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There are also a number of individual cash prizes. These include the Bach Prize for the best performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's violin works, donated in memory of Robert Masters, the founding director of the Yehudi Menuhin School. The First Prize winner in the Senior category also receives a one-year loan of a "golden age" Stradivarius ...
John Juzek (né Janek Jůzek, aka Jan, aka Johann;1892, Písek – c. 1965, Luby) was a Czech merchant, widely known in North America as an exporter of violins, violas, cellos, and double basses made and labeled under his anglicized name, "John Juzek," crafted mostly by guilds and various independent makers in the Bohemia region of the Czechoslovakia and Germany border.
The Universal Dictionary of Violin & Bow Makers is a widely cited reference work providing information on approximately 9,000 violin makers. The work is based on the extensive notes of violinist and composer William Henley (1874-1957) .
In 2004 she was appointed professor of violin at the Berlin University of the Arts. She lives in Berlin and is the mother of a teenage son. [3] Since 1996, she has performed on the "Sleeping Beauty" Stradivarius violin of 1704, on loan from Landesbank Baden-Württemberg. [3] [6] She has also performed with Baroque-style violins and bows. [5]
This is a list of musical compositions for violin, cello and orchestra, ordered by surname of composer Please see the related entries for concerto, cello and cello concerto for discussion of typical forms and topics. The orchestra in each case is a standard symphonic orchestra unless otherwise indicated.
Mark O'Connor: Double Violin Concerto for 2 violins and symphony orchestra Arvo Pärt : Tabula Rasa for 2 violins, prepared piano and string orchestra Marta Ptaszynska : Concerto Grosso for 2 violins and chamber orchestra (1996.)
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Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Ludwig van Beethoven composed the following violin sonatas between 1797 and 1812.