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sarajevotimes.com
Alena Baeva will perform in Sarajevo with the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra at the National Theatre as part of the 21st Sarajevo Evening of Music. She will play the Molitor Stradivarius, a violin made by Antonio Stradivari in 1697, owned by a Russian collector.
deborahpae.com
Deborah Pae reports that Amati Magazine of London published news about a new cello concerto titled "of radiances blossoming in expanding air" composed for Deborah Pae by Jeffrey Mumford. Pae mentions world premiere with the English Symphony Orchestra led by Kenneth Woods in London (2017-18 season) and a U.S. premiere with Phoenix conducted by Matthew Szymanski.
thelistenersclub.com
Zuill Bailey, the American cellist, performed Schumann’s Cello Concerto with the Williamsburg Symphonia in Williamsburg, Virginia. He plays a 1693 Matteo Gofriller cello formerly owned by Mischa Schneider of the Budapest String Quartet. The article mentions his roles at the University of Texas at El Paso and the Northwest Bach Festival, and references an encore of Bach’s Prelude from Suite No. 1 for Solo Cello.
music.usc.edu
The article discusses Francisco Garcia Fullana, a USC Thornton School of Music student, who studies with Midori Goto and plays a 1679 Pietro Guarneri on loan from the Stradivari Society while recently receiving a 1697 Antonio Stradivarius “Rainville” on loan after winning the 2015 Munetsugu International Violin Competition in Nagoya, Japan.
broadwayworld.com
Tyler Peterson reports that Music Mountain will welcome cellist David Finckel and pianist Wu Han for a piano gala opening on June 14.
theviolinchannel.com
Ji Young Lim, a 20-year-old from South Korea, won first prize at the 2015 Queen Elisabeth International Violin Competition. Second and third prizes went to Oleksii Semenenko and William Hagen; other prize recipients included Tobias Feldmann, Stephen Waarts, and Fumika Mohri. Lim will receive 25,000 euros (USD 31,000), a CD recording, concert engagements, and four years use of the Huggins Stradivarius on loan from the Nippon Music Foundation.