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vivrearia.blogspot.com
The article reports Hahn-bin, a 22-year-old violin virtuoso, forgetting his 18th century Giovanni Francesco Pressenda violin valued at £300,000 in a yellow NYC taxi after a Long Island concert with Itzhak Perlman; the violin was recovered after taxi authorities and police tracked the cab driver who dropped Hahn-bin in New Jersey, aided by GPS trackers in cabs.
doorcountypulse.com
Ilya Kaler will substitute for PMF concertmaster Valentin Zhuk, who could not perform the Khatchatourian Violin Concerto on August 18 due to visa issues. The festival had previously arranged replacements for weeks one through three, and Kaler was contacted after the search for a violinist began.
saarbruecker-zeitung.de
A 184-year-old violin by Giovanni Francesco Pressenda, owned by Hahn Bin, was left in a New York taxi. The instrument, valued at 430,000 euros, was located by the police and returned to Hahn Bin 15 hours after the taxi ride.
interchangingidioms.blogspot.com
Daniel Hope premieres Sir Peter Maxwell Davies’s second violin concerto, Fiddler on the Shore, with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra on August 22, and later co- appears with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for the UK premiere at the BBC Proms on September 8.