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middle-c.org
The post covers NZBarok led by Graham McPhail with cellist Daniel Yeadon performing at St. Andrew’s on The Terrace, Wellington, on 5 August 2016. The program includes Mozart: Divertimento in F, K.138; W. F. Bach: Suite in G; C.P.E. Bach: Symphony in E minor, Wq 177; Haydn: Cello Concerto, Hob. VIIb:1, with performers on gut strings and baroque bows.
theviolinchannel.com
Japanese violinist Rika Masato won the 1st prize at the inaugural Dominique Peccatte International Violin Competition in Paris, receiving €5,000 (US $5,600) and a Kaspar Pankow bow. Second and third prizes went to Marie-Astrid Hulot and Haruka Nagao, respectively, with Kaspar Pankow also receiving €5,000 as winner of the bow making section.
theviolinchannel.com
Rebecca Gilliver (British cellist) is appointed Professor of Cello at the Guildhall School of Music in London, effective from September. Gilliver has served as Co-Principal Cellist with the London Symphony Orchestra since 2001 and has appeared as a soloist with several orchestras including the Halle Orchestra and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
3ders.org
Brian Chan created a fully functional 3D printed violin using resin printing. Rhett Price, a violinist involved in the project, composed and recorded a song with the instrument and praised its sound quality and design.
pasadenastarnews.com
The Pasadena Star News reports on the 300th birthday of the Milstein Stradivarius violin, owned by Jerry Kohl, celebrated at the Huntington Library with Martin Chalifour and Margaret Batjer performing. The event marked the instrument’s long history and its current ownership, including a note that a Strad sold for $15.9 million in 2011 and that the violin resides at Disney Concert Hall.
asianfortunenews.com
Yougho Kang reports on a National Philharmonic program that pairs Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons with Piazzolla’s Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas, featuring Chee-Yun on a rare buried violin, conducted by Piotr Gajewski at the Music Center at Strathmore in Bethesda, MD; the event includes an instrumental petting zoo and a display of student artwork, with tickets starting at $28.
slippedisc.com
The article by Norman Lebrecht reports that Gloria Stroud, a longtime Dallas Symphony violinist, is selling her 1740 Guarnerius violin for $1 million through a Chicago dealer. Stroud, who began playing at Juilliard, served in the US forces and then played 42 years with the Dallas Symphony, is now 90 and retired.
theviolinchannel.com
The Violin Channel reports that five VC members won full sets of Thomastik-Infeld Peter Infeld viola strings. Winners are Javier Marroquín (Mexico), Joshua Edwards (United States), Jennifer Litowich (United States), Ruth Cook (Australia), and Edna Williams (United States).