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1 South Korean violinist Do Gyung (Anna) Im, 25, has been awarded first prize at the Stuttgart International Violin Competition in Stuttgart, Germany, receiving €30,000, the loan of a 1746 Giovanni Battista Guadagnini violin, and concert engagements. Second prize of €15,000 was awarded to violinist Ruslan Talas from Kazakhstan, 25, and third prize of €10,000 went to US violinist Matthew Hakkarainen, 23.

2 Dutch violinist Salomé Bonnema, 22, has won the Netherlands Violin Competition in Utrecht, Netherlands, receiving the €12,000 Oskar Back prize. Second prize of €6,000 went to Dutch violinist Kira van der Woerd, 18, along with the €1,500 prize for the best performance of the commissioned work, while third prize of €4,000 and the audience award of €1,000 went to Dutch violinist Enzo Kok, 21.

3 British viola da gamba player Liam Byrne has been awarded the Glenn Gould Bach Fellowship of €70,000. The fellowship is awarded every two years by the city of Weimar to selected musicians to realise ambitious musical media projects on the music of Bach and the Baroque period. Byrne’s project will focus on the rare music of the English lyra viol repertoire from the early 17th century.

4 Russian cellist Anastasia Kobekina, 29, has been selected for the 2024 Leonard Bernstein Award of €10,000 by the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival in Germany. The award recognises young musical talent, and has been previously won by violinists Erik Schumann, Charles Yang and David Aaron Carpenter, and cellists Alisa Weilerstein, Leonard Elschenbroich and Kian Soltani.

FORTHCOMING COMPETITIONS & AWARDS

The Lionel Tertis and Cecil Aronowitz International Viola Competitions in Gateshead, UK, for violists aged 18 and under (Aronowitz) and 19–30 (Tertis). First prize £5,000 Deadline 10 May; competition 19–25 January 2025 Web bitly.ws/3ei8a

International Cello Competition in Bratislava, Slovakia, for cellists aged 30 and under. First prize €3,000 Deadline 15 May; competition 6–12 September Web bitly.ws/3edaB

Marie Cantagrill International Violin Competition in Mas-d’Azil, France, for violinists of all ages. First prize €5,000. Deadline 31 May; competition 4–7 July Web concoursmariecantagrill.com

APPOINTMENTS

• Israeli cellist Zvi Plesser and US cellist Zlatomir Fung are to join the cello faculty at the Juilliard School in autumn 2024

• German violist Florian Richter has been appointed viola professor at the Franz Liszt University of Music in Weimar

• Chinese cellist Sihao He is joining the Tianjin Juilliard School’s cello faculty and the Shanghai Quartet

• Canadian cellist Matthew Christakos will become the New York Philharmonic’s new associate principal cellist

• For current vacancies, see our online jobs page at www.thestrad.com/jobs

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As well as being one of the world’s
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LETTER OF THE MONTH WINS
one from a selection of products from The
On the beat
News and events from around the world this month
Love is all around
Dvořák’s Cello Concerto is the inspiration behind a new piece in the genre
COMPETITIONS
Salomé Bonnema Liam Byrne Anastasia Kobekina BONNEMA PHOTO
NEW PRODUCTS
CELLO CASE Worth its weight Gewa reveals its
Life lessons
Tai Murray
Auspicious beginnings
The first violin edition of the Global Music Education League competition took place in Beijing following a four-year delay due to the pandemic. Emma Baker travelled to China to hear the finals
‘Everybody’s playing like their life depends upon it’
Violinist Joshua Bell chats with Pauline Harding about transcending the pyrotechnics of Paganini, the inspiring ethos of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, and celebrations to mark the centenary of the orchestra’s founder, Neville Marriner
Straight from the heart
Can a new work encourage young, classically trained string players to lose their fear of improvisation and find their individual voice? Violinist Christina Åstrand and composer Signe Lykke explain the concept to Andrew Mellor
PARISIAN SPLENDOUR
Having perfected his skills in the French capital, German bow maker Richard Otto Gläsel was much inspired by the work of his Gallic forebears, from Voirin to Vigneron. Gennady Filimonov tells his story and examines several of his finest works
SCENES FROM A LIFE
As the Carducci Quartet releases its third Shostakovich disc, Tom Stewart hears from the group’s violist and cellist about the extreme contrasts between the two featured pieces – the ninth and fifteenth string quartets
AN OLD-SCHOOL GENTLEMAN
Russian cellist Boris Pergamenschikow enjoyed an influential career both teaching and playing in Europe after leaving the Soviet Union, before his untimely death twenty years ago. Oskar Falta examines his legacy and hears from some of his former students
X MARKS THE SPOT
For many years the design of the cello bridge has remained constant – but could it be improved? Sebastian Gonzalez presents the results of a comparison between the standard French bridge and a newly designed model, while on page 52 Gaian Amorim tracks the development of the bridge
JOSEPH MARQUÈS
IN FOCUS A close look at the work of great and unusual makers
Making a decorative fleur-de-lys
TRADE SECRETS
MY SPACE
A peek into lutherie workshops around the world
Cultivating wisdom
MAKING MATTERS
BEETHOVEN CELLO SONATA NO.5, SECOND AND THIRD MOVEMENTS
MASTERCLASS
Core values
TECHNIQUE
Reviews
CONCERTS
From the ARCHIVE
New York correspondent Thomas C. Dawson reports on a performance by Maud Powell and solves a mystery regarding the violins of virtuoso Ede Reményi (1828–98)
ELENA URIOSTE
The Violin Sonata by French composer Mel Bonis was a revelation for the US-born violinist, revealing both a new sound world and innovative techniques in music writing
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