Held from 28 June to 2 July 2026, Libby Summers reports back from the inaugural RAB Trust Bow Course, where a cohort of students were hand-picked to learn the art of rehairing a bow from scratch
The award of £2,500 will fund the cellist’s solo album later this year
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17-year-old violinist Natalia Dragan receives the first prize of €5,000
US violinist Elena Urioste, British violist Timothy Ridout and Irish violist Ruth Gibson join the string faculty from September this year
The ensemble joins the Italian agency’s roster, in collaboration with Impresariat Simmenauer
The ensemble joins the roster for Italian representation, ahead of a busy upcoming season
Dueñas will perform Bruch with the orchestra on Sunday 12 July, after Jansen withdrew due to health-related reasons
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The former winners of the 2023 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition join the roster for management and touring representation
Marcel Johannes Kits has won the position after passing the trial
Ahead of the premiere of his prize-winning work Au delá de la Voûte étoilée (‘Beyond the Starry Vault’) at the Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival, the composer shares insights on the quirks and challenges of writing for strings, as well as why it’s necessary to dismantle a work and start from scratch
From discovering the score as a student to recording the work decades later, violinist Darragh Morgan traces his long relationship with Philip Glass’s strikingly original 1968 composition for solo violin
Janet Banks reads amateur US cellist George Sorensen’s account of taking up the instrument in...