Teenage violin virtuoso stakes claim to world stage with £1m deal
independent.co.uk
Nicola Benedetti, a 17-year-old Scottish violinist, signs a £1m-plus six-album deal with Universal Music, becoming a rising classical star with mass-market appeal.
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3 headlinesRussian violinist Mikhail Nodelman wins Eurasia 2004 prize in Almaty with Yamaha instrument
usa.yamaha.com
The article reports that Mikhail Nodelman, a German resident born in Russia, won first prize in the Eurasia 2004 international violin competition in Almaty, Kazakhstan, held October 2–8, 2004. He played a prototype Yamaha professional-quality violin handcrafted in Hamamatsu, Japan, paired with a Yamaha carbon bow (CBB107ZB) under the direction of his master teacher Zakhar Bron.
$35m violin leaves musician in raptures
scmp.com
The article discusses a $35 million Stradivarius violin called the Markees, made in 1701 by Antonio Stradivari. Leung Kin-fung, concertmaster of the Hong Kong Philharmonic, describes the instrument and notes it is on loan to the orchestra from Music Chamber. The Markees was acquired in the United States from a Juilliard School of Music professor.