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'The Devil's Violinist' Starring Violinist David Garrett as Niccolò Paganini Is Coming to US Theaters, Rights Picked Up by Freestyle

“The Devil’s Violinist” starring violinist David Garrett, has been picked up by Freestyle Digital Media, Freestyle Releasing and Stryker Entertainment. The film will finally be released in the U.S. theaters, after only being released to European audiences in October.
  • Cliburn Winner and Pianist José Feghali Found Dead in Apparent Suicide

    Former Van Cliburn International Piano Competition gold medalist José Feghali died last week of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, according to the "The Dallas Morning News."Feghali, 53, was a Brazilian native who trained at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He was only 24 when he won gold at the 1985 Cliburn in Fort Worth, Texas, according to WFAA. The late Van Cliburn introduced him by telling the audience, "He appeared with the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra when he was only 8 years old.”Since 1990, he had been the artist-in-residence at Texas Christian University’s School of Music, more recently serving as its coordinator of Internet technologies.
  • Seattle Symphony's Grammy-Nominated Ludovic Morlot Resigns as Chief Conductor of La Monnaie, Cites Artistic Difference

    Ludovic Morlot, the highly regarded chief conductor of Theatre Royal de La Monnaie in Brussels, decided to step down from is position, citing difference with the orchestra.
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