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Consistently inconsistent solos
The Australian
The most famous and popular Vivaldi concertos are for single instruments, especially the violin. This concert focused on six of his concertos for multiple instruments. Aside from the work for two violins and two cellos, the solo parts in the other ...

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Fiddler reaches global audience with iPad teaching app
Irish Examiner
By Eoin English An award-winning teenage violin sensation has added a hi-tech string to her bow. In December, Mairéad Hickey, 15, from Cork, developed a music education application for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch to teach beginners a set of ...

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Violin, organ mix up in refreshing, modern concert
Arizona Daily Star
The Wong-Chen Duo - violinist Lewis Wong and organist Chelsea Chen - perform Sunday at Northminster Presbyterian Church. The marriage of a violin and organ might seem a bit strange at first glance. But the Wong-Chen Duo - violinist Lewis Wong and ...

VSU graduate mixes classical violin with upbeat hip-hop
V Spectator
Monday, 29-years-old, was raised in Decatur, Ga., with his older brother before making his way to Valdosta, where he majored in music education and violin performance at VSU. He graduated in 2006. Monday has been playing the violin for 17 years and ...

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Ananthapuri Charmed In The Symphony Of Strings
Yentha
Trivandrum: Padmabhushan, Sangeetha Kalanidhi Parur MS Gopalakrishnan inaugurated 'Symphony of Strings' organised by the Department of Violin as a part of Sadhana, an academic initiative of the Government of Kerala at Sri Swathi Thirunal Government ...
Violin vibesIBNLive.com

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Julliard violin professor to lecture at HSU, listen to and critique students
ReporterNews.com
By Loretta Fulton Stephen Clapp, dean emeritus of and violin professor at The Julliard School, will present two programs Thursday at Hardin-Simmons University. Both are free and open to the public. Details: Four HSU students will perform for Clapp, ...

More tech companies looking to go public
Sydney Morning Herald
Technology management software maker ServiceNow, human resources software provider Workday, machine data software company Splunk and flash memory maker Violin Memory are also in various stages of planning public offerings this year, sources familiar ...

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Audiophile Audition
Berg: Violin Concerto; Beethoven: Violin Concerto – review
The Guardian
The Berg and Beethoven violin concertos are not very often paired on disc, and apparently it was Claudio Abbado's idea that Isabelle Faust should record them together, with the orchestra of young professionals whose progress he has shaped and guided.
BERG: Violin Concerto “To the Memory of an Angel”; BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto ...Audiophile Audition

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Engaging violin-piano duo's superb rapport shines through
Indianapolis Star
When he was just 20, Benjamin Beilman earned his place among the laureates in the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis with some unhackneyed repertoire choices and fresh interpretive ideas, elegantly presented. Since September 2010, when he ...

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Santa Barbara Independent
Violinist Julia Fischer displays stunning power at Benaroya
The Seattle Times
The news release billed her as "violin superstar," but Julia Fischer is something much rarer and more impressive than that frivolous category suggests. She is a great musician. Her recital Monday in Benaroya Hall was one of the finest I have ...
Julia Fischer, ViolinSanta Barbara Independent
Violinist Julia Fischer shows both focus and range in Sixth and I Synagogue ...Washington Post

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The Fort Worth symphony, whose two featured soloists perform on Stradivarius violins, is thought to be one of only a few American orchestras with more than one of the extremely rare instruments.

A violinist responds to a Sunday Review article.

Is the enormous worth of revered violins rooted in myth or merit?

The siblings who form a string trio have played in concert halls, cathedrals, even the White House, but a neighborhood pool hall presents a different kind of challenge and reward.

Three leading practitioners of the violin, Guy Braunstein, David Douglass and Gil Shaham, will appear in concerts at the Performing Arts Center at Purchase College.

Master classical musicians often play instruments that are considered masterpieces in themselves, like those crafted by Antonio Stradivari; when master musicians part with them at the end of their lives, as in the case of cellist Bernard Greenhouse, who will play the instrument is often of the utmost importance. Photos

A benefit, Bach harpsichord concertos and ice sculpturing are among things to do in Texas in the coming week.

Blindfolded experts who listened to violins made by old masters and high-quality modern instruments couldn’t tell the difference between them.

Beth Stollman Leads Oregon Youth Orchestra in a Series of Successful Concerts
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Lead by first violinist, Beth Stollman, the concerts raised more money than expected and will fund future activities. The Oregon based Orchestra, conducted by Marcus Brisson and lead by Beth Stollman on first violin has recently completed performing a ...

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Original Works By Local Composers Recognised At National Competition
Bernama
SINGAPORE, Dec 12 (Bernama) -- For the first time, the 2011 National Piano and Violin Competition (NPVC) has recognised original compositions by four local composers. They are Emily Koh, Denise Lee, ...

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