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broadwayworld.com
Molly Tracy reported that the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Music Director Alan Gilbert, commissioned and will premiere Lera Auerbach's NYx: Fractured Dreams (Violin Concerto No. 4) with soloist Leonidas Kavakos, along with Mahler's Symphony No. 4 and Bartók's Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta in early March performances.
fox13news.com
The FOX 13 Tampa Bay article covers the Violins of Hope tour, featuring Amnon Weinstein and his family restoring and touring violins used by Jewish musicians during the Holocaust. The piece notes that one violin is defaced and will remain mute for 100 years, and mentions concert tours in Sarasota and surrounding counties with ticket information at jfedsrq.org/violins-of-hope.
benningviolins.com
Eric Benning, a Los Angeles-based luthier, is highlighted in an article on Segmation’s blog Outside the Lines. The piece discusses his status as a rising star in the golden age of modern American violinmaking and mentions artists who have played his instruments, including cellist Ronald Feldman and violinists Vijay Gupta, Ashot Tigranyan, Aleksandra Maslovaric, and Paul Coletti; four Los Angeles Philharmonic musicians currently play Benning instruments.
theviolinchannel.com
German violin virtuoso Julia Fischer is announced to have joined the D’Addario Orchestral Strings artist roster. The piece notes Fischer has performed with major orchestras and conductors and holds a professorship at the Munich Academy of Music; she was recently awarded a Federal Cross of Merit.
nmz.de
The article discusses a competition organized by the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben in Hamburg, where 60 young string players (ages 12 to 28) will audition with 33 instruments from renowned makers such as Gagliano, Guarneri, Testore and Vuillaume, plus a commissioned instrument by Ersen Aycan. A Stradivari violin (Cremona 1703) from the Federal Republic of Germany is also available.