The page reviews a Myrios Classics release featuring Tabea Zimmermann on viola and Kirill Gerstein on piano performing Brahms Viola Sonata in F minor, Schubert Arpeggione Sonata in A minor, and Franck Sonata for Violin and Piano (arranged for viola). The review discusses performance qualities, instrumentation details (Zimmermann's Etienne Vatelot viola and Gerstein's Steinway), and provides critical assessment of the arrangements and interpretations.
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth presents Tenth Anniversary Acquisitions. The exhibition highlights new acquisitions including Dan Flavin Untitled (for you Leo, in long respect and affection) 4, 1978 and Sol LeWitt Wall Drawing #50A, 1970 as part of the museum’s tenth anniversary acquisitions. The article notes the works were acquired around 2010 and references the building designed by Tadao Ando and a gala on December 6, 2012.
Pierre Konowaloff sued the Metropolitan Museum of Art over ownership of Paul Cézanne's Madame Cézanne in the Conservatory. The Second Circuit affirmed a 2011 ruling dismissing the case based on the Act of State Doctrine, concluding Konowaloff lacked standing to challenge the Met's ownership after the painting passed to the government and then to Stephen C. Clark, who bequeathed it to the Met.
Brice Catherin's Winterreise is a 40-minute concerto for cello and small ensemble, premiered in October 2010. The piece employs extensive triple and quadruple stops and requires the Bach.bogen bow, developed by Michael Bach with involvement from Mstislav Rostropovich. The premiere featured Catherin on solo cello and an ensemble of diverse instruments, including saxophones, guitar, bass guitar, violins, percussion, accordions, and a homemade sitar.
Ole Kanestrom, a renowned master bowmaker, is taking up a part-time residence at Benning Violins in Los Angeles. Kanestrom runs his own shop in Port Townsend, WA, and is associated with crafting and repairing fine bows for violins, violas, and cellos.
Eric Benning, a violinmaker at Benning Violins in Los Angeles, was featured among nearly 50 modern master violinmakers at the Contemporary Violinmakers Exhibition in New York. The exhibit, presented by Reed Yeboah Fine Violins, showcased Benning’s 2011 violin inspired by Antonio Stradivari. The piece was part of a collection of master instruments by makers such as Roger Hargrave, Nathaniel Rowan, and Giancarlo Arcieri.
The London Evening Standard article reports that American violinist Zoran Stoyanovich is suing Brompton’s Auctioneers for more than £200,000, claiming the firm released his violin bows without collecting proceeds. Stoyanovich, who played with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, had sold bows once owned by Sir Yehudi Menuhin through Brompton’s in 2007 and seeks about $338,000 (£209,000) including interest.
Laura Marzadori will perform on the Stradivari Hellier violin, an instrument famous for its inlays and part of the Friends of Stradivari project at the Museo Civico di Cremona. The event features pianist Maria Grazia Bellocchio and conservator Fausto Cacciatori narrating the instrument’s history, with Beethoven’s Sonate op. 12 also on the program.
Cézanne’s painting Madame Cézanne in the Conservatory, donated by former Metropolitan Museum trustee Stephen Clark, was involved in a dispute with Pierre Konowaloff, heir to a collector whose assets were seized during the Russian Revolution. The Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that U.S. courts cannot inquire into foreign sovereign decisions within their own territory. The article about the case is from Reuters.
The Ukrainian steel magnate Victor Pinchuk bought six paintings by Damien Hirst from the artist’s White Cube show Two Weeks One Summer, London. The works are on display at Pinchuk Art Centre in Kiev, with five other pieces from the same cycle loaned from White Cube until 6 January.