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New Contract to Raise NY Phil Musicians' Base Salary to $205,000 by 2026-27
By Laurie Niles: Musicians of the New York Philharmonic have ratified a three-year contract that will raise musicians' pay by more than 30 percent over the next three years, bringing the musician base...
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Lincoln Trio Nominated for 2024 Latin Grammy for Daniel Binelli Album
By Laurie Niles: The Chicago-based Lincoln Trio is nominated for a 2024 Latin Grammy in the category of "Best Classical Album," for Fantasies of Buenos Aires, its recording of trios by Argentinian...
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The Week in Reviews, Op. 468: Benjamin Beilman; Sarah Chang; Paul Huang
By Laurie Niles: In an effort to promote the coverage of live violin performance, Violinist.com each week presents links to reviews of notable concerts and recitals around the world.Violinist Benjamin...
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National Symphony Orchestra Musicians Authorize Strike; Management Engages in...
By Laurie Niles: Contract negotiations between musicians and management for the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C. have erupted into a public relations battle, following Monday's unanimous...
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For the Record, Op. 301: Antje Weithaas; violist Amihai Grosz; Arun...
By Laurie Niles: Welcome to "For the Record," Violinist.com's weekly roundup of new releases of recordings by violinists, violists, cellists and other classical musicians. We hope it helps you keep...
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NSO Musicians and Kennedy Center Reach Tentative Deal after Brief Strike
By Laurie Niles: On Friday National Symphony Orchestra musicians and the Kennedy Center announced a tentative agreement, after a four-hour strike period during which the musicians were joined in...
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V.com weekend vote: What color is the inside of your violin case?
By Laurie Niles: With so much turmoil going on in the world, I thought we might enjoy a weekend vote that doesn't churn up a lot of strong opinions and heated emotion, and so here is what I came up...
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TonicCon: Ray Chen Brings Two-Day Classical Music Festival to Los Angeles...
By Laurie Niles: Violin superstar Ray Chen wants people to feel supported in their efforts to learn the violin and other instruments. To that end he has teamed up with the Colburn School to hold a...
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The Week in Reviews, Op. 469: Maria Ioudenitch; Njioma Grevious, Brentano...
By Laurie Niles: In an effort to promote the coverage of live violin performance, Violinist.com each week presents links to reviews of notable concerts and recitals around the world.Violinist Maria...
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Violinist Johnny Gandelsman Receives 2024 MacArthur 'Genius' Grant
By Laurie Niles: Violinist and producer Johnny Gandelsman, 46, of New York is among 24 people who were named as 2024 MacArthur Fellows on Tuesday. Violinist Johnny Gandelsman. Photo courtesy of the...
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For the Record, Op. 302: Cellist Joshua Roman; Emily Sun; Julia Glenn
By Laurie Niles: Welcome to "For the Record," Violinist.com's weekly roundup of new releases of recordings by violinists, violists, cellists and other classical musicians. We hope it helps you keep...
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Review: Larsen 'Il Cannone' Soloist Violin Strings
By Laurie Niles: Over the summer Violinist.com received several sets of Larsen's 'Il Cannone Soloist' Violin strings for review. We distributed them to some of our Violinist.com members across the...
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Violinist Hilary Hahn Wins 'Recording of the Year' Gramophone Award
By Laurie Niles: On Wednesday violinist Hilary Hahn accepted both the "Recording of the Year" and "Instrumental" awards at the 2024 Gramophone Classical Music Awards in London. Both awards recognized...
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V.com weekend vote: How would you listen to a commercial recording made in...
By Laurie Niles: This week Hilary Hahn won a "Recording of the Year" award from Gramophone for her recording of Ysaÿe's solo sonatas, and it made me wonder - how are people listening to new recordings,...
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Living on Community Energy in Asheville After Hurricane Helene
By christian howes: "BEAR!" yelled the guy next to me, prompting me to look up from my laptop at the temporary neighborhood Wi-Fi station by the church on Beverly Road a few nights ago. There were...
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The Week in Reviews, Op. 470: Sayaka Shoji; Chenyi Avsharian; Rachel Podger
By Laurie Niles: In an effort to promote the coverage of live violin performance, Violinist.com each week presents links to reviews of notable concerts and recitals around the world.Violinist Sayaka...
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Augustin Hadelich Offers His Arrangement of Orange Blossom Special for Free
By Laurie Niles: During the past year, violinist Augustin Hadelich has been wowing audiences with his own arrangement of the Orange Blossom Special, and earlier this week he posted the sheet music on...
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Ray Chen Master Class at TonicCon Los Angeles
By Laurie Niles: On Thursday Ray Chen kicked off his two-day TonicCon music festival at the Colburn School with a master class featuring three young violinists who had flown to Los Angeles from all...
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For the Record, Op. 303: Harlem Quartet; Darshan Trio; Yuuko Shiokawa
By Laurie Niles: Welcome to "For the Record," Violinist.com's weekly roundup of new releases of recordings by violinists, violists, cellists and other classical musicians. We hope it helps you keep...
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Weekend vote: Franco-Belgian, Russian or other bow hold?
By Laurie Niles: How do you hold your bow? And are you aware of the history behind that bow hold? There are two bow holds that are the most common: the Franco-Belgian bow hold and the Russian bow hold....
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