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bluegrasstoday.com
The article reports Jesse Cobb and Shad Cobb announcing the loss of four instruments in Nashville, including a Nashville Guitar Company D-size guitar with serial number 03115, a Bart Rider open-back banjo, a Fairfax Abraham fiddle with a Guarneri label, and a Ratliff F model mandolin. Contact information for info leading to recovery is provided.
ziare.com
The article discusses a violin found in Constanta, Romania, suspected to be a Stradivarius. An expert in the country has not confirmed its authenticity, and the violin reportedly was manufactured in 1721 and may have been stolen from Belgium. Investigators noted that the young people involved claimed to have worked in Belgium and were suspected of intending to sell the instrument for 10,000 euros.
thereporteronline.com
Elizabeth Pitcairn, a Bucks County native, will perform John Corigliano’s Red Violin Suite with Orchestra 2001 at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia on May 22, with a repeat performance May 24 at Swarthmore College. She performs with her 1720 Mendelssohn Stradivarius and has a notable history with major orchestras and ensembles.
reporter.mcgill.ca
McGill Schulich School of Music violin students won top prizes in the Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music Competition and swept the first four places at the Shean Strings Competition in Edmonton. Carissa Klopoushak won first prize in the E-Gré, with prize money of $5,000, and Alexander Read won second prize ($3,000). Ewald Cheung won the top prize ($8,000) at the Shean contest, with Alissa Cheung, Aaron Schwebel, and Emily Westell taking second through fourth. Klopoushak and Ewald Cheung study with violin professor Jonathan Crow, while Read and Alissa Cheung study with Thomas Williams. Klopoushak will perform in Canadian cities with Philip Chiu later in the year.