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Volunteering spirit recognised in new awards

VOLUNTARY Action Shetland (VAS) has announced the recipients of its new volunteering awards. The aim of the new awards is to recognise all kinds of volunteering, including both formal and informal volunteering, and celebrate individuals of all ages who volunteer in Shetland. The...

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A New Path Forward - Gorman Museum of Native American Art

The Gorman Museum at UC Davis marks its 50th anniversary with a beautiful new home to showcase its collection of contemporary Native American art.

Increased demand from cruise passengers blamed as buses too full for wheelchair user

A WHEELCHAIR user says she was left in Levenwick waiting for a bus to Lerwick for more than two hours - because ones that did pass were full up due to the number of cruise ship visitors on board. Ivanna Brown, who lives in Bigton, said she eventually gave up and was lucky enough...

The Women Photographers Who Claimed a Room of Their Own

An exhibition at MoMA reconsiders the work of Claude Cahun, Justine Kurland, Susan Meiselas, and other artists who have shaped the medium for decades.

LSO concertmaster John Georgiadis dies aged 81

2021-01-06T10:58:00+00:00 The violinist led the LSO for two periods, between 1965 and 1979, before turning to conducting The British violinist and conductor John Georgiadis has died at the age of 81. As a violinist he is best remembered as the concertmaster of the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) from 1965 to 1973, and then from 1976 to 1979. He then became a successful conductor, working with orchestras around the world including three years as music director of the Bangkok Symphony Orchestra. Born in 1939 in Essex, Georgiadis began playing the violin aged six. He studied with local teacher Vanna Brown before entering London’s Royal Academy of Music, studying with Frederick Grinke. He also spent a year with René Benedetti in Paris. His first appointment as concertmaster was with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, from 1963 to 1965, when he left to take up the same position at the LSO. Highlights from this period included giving the first English performance of the Menotti Violin Concerto, and the first London performance of the Bartok Violin Concerto No. 1. In January 1976 he recorded the Bliss Concerto with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, in the presence of the composer. In 1972 the London Virtuosi Chamber Ensemble was founded, with Georgiadis as its original concertmaster.