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August 2004 rare-string instrument intelligence

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Chamber musicians salute Dvorak – Saratogian

saratogian.com

The article reports on Yefim Bronfman performing with the Philadelphia Orchestra and then playing Dvorak’s Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81 with Chantal Juillet and guests at the Saratoga Chamber Music Festival. The ensemble included Alisa Weilerstein, David Owen Norris, Michael Ludwig, Roberto Diaz, and others, with works by Beethoven and Zwilich featured alongside Dvorak.

One of the world’s music greats who is hardly known at home first star of viola has place on Walk of Fame

heraldscotland.com

The Herald reports that William Primrose, described by Yehudi Menuhin as the first star of the viola, earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame but remains largely unknown in Scotland. The article covers his early life in Glasgow, his rise as a virtuoso violist, performances with leading orchestras, and commissions by composers such as Benjamin Britten and Bela Bartók.

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