Violinist Kim Kashkashian awarded Golden Bow
The Foundation of the Geigenbauschule Brienz has awarded American Armenian violist Kim Kashkashian its Golden Bow, a prize that honors contributions to the strings world, The Strad reports.
Kashkashian, who is a faculty member at the New England Conservatory, was given the honor, at Switzerland’s Meiringen Music Festival in July. The award takes the physical form of an engraved golden bow that was manufactured at Bogenwerkstatte by Johannes and Marianne Finkel.
Among her many honors, in 2012, Kashkashian received a Grammy Award in the “Best Classical Instrumental Solo” category for her playing on Kurtag and Ligeti: Music for Viola. She has appeared as a soloist with numerous orchestras around the world, and is a founding member of Music for Food, a charity that fights global hunger.