Rockport Music Festival – Montrose Trio [LIVE]

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - June 21, 2018

VC Facebook Live webcast direct from the 2018 Rockport Music Festival – in Rockport, Massachusetts, United States. Evening featuring the famed Montrose Trio, comprising violinist Martin Beaver, cellist Clive...

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VC LIVE | Violinist Philippe Quint’s ‘Chaplin’s Smile’ CD Launch – Live from New York [LIVE]

The Violin Channel - January 22, 2019

VC Facebook Live webcast of violinist Philippe Quint and pianist Marta Aznavoorian - live from the launch of their new Warner Classics Chaplin's Smile CD. Recorded...

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VC LIVE | VC Takeover – VC Artist Tessa Lark, Live from New York’s Central Park [LIVE]

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - June 12, 2018

The Violin Channel recently caught up with … wait, was recently taken over by … VC Artist Tessa Lark for a Facebook Livestream with their...

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VC LIVE | ‘Viva Tango!’ – Live from Beare’s Premiere Music Festival in Hong Kong [LIVE]

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - January 27, 2019

VC Facebook Live webcast direct from the Beare’s Premiere Music Festival — in Hong Kong. Program entitled ‘Viva Tango!’ includes the Hong Kong premiere of Lalo Schifrin’s...

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VC LIVE | 2018 Primrose International Viola Competition – Los Angeles, United States [LIVESTREAM]

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - June 16, 2018

Exclusive VC Live webcast of the 2018 Primrose International Viola Competition - Live from Los Angeles, United States 2018 Primrose International Viola Competition | FINAL...

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VC LIVE | 2018 Enescu International Cello Competition [LIVESTREAM]

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - September 6, 2018

Watch the 2018 Enescu International Cello Competition live and exclusively on The Violin Channel - direct from Bucharest, Romania. CELLO COMPETITION FINAL ROUND - TUESDAY...

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VC LIVE | 2018 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, New York [LIVESTREAM]

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - November 11, 2018

Watch the 2018 Young Concert Artists International Auditions final round live on The Violin Channel – direct from New York City. YOUNG CONCERT ARTISTS INTERNATIONAL AUDITIONS FINAL...

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VC LIVE | 2018 ARD International Music Competition [LIVESTREAM]

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - September 10, 2018

Watch the 2018 ARD International Music Competition live on The Violin Channel - direct from Munich, Germany. ARD INTERNATONAL VIOLA COMPETITION FINAL ROUND LIVE FROM THE HERKULESSAAL,...

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VC LIVE | 2018 Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition, Hannover [LIVESTREAM]

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - October 12, 2018

Watch the 2018 Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition live on The Violin Channel - direct from Hannover, Germany JOSEPH JOACHIM INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION FINAL ROUND LIVE FROM...

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VC LIVE | Flutist Anthony Trionfo – Young Concert Artists NYC Debut Recital [LIVE]

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - March 29, 2018

VC Facebook Live webcast of American flutist Anthony Trionfo’s New York City recital debut – live from Merkin Concert Hall with pianist Albert Cano Smit and...

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VC LIVE | Pinchas Zukerman Celebration – Live from the Manhattan School of Music [LIVESTREAM]

The Violin Channel - March 21, 2019

VC Facebook Live webcast direct from violinist Pinchas Zukerman combined 70th Birthday and 25th Anniversary of the Pinchas Zukerman Performance Program celebration - in...

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VC LIVE | 2018 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition Final, New York [LIVESTREAM]

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - October 16, 2018

Watch the 2018 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition final audition live on The Violin Channel - direct from New York City CONCERT ARTISTS GUILD VICTOR...

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VC LIVE | VC Facebook Livestream – Joshua Bell, ‘The Red Violin’ Panel Discussion [LIVE]

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - August 3, 2018

The Violin Channel recently caught up with superstar violinist Joshua Bell, composer John Corigliano, producer Niv Fichman and conductor Michael Stern – for a fun Facebook...

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VC LIVE | VC Takeover – Cellist Amanda Forsyth, Live from the Pinchas Zukerman Celebration [LIVE]

The Violin Channel - March 21, 2019

The Violin Channel recently caught up with … wait, was recently taken over by cellist Amanda Forsyth for a Facebook Livestream with her fans...

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VC LIVE | Omer String Quartet – New York City Recital Debut [LIVE]

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - December 13, 2018

VC Facebook Live webcast of the American-based Omer String Quartet’s New York City recital debut – live from Merkin Concert Hall. Presented by Young Concert Artists,...

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 14 | We’re coming to you from New York City’s The Greene Space at WNYC/WQXR this evening for the prize giving ceremony of the 2019 Avery Fisher career grants | Tonight’s celebration featuring 2019 career development grant recipients violinist VC Artist Angelo Xiang Yu, pianist Henry Kramer, piano duo Christina and Michelle Naughton - and the JACK Quartet
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 14 | We’re coming to you from New York City’s The Greene Space at WNYC/WQXR this evening for the prize giving ceremony of the 2019 Avery Fisher career grants | Tonight’s celebration featuring 2019 career development grant recipients violinist VC Artist Angelo Xiang Yu, pianist Henry Kramer, piano duo Christina and Michelle Naughton - and the JACK Quartet
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 14 | We’re coming to you from New York City’s The Greene Space at WNYC/WQXR this evening for the prize giving ceremony of the 2019 Avery Fisher career grants | Tonight’s celebration featuring 2019 career development grant recipients violinist VC Artist Angelo Xiang Yu, pianist Henry Kramer, piano duo Christina and Michelle Naughton - and the JACK Quartet
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 14 | We’re coming to you from New York City’s The Greene Space at WNYC/WQXR this evening for the prize giving ceremony of the 2019 Avery Fisher career grants | Tonight’s celebration featuring 2019 career development grant recipients violinist VC Artist Angelo Xiang Yu, pianist Henry Kramer, piano duo Christina and Michelle Naughton - and the JACK Quartet
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 20 | We’re here at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl, in Melbourne, Australia this evening - with conductor Benjamin Northey, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra - and soloists … 11-year-old VC Rising Star, 2018 Junior Menuhin Competition 1st prize winner, Christian Li and 2016 Wieniawski International Violin Competition 1st prize winner, VC Young Artist Veriko Tchumburidze | Tonight’s outdoor program, to an audience of over 12,000, featuring Saint-Saens’ ‘Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso’ and Bruch’s ‘Scottish Fantasy’
WASHINGTON D.C. - FEBRUARY 21 | We’re here at The Mansion at Strathmore in Washington D.C. this evening with the VC Artist Verona Quartet | Tonight’s program featuring Mozart’s ‘Prussian’ F Major Quartet, the Washington D.C. Premiere of Michael Gilbertson’s Quartet - and Leoš Janáček’s Quartet No.2 ‘Intimate Letters’
WASHINGTON D.C. - FEBRUARY 21 | We’re here at The Mansion at Strathmore in Washington D.C. this evening with the VC Artist Verona Quartet | Tonight’s program featuring Mozart’s ‘Prussian’ F Major Quartet, the Washington D.C. Premiere of Michael Gilbertson’s Quartet - and Leoš Janáček’s Quartet No.2 ‘Intimate Letters’
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 21 | We’re coming to you from David Geffen Hall in New York City this evening with conductor Matthias Pintscher and the New York Philharmonic - and tonight’s soloist … French superstar violinist Renaud Capuçon | Tonight’s program featuring Ravel’s ‘Alborada del gracioso’, the New York premiere of Matthias Pintscher’s ‘mar’eh’ for Violin and Orchestra - and Stravinsky’s ‘Firebird’
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 21 | We’re coming to you from David Geffen Hall in New York City this evening with conductor Matthias Pintscher and the New York Philharmonic - and tonight’s soloist … French superstar violinist Renaud Capuçon | Tonight’s program featuring Ravel’s ‘Alborada del gracioso’, the New York premiere of Matthias Pintscher’s ‘mar’eh’ for Violin and Orchestra - and Stravinsky’s ‘Firebird’
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 19 | An excited VC Young Artist, cellist Zlatomir Fung and pianist Tengku Irfan backstage this evening at Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center in New York City | Presented by Young Concert Artists, tonight’s program, Zlatomir’s New York recital debut, featuring Dall’Abaco’s ‘Three Caprices’ for Solo Cello, Bloch’s ‘Baal Shem’, Berio’s ‘Sequenza’, Katherine Balch’s ‘Premiere’ - plus Brahms’ Cello Sonata No. 1 in E Minor
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 19 | An excited VC Young Artist, cellist Zlatomir Fung and pianist Tengku Irfan backstage this evening at Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center in New York City | Presented by Young Concert Artists, tonight’s program, Zlatomir’s New York recital debut, featuring Dall’Abaco’s ‘Three Caprices’ for Solo Cello, Bloch’s ‘Baal Shem’, Berio’s ‘Sequenza’, Katherine Balch’s ‘Premiere’ - plus Brahms’ Cello Sonata No. 1 in E Minor
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 19 | An excited VC Young Artist, cellist Zlatomir Fung and pianist Tengku Irfan backstage this evening at Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center in New York City | Presented by Young Concert Artists, tonight’s program, Zlatomir’s New York recital debut, featuring Dall’Abaco’s ‘Three Caprices’ for Solo Cello, Bloch’s ‘Baal Shem’, Berio’s ‘Sequenza’, Katherine Balch’s ‘Premiere’ - plus Brahms’ Cello Sonata No. 1 in E Minor
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 19 | An excited VC Young Artist, cellist Zlatomir Fung and pianist Tengku Irfan backstage this evening at Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center in New York City | Presented by Young Concert Artists, tonight’s program, Zlatomir’s New York recital debut, featuring Dall’Abaco’s ‘Three Caprices’ for Solo Cello, Bloch’s ‘Baal Shem’, Berio’s ‘Sequenza’, Katherine Balch’s ‘Premiere’ - plus Brahms’ Cello Sonata No. 1 in E Minor
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 18 | We’re here this evening at the NYU Skirball Center for Performing Arts in New York City for a live taping of actor Alec Baldwin’s celebrated ‘Here’s the Thing’ podcast - with superstar violinist Itzhak Perlman | Presented by WNYC and WQXR, tonight’s program includes an intimate conversation between the famed actor and violin virtuoso - plus a special performance by students from The Perlman Music Program
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 18 | We’re here this evening at the NYU Skirball Center for Performing Arts in New York City for a live taping of actor Alec Baldwin’s celebrated ‘Here’s the Thing’ podcast - with superstar violinist Itzhak Perlman | Presented by WNYC and WQXR, tonight’s program includes an intimate conversation between the famed actor and violin virtuoso - plus a special performance by students from The Perlman Music Program
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 18 | We’re here this evening at the NYU Skirball Center for Performing Arts in New York City for a live taping of actor Alec Baldwin’s celebrated ‘Here’s the Thing’ podcast - with superstar violinist Itzhak Perlman | Presented by WNYC and WQXR, tonight’s program includes an intimate conversation between the famed actor and violin virtuoso - plus a special performance by students from The Perlman Music Program
HONG KONG - FEBRUARY 18 | We’re coming to you from the newly-opened Deutsche Grammophon Yellow Lounge in Hong Kong this evening - with VC Artist Bomsori Kim and acclaimed Polish pianist Rafał Blechacz | Tonight’s program, hosted in the Ping Pong nightclub, featuring Faure’s Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Major and Szymnowski’s Violin Sonata in D Minor
HONG KONG - FEBRUARY 18 | We’re coming to you from the newly-opened Deutsche Grammophon Yellow Lounge in Hong Kong this evening - with VC Artist Bomsori Kim and acclaimed Polish pianist Rafał Blechacz | Tonight’s program, hosted in the Ping Pong nightclub, featuring Faure’s Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Major and Szymnowski’s Violin Sonata in D Minor
HONG KONG - FEBRUARY 18 | We’re coming to you from the newly-opened Deutsche Grammophon Yellow Lounge in Hong Kong this evening - with VC Artist Bomsori Kim and acclaimed Polish pianist Rafał Blechacz | Tonight’s program, hosted in the Ping Pong nightclub, featuring Faure’s Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Major and Szymnowski’s Violin Sonata in D Minor
HONG KONG - FEBRUARY 18 | We’re coming to you from the newly-opened Deutsche Grammophon Yellow Lounge in Hong Kong this evening - with VC Artist Bomsori Kim and acclaimed Polish pianist Rafał Blechacz | Tonight’s program, hosted in the Ping Pong nightclub, featuring Faure’s Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Major and Szymnowski’s Violin Sonata in D Minor
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - FEBRUARY 17 | We’re coming to you from the Curtis Institute of Music, in Philadelphia, this afternoon for a masterclass with Orion String Quartet cellist Timothy Eddy | Presented by the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, Timothy today working through the details of Elgar’s Cello Concerto with Curtis Institute student, Oliver Herbert - Cellist
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 15 | We’re coming to you from the Manhattan School of Music, in New York City this afternoon for a masterclass with Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Concertmaster, Vesko Eschkenazy | Working through the details today of the 1st movement of Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major - with Manhattan School student, violinist Ahra Cho
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 15 | We’re coming to you from the Manhattan School of Music, in New York City this afternoon for a masterclass with Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Concertmaster, Vesko Eschkenazy | Working through the details today of the 1st movement of Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major - with Manhattan School student, violinist Ahra Cho
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 15 | We’re coming to you from the Colburn School in Los Angeles this afternoon for a special performance and student Q&A session with the VC Artist Dover Quartet
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 15 | We’re coming to you from the Colburn School in Los Angeles this afternoon for a special performance and student Q&A session with the VC Artist Dover Quartet
LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 15 | We’re at Wigmore Hall in London this evening for a very special Razumovsky Academy Young Artists Recital | Founded by cellist Oleg Kogan, the Razumovsky Academy provides an environment in which gifted young musicians are given the opportunity to collaborate closely with some of the world’s finest artists and teachers | Tonight’s program featuring student violinists SongHa Choi, Coco Tomita and Claire Wells - with acclaimed Russian pianist Olga Sitkovetsky
LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 15 | We’re at Wigmore Hall in London this evening for a very special Razumovsky Academy Young Artists Recital | Founded by cellist Oleg Kogan, the Razumovsky Academy provides an environment in which gifted young musicians are given the opportunity to collaborate closely with some of the world’s finest artists and teachers | Tonight’s program featuring student violinists SongHa Choi, Coco Tomita and Claire Wells - with acclaimed Russian pianist Olga Sitkovetsky
HELSINK, FINLAND - FEBRUARY 13 | We’re coming to you from the 1st International CelloFest in Helsinki, Finland this week | Founded by cellists Martti Rousi and Laura Martin in collaboration with The Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki, today’s programme featuring a masterclass with Stockholm University School of Music Professor, Ola Karlsson on the great orchestral cello solos
HELSINK, FINLAND - FEBRUARY 13 | We’re coming to you from the 1st International CelloFest in Helsinki, Finland this week | Founded by cellists Martti Rousi and Laura Martin in collaboration with The Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki, today’s programme featuring a masterclass with Stockholm University School of Music Professor, Ola Karlsson on the great orchestral cello solos
BLONAY, SWITZERLAND - FEBRUARY 13 | We’re coming from the ‘Triple Viola Masterclasses’ at the Hindemith-Institut in Blonay, Switzerland this week | High in the Swiss alps and overlooking lake Geneva, this week’s intensive solo viola repertoire sessions led by viola Professors Nobuko Imai, Peijun Xu and Veit Benedikt Hertenstein
BLONAY, SWITZERLAND - FEBRUARY 13 | We’re coming from the ‘Triple Viola Masterclasses’ at the Hindemith-Institut in Blonay, Switzerland this week | High in the Swiss alps and overlooking lake Geneva, this week’s intensive solo viola repertoire sessions led by viola Professors Nobuko Imai, Peijun Xu and Veit Benedikt Hertenstein
HELSINKI, FINLAND - FEBRUARY 11 | We’re coming to you from the 1st International CelloFest in Helsinki, Finland this week | Founded by cellists Martti Rousi and Laura Martin in collaboration with The Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki, today’s programme featuring a student masterclass with acclaimed French cello baroque specialist Bruno Cocset
HELSINKI, FINLAND - FEBRUARY 11 | We’re coming to you from the 1st International CelloFest in Helsinki, Finland this week | Cellists Jian Wang, VC Young Artist Jonathan Roozeman - Cellist and Alexander Warenberg and pianist Mikael Kemppainen hard at work on the details of David Popper’s ‘Requiem’ for 3 Cellos and Piano
HELSINKI, FINLAND - FEBRUARY 11 | We’re coming to you from the 1st International CelloFest in Helsinki, Finland this week | Founded by cellists Martti Rousi and Laura Martin in collaboration with The Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki, today’s programme featuring 17-year-old American cellist Sujari Britt performing Bach’s 1st Solo Cello Suite
HELSINKI, FINLAND - FEBRUARY 11 | We’re coming to you from the 1st International CelloFest in Helsinki, Finland this week | Founded by cellists Martti Rousi and Laura Martin in collaboration with The Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki, today’s programme featuring a matinée performance of Bach’s 3rd Cello Suite by VC Young Artist Aurélien Pascal
HELSINKI, FINLAND - FEBRUARY 11 | We’re coming to you from the 1st International CelloFest in Helsinki, Finland this week | Founded by cellists Martti Rousi and Laura Martin in collaboration with The Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki, today’s programme featuring a student masterclass with acclaimed French cello baroque specialist Bruno Cocset
HELSINKI, FINLAND - FEBRUARY 11 | We’re coming to you from the 1st International CelloFest in Helsinki, Finland this week | Founded by cellists Martti Rousi and Laura Martin in collaboration with The Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki, University of the Arts Helsinki, today’s programme featuring a matinée performance of Bach’s 4th Cello Suite by 18-year-old Italian cellist Luca Giovannini
HELSINKI, FINLAND - FEBRUARY 11 | We’re coming to you from the 1st International CelloFest in Helsinki, Finland this week | Founded by cellists Martti Rousi and Laura Martin in collaboration with The Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki, today’s programme featuring a matinée performance of Bach’s 3rd Cello Suite by VC Young Artist Aurélien Pascal
HELSINKI, FINLAND - FEBRUARY 11 | We’re coming to you from the 1st International CelloFest in Helsinki, Finland this week | Founded by cellists Martti Rousi and Laura Martin in collaboration with The Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki, University of the Arts Helsinki, today’s programme featuring a matinée performance of Bach’s 4th Cello Suite by 18-year-old Italian cellist Luca Giovannini
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 10 | We’re coming to you from the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles today for the 2019 61st Annual Classical Music Grammy Awards Ceremony | The 2019 Grammy for the ‘Best Orchestral Performance’ awarded to conductor Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra Orchestra for their recording of ‘Shostakovich Symphonies No 4 & 11’ on the Deutsche Grammophon label
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 10 | We’re coming to you from the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles today for the 2019 61st Annual Classical Music Grammy Awards Ceremony | The team behind contemporary opera 'The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs' awarded the 2019 Grammy for ‘Best Opera Recording’ - including composer Mason Bates, conductor Michael Christie and cast members Sasha Cooke, Jessica E. Jones, Edwards Parks, Garrett Sorenson and Wei Wu
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 10 | We’re coming to you from the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles today for the 2019 61st Annual Classical Music Grammy Awards Ceremony | Composer Aaron Jay Kernis, violinist James Ehnes, conductor Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony awarded the 2019 Grammy Award for the ‘Best Contemporary Classical Composition’ for the Aaron Jay Kernis Violin Concerto -recorded on the Onyx Classics Label
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 10 | We’re coming to you from the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles today for the 2019 61st Annual Classical Music Grammy Awards Ceremony | Today’s nominees include violinists James Ehnes, Joshua Bell, Itzhak Perlman and Laurie Anderson and the Kronos Quartet, Danish String Quartet - and the VC Artist Aizuri Quartet! Good luck everyone!

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 14 | We’re coming to you from New York City’s The Greene Space at WNYC/WQXR this evening for the prize giving ceremony of the 2019 Avery Fisher career grants | Tonight’s celebration featuring 2019 career development grant recipients violinist VC Artist Angelo Xiang Yu, pianist Henry Kramer, piano duo Christina and Michelle Naughton - and the JACK Quartet
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 14 | We’re coming to you from New York City’s The Greene Space at WNYC/WQXR this evening for the prize giving ceremony of the 2019 Avery Fisher career grants | Tonight’s celebration featuring 2019 career development grant recipients violinist VC Artist Angelo Xiang Yu, pianist Henry Kramer, piano duo Christina and Michelle Naughton - and the JACK Quartet
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 14 | We’re coming to you from New York City’s The Greene Space at WNYC/WQXR this evening for the prize giving ceremony of the 2019 Avery Fisher career grants | Tonight’s celebration featuring 2019 career development grant recipients violinist VC Artist Angelo Xiang Yu, pianist Henry Kramer, piano duo Christina and Michelle Naughton - and the JACK Quartet
WASHINGTON D.C. - FEBRUARY 21 | We’re here at The Mansion at Strathmore in Washington D.C. this evening with the VC Artist Verona Quartet | Tonight’s program featuring Mozart’s ‘Prussian’ F Major Quartet, the Washington D.C. Premiere of Michael Gilbertson’s Quartet - and Leoš Janáček’s Quartet No.2 ‘Intimate Letters’
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 21 | We’re coming to you from David Geffen Hall in New York City this evening with conductor Matthias Pintscher and the New York Philharmonic - and tonight’s soloist … French superstar violinist Renaud Capuçon | Tonight’s program featuring Ravel’s ‘Alborada del gracioso’, the New York premiere of Matthias Pintscher’s ‘mar’eh’ for Violin and Orchestra - and Stravinsky’s ‘Firebird’
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 20 | We’re here at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl, in Melbourne, Australia this evening - with conductor Benjamin Northey, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra - and soloists … 11-year-old VC Rising Star, 2018 Junior Menuhin Competition 1st prize winner, Christian Li and 2016 Wieniawski International Violin Competition 1st prize winner, VC Young Artist Veriko Tchumburidze | Tonight’s outdoor program, to an audience of over 12,000, featuring Saint-Saens’ ‘Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso’ and Bruch’s ‘Scottish Fantasy’
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 18 | We’re here this evening at the NYU Skirball Center for Performing Arts in New York City for a live taping of actor Alec Baldwin’s celebrated ‘Here’s the Thing’ podcast - with superstar violinist Itzhak Perlman | Presented by WNYC and WQXR, tonight’s program includes an intimate conversation between the famed actor and violin virtuoso - plus a special performance by students from The Perlman Music Program
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 18 | We’re here this evening at the NYU Skirball Center for Performing Arts in New York City for a live taping of actor Alec Baldwin’s celebrated ‘Here’s the Thing’ podcast - with superstar violinist Itzhak Perlman | Presented by WNYC and WQXR, tonight’s program includes an intimate conversation between the famed actor and violin virtuoso - plus a special performance by students from The Perlman Music Program
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 19 | An excited VC Young Artist, cellist Zlatomir Fung and pianist Tengku Irfan backstage this evening at Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center in New York City | Presented by Young Concert Artists, tonight’s program, Zlatomir’s New York recital debut, featuring Dall’Abaco’s ‘Three Caprices’ for Solo Cello, Bloch’s ‘Baal Shem’, Berio’s ‘Sequenza’, Katherine Balch’s ‘Premiere’ - plus Brahms’ Cello Sonata No. 1 in E Minor
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS - FEBRUARY 16 | We’re coming to you from the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) Convention, in San Antonio, this week | The Bam Cases team on-hand this week to assist with all instrument case enquiries
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS - FEBRUARY 16 | We’re coming to you from the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) Convention, in San Antonio, this week | Over 29,000 music teachers from all around the world in attendence this week - for best professional development workshops and exhibits of the latest music education products and services
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS - FEBRUARY 16 | We’re coming to you from the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) Convention, in San Antonio, this week | Over 29,000 music teachers from all around the world in attendence this week - for best professional development workshops and exhibits of the latest music education products and services
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS - FEBRUARY 16 | We’re coming to you from the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) Convention, in San Antonio, this week | Over 29,000 music teachers from all around the world in attendence this week - for best professional development workshops and exhibits of the latest music education products and services
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS - FEBRUARY 16 | We’re coming to you from the Texas Music Educators Association(TMEA) Convention, in San Antonio, this week | The Thomastik-Infeld team on-hand this week to assist with all string enquiries
LONDON, U.K. - FEBRUARY 15 | We’re at Wigmore Hall in London this evening for a very special Razumovsky Academy Young Artists Recital | Founded by cellist Oleg Kogan, the Razumovsky Academy provides an environment in which gifted young musicians are given the opportunity to collaborate closely with some of the world’s finest artists and teachers | Tonight’s program featuring student violinists SongHa Choi, Coco Tomita and Claire Wells - with acclaimed Russian pianist Olga Sitkovetsky
WASHINGTON D.C., VIRGINIA - FEBRUARY 13 | We’re coming to you from the The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C. this evening - with conductor Daniel Harding, pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra | Tonight’s program, presented by Washington Performing Arts, featuring Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5, Strauss’ ‘Ein Heldenleben’ - and the US East Coast Premiere of Guillaume Connesson’s ‘Eiréné: Poème Nocturne pour Orchestre’
BLONAY, SWITZERLAND - FEBRUARY 13 | We’re coming from the ‘Triple Viola Masterclasses’ at the Hindemith-Institut in Blonay, Switzerland this week | High in the Swiss alps and overlooking lake Geneva, this week’s intensive solo viola repertoire sessions led by viola Professors Nobuko Imai, Peijun Xu and Veit Benedikt Hertenstein
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 10 | We’re coming to you from the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles today for the 2019 61st Annual Classical Music Grammy Awards Ceremony | VC Artists Miho and Ayane from the Aizuri Quartet nervously awaiting the ceremony to commence | The VC Artist Aizuri Quartet are today nominated for the ‘Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance’ Grammy for their newly-released album ‘Blueprinting’ | Good luck girls!!
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 10 | We’re coming to you from the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles today for the 2019 61st Annual Classical Music Grammy Awards Ceremony | Superstar violinist Joshua Bell preparing himself for this afternoon's ceremony | His ‘Bruch Scottish Fantasy & Violin Concerto No. 1’ album, recorded with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields on the Sony Classical label, is today nominated for the 'Best Classical Instrumental Solo' Grammy | Good luck, Joshua!!
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 10 | We’re coming to you from the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles today for the 2019 61st Annual Classical Music Grammy Awards Ceremony | Today’s nominees include violinists James Ehnes, Joshua Bell, Itzhak Perlman and Laurie Anderson and the Kronos Quartet, Danish String Quartet - and the VC Artist Aizuri Quartet! Good luck everyone!
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 10 | We’re coming to you from the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles today for the 2019 61st Annual Classical Music Grammy Awards Ceremony | The Danish String Quartet walking the red carpet before this afternoon’s ceremony | Their ‘Prism 1 Beethoven, Shostakovich & Bach’ album, recorded on the ECM Records label, today nominated for the 'Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance' Grammy | Good luck, Danes!!
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 10 | We’re coming to you from the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles today for the 2019 61st Annual Classical Music Grammy Awards Ceremony | VC Artists Ariana and Ayane from the Aizuri Quartet nervously awaiting the announcements | The VC Artist Aizuri Quartet are today nominated for the ‘Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance’ Grammy for their newly-released album ‘Blueprinting’ | Good luck girls!!
NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 7 | Backstage at David Geffen Hall in New York City with VC Artist Bomsori Kim 김봄소리 and her entire #TeamBomsori management team from Liu Kotow International Management & Promotion and Kirshbaum Associates - following her successful debut performance with the New York Philharmonic this evening | Tonight’s ‘Lunar New Year’ celebration, led by conductor Kahchun Wong, featuring Li Huanzhi’s ‘Spring Festival Overture’, the US Premiere of acclaimed Chinese composer Tan Dun’s Violin Concerto ‘Fire Ritual’ - and Stravinsky’s ‘Fire Bird Suite
NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 7 | Backstage at David Geffen Hall in New York City with VC Artist Bomsori Kim 김봄소리 and her entire #TeamBomsori management team from Liu Kotow International Management & Promotion and Kirshbaum Associates - following her successful debut performance with the New York Philharmonic this evening | Tonight’s ‘Lunar New Year’ celebration, led by conductor Kahchun Wong, featuring Li Huanzhi’s ‘Spring Festival Overture’, the US Premiere of acclaimed Chinese composer Tan Dun’s Violin Concerto ‘Fire Ritual’ - and Stravinsky’s ‘Fire Bird Suite
NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 3 | We’re at Carnegie Hall in New York City this afternoon with superstar violinist Itzhak Perlman, Maestro Yoel Levi and the Israel Philharmonic - התזמורת הפילהרמונית הישראלית | Presented by the American Friends of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, today’s program featuring Pártos’ ‘Concertino for Strings’, Beethoven’s G Major and F Major ‘Romances’, Kreisler’s ‘Liebesleid’ and John Williams’ ‘Theme from Schindler’s List - plus Tchaikovsky’s majestic 6th Symphony
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JANUARY 30 | Prodigious performance today at The Morgan Library & Museum in New York City by 18-year-old South Korean VC Young Artist Violinist SooBeen Lee with pianist Dina Vainshtein | Presented by the Young Concert Artists, today’s program featuring Beethoven’s Violin Sonata No. 8 in G Major, Bartok’s ‘Rhapsody’ No. 1 and Saint-Saens Violin Sonata in D Minor (Pictured with Young Concert Artists Founder, Susan Wadsworth)
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - JANUARY 28 | We’re coming to you from Philadelphia’s The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts today for the final dress rehearsal with conductors Zhang Liang and Kensho Watanabe - with combined members of both The Philadelphia Orchestra and the Shanghai Philharmonic | This evening the two conductors will perform side-by-side in a special ‘Chinese New Year’ performance to celebrate the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the United States and China
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - JANUARY 28 | We’re coming to you from Philadelphia’s The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts today for the final dress rehearsal with conductors Zhang Liang and Kensho Watanabe - with combined members of both The Philadelphia Orchestra and the Shanghai Philharmonic | This evening the two conductors will perform side-by-side in a special ‘Chinese New Year’ performance to celebrate the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the United States and China
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - JANUARY 28 | We’re coming to you from Philadelphia’s The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts today for the final dress rehearsal with conductors Zhang Liang and Kensho Watanabe - with combined members of both The Philadelphia Orchestra and the Shanghai Philharmonic | This evening the two conductors will perform side-by-side in a special ‘Chinese New Year’ performance to celebrate the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the United States and China
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - JANUARY 28 | We’re coming to you from Philadelphia’s The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts today for the final dress rehearsal with conductors Zhang Liang and Kensho Watanabe - with combined members of both The Philadelphia Orchestra and the Shanghai Philharmonic | This evening the two conductors will perform side-by-side in a special ‘Chinese New Year’ performance to celebrate the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the United States and China
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - JANUARY 28 | We’re coming to you from Philadelphia’s The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts today for the final dress rehearsal with conductors Zhang Liang and Kensho Watanabe - with combined members of both The Philadelphia Orchestra and the Shanghai Philharmonic | This evening the two conductors will perform side-by-side in a special ‘Chinese New Year’ performance to celebrate the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the United States and China

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