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benningviolins.com
The exhibit is organized by Reuning & Son Violins and Benning Violins in Los Angeles to showcase master-crafted Italian violas by Amati, Maggini, Tononi, Scarampella, Guadagnini and others, alongside bows by Sartory, Peccatte, Ouchard and contemporary makers. It coincides with the 2018 Primrose International Viola Competition in Los Angeles.
theviolinchannel.com
The Violin Channel reports that Miki-Sophia Cloud was named the recipient of the 2018 Tarisio Trust: Eric Sun – Karen Law Vuillaume Fellowship. The award provides two years of use of the Sun Vuillaume violin.
pacificsymphony.blog
The article discusses Anne Akiko Meyers performing with Pacific Symphony using the world’s most expensive violin, a 1741 Guarneri del Gesù known as the Vieuxtemps, loaned to her for life for more than $16 million. Meyers describes the instrument’s care, tone, and her perspective on playing historic violins, including comparisons to famous artworks and her background.
prweb.com
The exhibit titled The Viola: An Exhibition of Sound, Form and Beauty will showcase master-crafted Italian violas from Amati, Maggini, Tononi, Scarampella, Guadagnini and other old-world makers and bows by Sartory, Peccatte, Ouchard. It runs June 12–16 in Los Angeles and coincides with the 2018 Primrose International Viola Competition sponsored by The Colburn School and the American Viola Society.
bachtrack.com
Baiba Skride (violin), Harriet Krijgh (cello), Elsbeth Moser (accordion, bayan) and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France conducted by Mikko Franck performed Shostakovich Octet, Gubaidulina Triple Concerto for violin, cello, and bayan, and works by Strauss (R.) including Salome and Der Rosenkavalier Suite at the Maison de la Radio et de la Musique in Paris on 15 June 2018.
theviolinchannel.com
Jennifer Koh performs Christopher Cerrone’s Concerto for Violin and Orchestra 'Breaks and Breaks' in its world premiere with conductor Peter Oundjian and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, recorded May 25, 2018 at Detroit’s Orchestra Hall.
theviolinchannel.com
The Violin Channel reports the 2018 Washington International String Competition finalists in Washington, D.C. The seven finalists listed are Maya Anjali Buchanan, Youjin Lee, Muriel Garnet Razavi, Tony Rymer, Felicitas Schiffner, Zhihao Wu, and Zhanbo Zheng, with the competition open to players aged 18 to 28.
pizzicato.lu
The Sinzheimer Guadagnini violin, made during Guadagnini’s Turin period, was sold for £1,587,000 (€1.8 million) at a Tarisio sale, the highest price for an instrument by this maker at auction. The instrument carried a 1937 certification from Fridolin Hamma and was at one time played by Carl Flesch.