In today’s news: Salomon Prize for Lennox Mackenzie, students at George Mason University in Virginia, US have created a 3D-printed arm to allow 10-year-old Isabella Nicola Cabrera to play the violin. The “Solistes Européens Luxembourg” program for 17/18, the Hamburger Staatsoper grants Wolf-Jürgen Wünsche honorary membership, and Philadelphia Youth Orchestra announces PRYSM Festival Concert. Utah Symphony supports haitian musicians.

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LSO violinist Lennox Mackenzie receives RPS/ABO Salomon Prize

Lennox Mackenzie, sub-leader and former chair of the London Symphony Orchestra, has been awarded the Royal Philharmonic Society/Association of British Orchestras Salomon Prize for orchestral musicians.

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University students create 3D-printed arm to allow 10-year-old girl to play the violin

Undergraduate students at George Mason University in Virginia, US have created a 3D-printed arm to allow 10-year-old Isabella Nicola Cabrera to play the violin.

Stratford Observer

Library card holders can access millions of classical music tracks

Classical music fans in Warwickshire now have access to all their favourite composers thanks to the county’s library service.

The Telegraph

London theatre: the best plays and shows on now

From Harry Potter and the Cursed Child to Motown the Musical, this is our regularly updated guide to the best shows in the West End and beyond

Klassik.com

Kein Neubau als Ausweichquartier für Stuttgarter Oper

Suche nach Interimsspielstätte während der Opernsanierung geht weiter

Klassik-heute

Hamburgische Staatsoper verleiht Ehrenmitgliedschaft an Wolf-Jürgen Wünsche

In Anerkennung seiner großen Verdienste um die Hamburgische Staatsoper wurde Herr Wolf-Jürgen Wünsche am vergangenen Sonnabend zum Ehrenmitglied ernannt.

Broadwayworld

Philadelphia Youth Orchestra Announces PRYSM Festival Concert, 5/13

Philadelphia Youth Orchestra’s PRYSM (Philadelphia Region Youth String Music) and PRYSM-YA (PRYSM Young Artists) ensembles will showcase their talents at the 10th Annual PRYSM Festival Concert on Saturday, May 13, 2017, at 3:00 p.m.

Pizzicato

SEL 2017/18: Von der Guzheng zum Alphorn

Die ‘Solistes Européens Luxembourg’ haben ihre Saison 2017/18 vorgestellt, und Chefdirigent Christoph König hat einmal mehr ganz fein ausgeklügelte Programme konzipiert.

Music Business Worldwide

PRS payout grew 11% IN 2016 – but costs rose 14.6% TO TOP £80M

UK collection society PRS For Music celebrated a record year in 2016, with net payouts to its songwriter members rising above £500m for the first time in history.

Desert News

How Utah Symphony is improving the lives of young Haitian musicians

Music education is not something that young musicians in Haiti take for granted.

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