The international competition, which takes place in Finland, has decided to exclude Russian competitors, despite previous commitments to non-discrimination. The International Jean Sibelius Violin ...

Editor’s note: This is the first installment in a five-part series on the “atomic-bombed violin.” The stringed instrument, once owned by a Russian, survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, ...

Each summer, Music@Menlo offers a deep immersion into a different facet of the chamber music repertoire. For its 14th season, the South Bay festival founded and directed by cellist David Finckel and ...

Russian violinist Sergey Malov has won the prestigious Michael Hill International Violin Competition 2011. Sergey was named the winner following the final round of the contest at the Auckland Town ...

This is a well-chosen programme which may well appeal to collectors looking for a complement to the two Prokofiev violin sonatas; and the quality of playing and recording make it broadly recommendable ...

Think Russian folk music. Think "Dr. Zhivago." Think all-volunteer, unpaid musicians ages 8-80. That's the Washington Balalaika Society. The 65-member orchestra is celebrating its 20th anniversary ...

In the early 1990s, a number of Russian musicians, all string players, auditioned for the Seattle Symphony Orchestra and were promptly hired. Since then, some have made substantive contributions ...

What does it mean for the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, itself forged of so much suffering, to be playing Russian music as Ukraine burns? The Jewish state’s self-described “preeminent cultural ...

THE Hertfordshire branch of the English Speaking Union is presenting a concert by 18-year-old Russian violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky from 8pm on Friday, September 21, at the Karl Konig Hall, Delrow ...

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