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NewsCome and meet Team Strad at akustika Nuremberg 2025!
The Strad team has arrived for the 2025 akustika trade fair from 4 to 6 April. Come and visit us at stand F08, pick up a free copy of our April issue, and check out our books and subscription packages on offer!
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NewsUK orchestra players and the MU urge the Government to fix lack of streaming royalties
With the majority of streaming revenues never reaching musicians and the average musician earning £20,700 a year, an open letter has been supported by numerous signatories demanding Government action to help remunerate musicians for recorded performances
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NewsThe Queen Elisabeth Competition appoints a new president
Count Yvan de Launoit will take over from Baron Huyghebaert, who has reached the maximum age to serve on the board of directors, in April 2025
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NewsViolist to lead Georgia State University’s School of Music
Performer, pedagogue and Alexander Technique teacher Julia Bullard has been appointed as the school’s new director, effective from 1 July 2025
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News2025 Sphinx Medal of Excellence recipients honoured
The honourees received their medals, plus a $50,000 career grant each, on 2 April
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NewsStolen: fiddle, electric violin and bows in Toddington, UK
The items were last seen at Toddington Services M1 Northbound on April 1
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NewsThree cello bows sell for £351,000
The bows were made by French makers Tourte, Peccatte, and Sartory
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NewsGagliano cello denied onboard Transavia flight
The French cellist Astrig Siranossian was refused boarding for her instrument on a Paris-Berlin flight, despite booking a seat for it
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NewsLong-standing Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra violinist retires
Violinist Tim Fisher has been a member of the orchestra for over 38 years
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NewsCalifornia violin thief who stole instruments and bows worth $300,000 sentenced to four years in prison
Mark Meng has been sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for posing as an instrument collector, stealing violins and bows from shops around the US in a theft scheme between August 2020 and April 2023
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NewsString players to feature in Wigmore Hall’s 125th anniversary season, as the venue becomes financially self-sufficient
The London venue has voluntarily withdrawn from the Arts Council England portfolio, following successful fundraising of £10 million two years ahead of schedule
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NewsNorth Carolina Symphony mourns long-standing double bassist
Erik Dyke, who was a member of the orchestra since 1978, died on 15 March, aged 69
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Premium ❘ ArticleAnalysis April 2025: Changes for German freelance tutors
As music schools in Germany react to a government decision on freelance tutors, what are the ramifications for budgets, students and teaching bodies?
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NewsPhiladelphia Orchestra appoints three cellists and a violist
Jiayin He, Michael Katz and Eugene Lin join the cello section, while Hsiang-Hsin Ching is the latest addition to the viola section
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NewsThank you ASTA!: 2025 conference photos and round-up
Explore photos and read a short round-up of The Strad’s visit to Atlanta for the 2025 ASTA conference
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NewsWinners announced for the Sinfonima Foundation competition
Nine cellists from German and Swiss music academies won two-year loans of fine cellos and bows to help facilitate their career development
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NewsObituary: violist and director Scott Nickrenz (1938 - 2025)
Nickrenz was an influential violist and director of chamber music, holding positions at NEC, Spoleto and most recently the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston
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NewsWashington DC’s National Symphony Orchestra appoints associate principal violist
Violist Dana Kelley joins the Kennedy Center’s orchestra
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NewsWinners announced for the Johansen International Competition for Young String Players
Violinist Valery Breshears, violist Junyan Du, and cellist Joshua Kováč each receive $10,000
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NewsKD SCHMID expands representation of TwoSet Violin for worldwide general management of touring projects
Steering away from video content, the violin comedy duo has its sights set on an upcoming world tour
