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December 11, 2018

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VC YOUNG ARTIST | Stephen Kim, 23 – Sendai, Menuhin, Seoul & Paganini Comp Major Prizes

December 11, 2018

Eric Rosenblith Birthday

Austrian-Born American Violinist Eric Rosenblith Was Born On This Day in 1920 [ON-THIS-DAY]

December 11, 2018

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Sexual Misconduct Allegations Leveled Against University of Michigan Violin Professor

December 11, 2018

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December 10, 2018

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Today is Korean-American Violin Virtuoso Sarah Chang’s Birthday [ON-THIS-DAY]

December 10, 2018

MANIC MONDAY | The Shirtless Violinist – ‘Let It Go’ From ‘Frozen’ [WHAT]

December 10, 2018

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NEW TO YOUTUBE | VC Rising Star Christian Li – ‘Rondo Capriccioso’, 10-Years-Old [2018

December 10, 2018

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Musical America Announces 2018 Industry ‘Professionals of the Year’

December 9, 2018

Today is Violin Virtuoso Joshua Bell’s 51st Birthday [ON-THIS-DAY]

December 9, 2018

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Conductor Oksana Lyniv To Step Down from Austria’s Graz Opera & Philharmonic

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Jean Sibelius Birthday

Finnish Composer Jean Sibelius Born On This Day in 1865 [ON-THIS-DAY]

December 8, 2018

Julian Rachlin Birthday

Today is Violinist & Conductor Julian Rachlin’s 44th Birthday [ON-THIS-DAY]

December 8, 2018

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2019 Classical Music Grammy Award Nominees Announced

December 7, 2018

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FLASHBACK FRIDAY | VC Young Artist Ayana Tsuji – Indianapolis Comp, 16-Years-Old [2014]

December 7, 2018

VC Young Artist William Hagen Awarded Use of 1732 ‘Arkwright Lady Rebecca Sylvan’ Stradivarius

December 7, 2018

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VC GIVEAWAY | Enter Now to Win an International ‘World Violin Day’ CD Prize Pack [ENTER]

December 11, 2018

VC CONCERTHALL

NEW YORK - DECEMBER 11 | We’re coming to you from Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center this evening for the New York recital debut of the American-based Omer Quartet | Presented by Young Concert Artists, tonight’s program featuring Haydn's Quartet No. 2 in C Major, Debussy's Quartet in G Minor, American composer Chris Rogerson’s String Quartet No. 1 - and Beethoven’s 'Grosse Fuge' Op. 133
NEW YORK - DECEMBER 11 | We’re coming to you from Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center this evening for the New York recital debut of the American-based Omer Quartet | Presented by Young Concert Artists, tonight’s program featuring Haydn's Quartet No. 2 in C Major, Debussy's Quartet in G Minor, American composer Chris Rogerson’s String Quartet No. 1 - and Beethoven’s 'Grosse Fuge' Op. 133
NEW YORK - DECEMBER 9 | We’re coming to you from Brooklyn Public Library today - with violinist Lara St. John and pianist Matt Herskowitz | Presented by Carnegie Hall, today’s Citywide series program featuring Debussy’s Violin Sonata, Milica Paranosic’s arrangement of the traditional Macedonian circle dance ‘Čoček', Martin Kennedy’s spectacularly virtuosic and wildly raucous ‘Czardashian Rhapsody’
NEW YORK - DECEMBER 9 | We’re coming to you from Brooklyn Public Library today - with violinist Lara St. John and pianist Matt Herskowitz | Presented by Carnegie Hall, today’s Citywide series program featuring Debussy’s Violin Sonata, Milica Paranosic’s arrangement of the traditional Macedonian circle dance ‘Čoček', Martin Kennedy’s spectacularly virtuosic and wildly raucous ‘Czardashian Rhapsody’
NEW YORK - DECEMBER 7 | We’re at The Juilliard School in New York City this afternoon for a Cello Masterclass with British cello virtuoso Steven Isserlis | Juilliard students Sterling Elliott, Aaron Wolff and Marí Coetzee working on Schumann’s Concerto, Thomas Ades’ ‘Lieux retrouves’ - and Faure’s 1st Cello Sonata
NEW YORK - DECEMBER 7 | We’re at The Juilliard School in New York City this afternoon for a Cello Masterclass with British cello virtuoso Steven Isserlis | Juilliard students Sterling Elliott, Aaron Wolff and Marí Coetzee working on Schumann’s Concerto, Thomas Ades’ ‘Lieux retrouves’ - and Faure’s 1st Cello Sonata
NEW YORK - DECEMBER 7 | We’re at The Juilliard School in New York City this afternoon for a Cello Masterclass with British cello virtuoso Steven Isserlis | Juilliard students Sterling Elliott, Aaron Wolff and Marí Coetzee working on Schumann’s Concerto, Thomas Ades’ ‘Lieux retrouves’ - and Faure’s 1st Cello Sonata
NEW YORK - DECEMBER 6 | We’re at New York City’s Alice Tully Hall this evening with 19-year-old VC Young Artist Zlatomir Fung and The Juilliard School Orchestra | Tonight’s performance of Dvorak’s Cello Concerto in B Minor and Elgar’s ‘Enigma Variations’ conducted by the one-and-only …. Maestro Itzhak Perlman
NEW YORK - DECEMBER 6 | We’re at New York City’s Alice Tully Hall this evening with 19-year-old VC Young Artist Zlatomir Fung and The Juilliard School Orchestra | Tonight’s performance of Dvorak’s Cello Concerto in B Minor and Elgar’s ‘Enigma Variations’ conducted by the one-and-only …. Maestro Itzhak Perlman
NEW YORK - DECEMBER 6 | We’re at New York City’s Alice Tully Hall this evening with 19-year-old VC Young Artist Zlatomir Fung and The Juilliard School Orchestra | Tonight’s performance of Dvorak’s Cello Concerto in B Minor and Elgar’s ‘Enigma Variations’ conducted by the one-and-only …. Maestro Itzhak Perlman
NEW YORK - DECEMBER 4 | We’re here at Boffi SoHo in downtown Manhattan this evening for a holiday concert extravaganza | Tonight’s eclectic program, presented by Concert Artists Guild, featuring harpist Bridget Kibbey, trumpet virtuoso Brandon Ridenour and the evergreen Argus Quartet includes works by Bach, Haydn, Vivaldi, Garth Knox, Brandon Ridenour and ... the Beatles!!
NEW YORK - DECEMBER 4 | We’re here at Boffi SoHo in downtown Manhattan this evening for a holiday concert extravaganza | Tonight’s eclectic program, presented by Concert Artists Guild, featuring harpist Bridget Kibbey, trumpet virtuoso Brandon Ridenour and the evergreen Argus Quartet includes works by Bach, Haydn, Vivaldi, Garth Knox, Brandon Ridenour and ... the Beatles!!
NEW YORK - DECEMBER 4 | We’re here at Boffi SoHo in downtown Manhattan this evening for a holiday concert extravaganza | Tonight’s eclectic program, presented by Concert Artists Guild, featuring harpist Bridget Kibbey, trumpet virtuoso Brandon Ridenour and the evergreen Argus Quartet includes works by Bach, Haydn, Vivaldi, Garth Knox, Brandon Ridenour and ... the Beatles!!
NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 29 | We're coming to you live from from the The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in New York City this evening | Tonight’s program featuring violist, VC Young Artist Matthew Lipman and acclaimed American pianist Henry Kramer performing Schumann’s ‘Märchenbilder’, selections from Prokofiev’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’, Bloch’s ‘Suite Hébraïque’, Bowen’s ‘Phantasy’, Waxman’s ‘Carmen Fantasie’ - plus the world premiere performance of Clarice Assad’s ‘Metamorfose for Viola and Piano’
NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 29 | We're coming to you live from from the The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in New York City this evening | Tonight’s program featuring violist, VC Young Artist Matthew Lipman and acclaimed American pianist Henry Kramer performing Schumann’s ‘Märchenbilder’, selections from Prokofiev’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’, Bloch’s ‘Suite Hébraïque’, Bowen’s ‘Phantasy’, Waxman’s ‘Carmen Fantasie’ - plus the world premiere performance of Clarice Assad’s ‘Metamorfose for Viola and Piano’
LONDON - NOVEMBER 14 | We’re here at Cadogan Hall in London this evening with violinist, VC Young Artist Esther Yoo and Michele Mariotti and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | Tonight’s program features ‘Prelude and Liebestod’ from ‘Tristan and Isolde’, Mendelssohn Violin Concerto and Tchaikovsky’s 4th Symphony | This evening’s ‘Legacy Giving Concert’, entitled ‘From Darkness to Light’ aims to create awareness around the value of giving
LONDON - NOVEMBER 14 | We’re here at Cadogan Hall in London this evening with violinist, VC Young Artist Esther Yoo and conductor Michele Mariotti and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | Tonight’s program features ‘Prelude and Liebestod’ from ‘Tristan and Isolde’, Mendelssohn Violin Concerto and Tchaikovsky’s 4th Symphony | This evening’s ‘Legacy Giving Concert’, entitled ‘From Darkness to Light’ aims to create awareness around the value of giving
LONDON - NOVEMBER 14 | We’re at London’s Wigmore Hall this evening with the evergreen Artemis Quartett | Tonight’s program featuring Haydn’s G Minor ‘Rider’ String Quartet, Eduard Demetz’s String Quartet No. 2 and Schumann’s Quartet No. 1 in A Minor
NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 11 | We’re coming to you live from New York City’s Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music Center today for the Final Round of the 2018 Young Concert Artists International Auditions | 18-year-old South Korean violist Haesue Lee just completing her audition program with pianist Elena Jivaeva - featuring excerpts from Brahms’ 2nd Viola Sonata, Bach’s D Minor Cello Suite and the Walton Concerto
NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 11 | We’re coming to you live from New York City’s Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music Center today for the Final Round of the 2018 Young Concert Artists International Auditions | Impressive performance by 17-year-old Japanese phenom Risa Hokamura and pianist Noreen Cassidy-Polera this morning - performing excerpts from Bach’s G Minor Solo Sonata, Prokofiev’s 1st Sonata and the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
SAN FRANCISCO - NOVEMBER 6 | We’re at San Francisco’s Davies Symphony Hall this evening with VC Young Artist Yu-Chien Benny Tseng, conductor ShaoChia Lü 呂紹嘉 and the Taiwan Philharmonic NSO | Tonight’s program featuring the Barber Violin Concerto, Brahms’ 2nd Symphony - and the premiere of Taiwanese composer Gordon Shi-Wen Chin’s ‘Dancing Song’ from ‘Three Aboriginal Songs for Orchestra’
SAN FRANCISCO - NOVEMBER 6 | We’re at San Francisco’s Davies Symphony Hall this evening with VC Young Artist Yu-Chien Benny Tseng, conductor ShaoChia Lü 呂紹嘉 and the Taiwan Philharmonic NSO | Tonight’s program featuring the Barber Violin Concerto, Brahms’ 2nd Symphony - and the premiere of Taiwanese composer Gordon Shi-Wen Chin’s ‘Dancing Song’ from ‘Three Aboriginal Songs for Orchestra’
SAN FRANCISCO - NOVEMBER 5 | Conductor, Maestro Shao-Chia Lü admiring Co-Concertmaster’s 1734 Seraphin & 1706 Joseph Guarneri violins - on generous loan from Taiwan’s Chi Mei Culture Foundation
SAN FRANCISCO - NOVEMBER 5 | We’re coming to you from San Francisco’s Davies Symphony Hall today for the dress rehearsal with the Taiwan Philharmonic NSO, 24-year-old Taiwanese violin virtuoso VC Young Artist Yu-Chien Benny Tseng and conductor ShaoChia Lü
SAN FRANCISCO - NOVEMBER 5 | We’re coming to you from San Francisco’s Davies Symphony Hall today for the dress rehearsal with the Taiwan Philharmonic NSO, 24-year-old Taiwanese violin virtuoso VC Young Artist Yu-Chien Benny Tseng and conductor ShaoChia Lü
SAN FRANCISCO - NOVEMBER 4 | We’re here at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco this evening for a solo recital with acclaimed American violinist Hilary Hahn | Tonight’s up-close-and-personal recital featuring J.S. Bach’s Solo Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, Solo Partita No. 1 in B Minor and Solo Partita No. 2 in D Minor
SAN FRANCISCO - NOVEMBER 4 | We’re here at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco this evening for a solo recital with acclaimed American violinist Hilary Hahn

VC BACKSTAGE

NEW YORK - DECEMBER 7 | Backstage this evening at New York’s Alice Tully Hall with 19-year-old VC Young Artist, cellist Zlatomir Fung and the one-and-only Itzhak Perlman | Tonight’s program with the Juilliard School Orchestra, conducted by Maestro Perlman, featuring Dvorak’s Cello Concerto and Elgar’s ‘Enigma Variations’
NEW YORK - DECEMBER 4 | We’re here at Boffi SoHo in downtown Manhattan this evening for a holiday concert extravaganza | Tonight’s eclectic program, presented by Concert Artists Guild, featuring harpist Bridget Kibbey, trumpet virtuoso Brandon Ridenour and the evergreen Argus Quartet includes works by Bach, Haydn, Vivaldi, Garth Knox, Brandon Ridenour and ... the Beatles!!
LONDON - NOVEMBER 14 | Backstage at London’s Wigmore Hall this evening with the evergreen Artemis Quartett | Tonight’s program featuring Haydn’s G Minor ‘Rider’ String Quartet, Eduard Demetz’s String Quartet No. 2 and Schumann’s Quartet No. 1 in A Minor
LONDON - NOVEMBER 14 | Backstage at London’s Cadogan Hall this evening with VC Young Artist Esther Yoo. This evening’s concert with conductor Michele Mariotti and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra featuring ‘Prelude and Liebestod’ from ‘Tristan and Isolde’, Mendelssohn VIolin Concerto and Tchaikovsky’s 4th Symphony
NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 11 | We’re coming to you live from New York City’s Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music Center today for the Final Round of the 2018 Young Concert Artists International Auditions | 21-year-old cellist Jonathan Swensen from Denmark/United States just completing his audition program with pianist Carlos Avila - including selections from Dvorak’s Cello Concerto, Bach’s C Minor Cello Suite
NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 11 | We’re coming to you live from New York City’s Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music Center today for the Final Round of the 2018 Young Concert Artists International Auditions | 26-year-old tenor Ian Koziara from the United States just completing his audition program with pianist Nate Raskin - featuring selections from works by Dowland, Schubert, Wagner, Grieg and Leoncavallo
NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 11 | We’re coming to you live from New York City’s Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music Center today for the Final Round of the 2018 Young Concert Artists International Auditions | Impressive performance by 15-year-old piano prodigy, Maxim Lando - performing ‘Allegro Agitato’ from Rachmaninoff’s 2nd Piano Sonata, the 1st movement from Beethoven’s Sonata No. 30 in E Major and the ‘Variations on a Theme from Bizet’s Carmen’ by Vladimir Horowitz
NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 11 | We’re coming to you live from New York City’s Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music Center today for the Final Round of the 2018 Young Concert Artists International Auditions | Impressive performance by 23-year-old VC Young Artist Aurélien Pascal - with pianist Carlos Avila | Challenging program featuring selections from Bach’s C Major Solo Suite, Schumann’s Cello Concerto and Beethoven’s A Major Sonata
NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 11 | We’re coming to you live from New York City’s Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music Center today for the Final Round of the 2018 Young Concert Artists International Auditions | 22-year-old Chinese pianist Aristo Sham just completing his audition program - featuring works by Bach, Beethoven, Schumann and Elliott Carter
NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 11 | We’re coming to you live from New York City’s Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music Center today for the Final Round of the 2018 Young Concert Artists International Auditions | Impressive performance by 22-year-old The Juilliard School violinist Randall Goosby - with pianist Jun Cho | Expressive program featuring excerpts from Korngold’s Violin Concerto, Bach’s C Major Solo Sonata and Heifetz's arrangement of Gershwin’s ‘It Ain’t Necessarily So’
NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 11 | We’re coming to you live from New York City’s Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music Center today for the Final Round of the 2018 Young Concert Artists International Auditions | 18-year-old South Korean violist Haesue Lee just completing her audition program with pianist Elena Jivaeva - featuring excerpts from Brahms’ 2nd Viola Sonata, Bach’s D Minor Cello Suite and the Walton Concerto
NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 11 | We’re coming to you live from New York City’s Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music Center today for the Final Round of the 2018 Young Concert Artists International Auditions | 23-year-old South Korean pianist Sae Yoon Chon just completing his audition program - featuring works by Brahms & Liszt
NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 11 | We’re coming to you live from New York City’s Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music Center today for the Final Round of the 2018 Young Concert Artists International Auditions | 24-year-old trumpeter Simon Höfele from Germany just completing his audition program with pianist Kelly Lin - featuring excerpts from works by Haydn, Gruber and Pilss
NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 11 | We’re coming to you live from New York City’s Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music Center today for the Final Round of the 2018 Young Concert Artists International Auditions | Impressive performance by 17-year-old Japanese phenom Risa Hokamura - 外村理紗 and pianist Noreen Cassidy-Polera this morning - performing excerpts from Bach’s G Minor Solo Sonata, Prokofiev’s 1st Sonata and the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 11 | We’re coming to you live from New York City’s Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music Center today for the Final Round of the 2018 Young Concert Artists International Auditions | 26-year-old Nicholas Ho from Singapore just completing his audition program
NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 11 | We’re coming to you live from New York City’s Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music Center today for the Final Round of the 2018 Young Concert Artists International Auditions | All smiles from 25-year-old pianist Juan Pérez Floristán from Spain following his difficult program - featuring works by Bach, Ravel and Liszt
SAN FRANCISCO - NOVEMBER 6 | Triple standing ovation this evening at San Francisco’s Davies Symphony Hall for 24-year-old VC Young Artists Yu-Chien Benny Tseng - following his stellar performance of the Barber Violin Concerto - with conductor ShaoChia Lü and the Taiwan Philharmonic NSO | An enthusiastic audience calling Benny back for two encores

VC ARTIST OF THE WEEK

VC YOUNG ARTIST | Stephen Kim, 23 – Sendai, Menuhin, Seoul & Paganini Comp Major Prizes

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - December 11, 2018

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VC YOUNG ARTISTS

23-year-old American violinist Stephen Kim is quickly building an international reputation as a rising young virtuoso of outstanding potential. A graduate of the Curtis Institute where he studied...

VIDEOS

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December 10, 2018

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NEW TO YOUTUBE | VC Rising Star Christian Li – ‘Rondo Capriccioso’, 10-Years-Old [2018

December 10, 2018

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FLASHBACK FRIDAY | VC Young Artist Ayana Tsuji – Indianapolis Comp, 16-Years-Old [2014]

December 7, 2018

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THROWBACK THURSDAY | Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider – 1997 Queen Elisabeth Competition 1st Prize [VIDEO]

December 6, 2018

ON THIS DAY

Eric Rosenblith Birthday

Austrian-Born American Violinist Eric Rosenblith Was Born On This Day in 1920 [ON-THIS-DAY]

December 11, 2018

Violin Virtuoso Jascha Heifetz Died On This Day in 1987 – Aged 86 [ON-THIS-DAY]

December 10, 2018

OUT NOW

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OUT NOW | Neave Piano Trio’s New CD: ‘Celebrating Piazzolla’ [LISTEN]

December 2, 2018

OUT NOW | Cellist Alisa Weilerstein’s New CD: ‘Transfigured Night: Haydn & Schoenberg’ [LISTEN]

November 30, 2018

Calidore OUT NOW

OUT NOW | VC Artists Calidore Quartet’s Debut Album: ‘Resilience’ [LISTEN]

November 27, 2018