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Survey Published About Audience's Return to Live Events

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The League of American Orchestras hosted 15 ensembles for this study, including the New York Philharmonic and San Francisco...

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MANIC MONDAY | Rain Can't Stop This "Flight of the Bumblebee"

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - July 26, 2021 0

Apparently, watering cans aren't only good for yard plants on a hot summer day. Trombonist and Wight Music Tuition brass...

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London's BBC Proms to Open at Full Capacity This Year

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - July 26, 2021 0

Just earlier this month, the BBC Proms was planned to go ahead socially distanced with a capacity of 1000...

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The Kennedy Center Announces 2021 Honorees

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - July 26, 2021 0

The recipients of this year's Kennedy Center Honors include operatic bass-baritone Justino Díaz; Motown founder, songwriter, producer, and director...

Violinist and Composer Dinos Constantinides Dies, Aged 92

Classical Music News July 26, 2021

ON THIS DAY | Today is VC Young Artist Inmo Yang's 26th Birthday!

ON THIS DAY July 26, 2021

VC INTERVIEW | Anne Akiko Meyers Premieres Corigliano Cadenzas for Beethoven's Violin Concerto

VC INTERVIEWS July 26, 2021

Longtime LA Philharmonic Violinist Guido Lamell has Died, Age 68

Classical Music News July 24, 2021

BREAKING | Prizes Awarded at Stuttgart International Violin Competition

Classical Music News July 24, 2021

VC LIVE | Live with Carnegie Hall's 2021 National Youth Ensembles

VC LIVE July 24, 2021

VC LIVE | 2021 Stuttgart International Violin Competition [WATCH NOW]

VC LIVE July 24, 2021

VC LIVE | Valley of the Moon Music Festival Celebrates the "Friendships" of Clara Schumann, Fanny Mendelssohn & Louise Farrenc

VC LIVE July 24, 2021

Carnegie Hall's Doug Beck Discusses National Youth Ensembles' Program Pivot

VC INTERVIEWS July 24, 2021

Violinist Rachell Ellen Wong Discusses Her Unique Upcoming Valley of the Moon Festival Performance

VC INTERVIEWS July 24, 2021

VC LIVE | An Appalachian Summer Festival Presents: The Tesla Quartet

VC LIVE July 23, 2021

Philadelphia Orchestra Violinist Jerome Wigler has Died, Aged 101

Classical Music News July 23, 2021

VC GIVEAWAY | Win 1 of 5 Newly-Released Left Hand Violin, Viola and Cello VioGloves

VC GIVEAWAY July 23, 2021

VC YOUNG ARTIST | Bassist Xavier Foley, 26 — "Deeply Expressive" & "Dazzling Virtuosity"

The Violin Channel - June 29, 2021 0

A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, where he studied with Edgar Meyer and Hal Robinson, Xavier is a former first prize winner...

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PAGANINI POV | Violinist Sean Lee — Paganini Solo Caprice No. 6

PAGANINI POV July 16, 2021

VC INSIGHT | Tasmin Little — "My Menuhin Competition Experience"

VC INSIGHT May 22, 2021

VC INSIGHT | "What Does the Jury Look For at the Menuhin Competition"

VC INSIGHT May 22, 2021

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VC VOX POP | "What Piece of Music do you Consider the Most Romantic and Why?"

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VC BLOG | Composer Avner Dorman on Creativity and Collaboration

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STOLEN VIOLIN ALERT | Violin Stolen From University of Kentucky

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ON THIS DAY | Today is VC Young Artist Inmo Yang's 26th Birthday!

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MEET THE PROS | Conductor Kent Nagano – VC 20 Questions [INTERVIEW]

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VC AMA | "Ask Me Anything" - With Violinist Jennifer Koh

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VC INSTA TAKEOVER | Violinist Lara St John – Live From Quarantine in New York City [INSIDER]

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VC DESERT ISLAND DOWNLOADS | Orpheus Chamber Orchestra's Todd Phillips - '5 Recordings I Can’t Live Without'

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VC HEROES | Meet VC Artist Timothy Chooi's Hero: Pinchas Zukerman

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VC INTERVIEW | Anne Akiko Meyers Premieres Corigliano Cadenzas for Beethoven's Violin Concerto

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VC GIVEAWAY July 23, 2021

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LIVE FROM POZNAN, POLAND - WITH ROBERTO REGAZZI

May 10, 2021 | Jury chairman Roberto Regazzi running his highly critical eyes over the 68 violins admitted to the opening stages of the 14th International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Making Competition | Only ten instruments will be selected to advance to the acoustic evaluation round later this week | Photo credits: Leszek Zadoń

LIVE FROM NEW YORK - WITH VC YOUNG ARTIST KEVIN ZHU AND ROHAN DE SILVA

April 20, 2021 | VC Young Artist Kevin Zhu and pianist Rohan De Silva prepare for their Musical Storefronts concert | Citizens of NYC may hear the sound of music resonating in the streets of the Upper West Side

LIVE FROM DORSET, ENGLAND - WITH ANDREAS OTTENSAMER

May 1, 2021 | Conductor and principal clarinetist of the Berlin Philharmonic Andreas Ottensamer rehearses for his U.K. conducting debut with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

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LIVE FROM WICHITA, KANSAS, UNITED STATES - WITH THE WICHITA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

May 29, 2021 | The Wichita Symphony Orchestra partnered with Botanica, Wichita Gardens, for a progressive, yet ethereal and holistic concert | Throughout the evening, smaller ensembles played chamber music in various pavilions in the gardens, and later on, the WSO brass ensemble performed in Botanica’s new Grand Lawn Stage

LIVE FROM HAMBURG, GERMANY - WITH THE PHILHARMONISCHES STRAASTORCHESTER HAMBURG

May 27, 2021 | On Thursday, the Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg in collaboration with the Dresdner Musikfestspiele performed Brahms Symphony No. 3 in F-major, and the world premiere of “Alisma” by William Blank under the baton of Kent Nagano | The piece was originally intended to premiere in Dresden in 2020

LIVE FROM WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN (NEW YORK) - WITH THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC

May 25, 2021 | The New York Philharmonic presents its second Bandwagon concert series, featuring four weekend-long music festivals that reach out to the local community | The first concert took place at Domino Park in Brooklyn with repertoire exploring themes of the environment, migration, and family relationships

LIVE FROM NEW YORK CITY - WITH MARTHA REDBONE

May 24, 2021 | Lincoln Center has launched its new concert series titled “Restart Stages” | Over the course of the next few weeks, there will be a premiere of 10 new outdoor concerts for live audiences | Singer/songwriter Martha Redbone performs at the first concert, acknowledging the pre-colonial history of the United States and the first inhabitants of the Lenape Community

LIVE FROM MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - WITH THE MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA

May 21, 2021 | The Minnesota Orchestra features two very special concerts occurring on May 14th and 28th | Under the baton of Osmo Vänskä, the first program features composers Yaz Lancaster, Igor stravinsky, Krzysztof Penderecki, and Franz Schubert, and reflects on the pervasive affliction of gun violence

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Keshet Eilon International String Masterclass with Violist Tatjana Masurenko

Bowdoin International Music Festival Presents: The Miró Quartet

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