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Cellist Steven Isserlis on Competitions and Perseverance
1+ hour, 56+ min ago (431+ words) A career in music at any level involves an endless series of rejections! It's part of life," Isserlis shared on social media As the Queen Elisabeth Cello Competition recently concluded with Ettore Pagano winning first prize for the 2026 edition, the…...
VC's Weekly Apple Playlist: Pride Month
2+ hour, 2+ min ago (702+ words) Honoring the LGBTQI+ composers and artists whose lives and music have shaped the concert hall and beyond In celebration of Pride Month, The Violin Channel has curated an Apple Music Classical playlist spotlighting composers whose lives and legacies sit at…...
Aspen Music Festival and School Hires New President and CEO
1+ hour, 55+ min ago (320+ words) Meghan Martineau Umber will assume the role, effective from October 1, 2026 As the incoming Monroe President and CEO of Colorado's Aspen Music Festival and School (AMFS), Meghan Martineau Umber will become the seventh executive leader in AMFS's 77-year history and the…...
Australia's The Song Company to Cease Operations After 42 Years
1+ hour, 57+ min ago (174+ words) The Violin Channel VC LIVE | 2026 Klein International String Competition VC LIVE | 2026 Concours Musical International de Montr'al, Violin Edition VC LIVE | Colburn's Sounding Point Academy Presents: Concerto Night VC LIVE | Wigmore Hall Presents: The English Concert, Lucy Crowe & Hugh Cutting Australia's…...
Minnesota's Schubert Club Appoints New Executive and Artistic Director
7+ hour, 22+ min ago (351+ words) Kyu-Young Kim, who was formerly Artistic Director of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, will step into the role Founded in 1893 in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul area, the Schubert Club'presents some of the world's leading recital soloists and ensembles, with past artists…...
Germany's G'ttingen Symphony Orchestra Appoints Next Chief Conductor
7+ hour, 31+ min ago (347+ words) The Lithuanian conductor Vilmantas Kaliunas will begin his tenure from the 2027/28 season Following an 18-month-long search, the G'ttingen Symphony Orchestra has named Vilmantas Kaliunas as its new chief conductor from the 2027/28 season for an initial four years." Kaliunas will succeed…...
Violinist Francesca Dego Joins the Roster of CAMI Music
7+ hour, 53+ min ago (158+ words) Dego will receive worldwide management from the New York-based agency Italian-American violinist Francesca Dego'has signed with the New York-based agency CAMI Music'for worldwide management. The signing comes after Dego's previous agency,'James Brown Management, announced that it would close in…...
VC Artist Nikki Chooi Appointed Carriage House Violins Artist-in-Residence
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (210+ words) Carriage House Violins in Newton Falls, Massachusetts, has appointed VC Artist violinist Nikki Chooi as Artist-in-Residence for the 2026/2027 season. Chooi will be the second Artist-in-Residence at Carriage House Violins, succeeding VC Artist cellist Zlatomir Fung, who served in 2025/2026. The yearlong…...
cole Normale de Musique de Paris Appoints New Violin Professor
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (190+ words) Violinist Maya Levy will begin her new role as of September 2026" The "cole Normale de Musique de Paris "Alfred Cortot" (ENMP) appointed the French-Belgian violinist Maya Levy as a new violin professor starting in the 2026/27 academic year." In 2021, she was…...
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Appoints New Principal Conductor and Artistic Adviser
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (244+ words) Russian conductor Tugan Sokhiev will assume the role for an initial three-season tenure from the 2026/27 season The Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) Foundation has welcomed Tugan Sokhiev as principal conductor and artistic advisor as of the 2026/27 season. For three…...