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epochtimes.com
The piece reports that the National Palace Museum, Chi Mei Museum, and CTS media collaborate to present the exhibition Absolute Beauty of Violins: Treasures from Chi Mei Museum, starting September 26 at the Forbidden City, featuring 40 prestigious Italian violins including Amati, Guarneri, and Stradivari, along with paintings and sculptures.
bild.de
The news reports the recovery of a Stradivari from 1721 suspected in a theft at Rittergut Bennigsen near Springe. Police arrested two Kosovo-Albanian men on Linden's Bardowicker Straße, with two more suspected accomplices at large; the violin was believed worth about 3 million euros and insured for 1.5 million. The Freiherr Roderic von Bennigsen and his wife Jeanne Christée commented on the recovery.
dimitrovgrad.bgvesti.net
The news piece reports that a young Japanese female violinist forgot a valued violin worth 60,000 euros in Vienna’s metro. The instrument, made in 1792 by Italian luthier Antonio Gagliano, was accompanied by two valuable bows; the incident occurred at the start of August and the matter was reported to police.
japantoday.com
The article reports that an 18-year-old Japanese tourist in Vienna left an antique violin, made in 1792 and valued at 60,000 euros (8 million yen), on an Austrian subway. Police are searching for information about the instrument and the passengers who rode in the same carriage.
phys.org
The article discusses researchers at the University of Nottingham developing a carbon fibre violin to imitate the sound of a Stradivarius. The project, led by Professor John Dominy with violin-maker Peter Killingback, aims to create a carbon fibre-epoxy resin instrument modeled on the Lord Wilton Guarneri violin (1742) to achieve high-quality acoustic performance.
phys.org
This article reports that Empa researcher Francis Schwarze's biotech violin, made from wood treated with fungus, won a blind test against Antonio Stradivarius' 1711 violin. Mathew Trusler played five violins, with Opus 58 (fungus-treated wood) receiving the most votes.
straight.com
The article reports that Victoria-born violinist Nikki Chooi will perform on a Guarneri violin valued at $4.3 million.