The Vermont Symphony Orchestra Blog discusses the opening night of its 75th Anniversary Season Masterworks Series, featuring Soovin Kim on violin and VSO principal oboist Nancy Dimock conducted by Jaime Laredo. The notes describe David Ludwig's Radiance for oboe and string orchestra in detail, including its commission by the Richmond Symphony and performances at Carnegie Hall and by the Vermont Youth Orchestra.
The Cade Museum Foundation loaned a collection of antique violins and violas from Dr. James Robert Cade to UF School of Music students for Fall 2009. The collection includes about 30 instruments dating back to the 18th century, with UF music professors evaluating suitability for loan and plans for future concerts featuring the instruments.
Doce Notas reporta que Antoine Cauche (Francia) obtuvo la medalla de oro en viola, Marko Pennanen (Finlandia) en violín y Silvio Levaggi (Italia) en violonchelo, en el XII Concurso Trienal Internacional de instrumentos de arco A. Stradivari de Cremona celebrado el 2 de octubre en el Teatro Ponchielli. También se mencionan los intérpretes y jurado, y que participaron 336 luthieres de 35 países con 482 instrumentos en competición.
The article recounts how Joshua Bell will perform on violins that were stolen from Bronisław Huberman in 1919, with the thief later revealing the hiding place on his deathbed. It also notes a 1936 second theft and the subsequent recovery of the famed XVIII-century Stradivarius, named Gibson after its last owner, George Alfred Gibson.
Joshua Bell, the American violinist, is performing in Warsaw and Częstochowa. The article notes the proceeds from the Warsaw concert go to a museum for Polish Jews in Warsaw, and that Bell bought the Purple Stradivarius for 4 million dollars. It provides background on Bronisław Huberman and the instrument’s history.
Daniel J. Wakin writes about violinist Aaron Rosand selling his ex-Kochanski Guarneri del Gesù for about $10 million. Rosand donates $1.5 million to the Curtis Institute of Music and explains the emotional significance of the instrument.
The news reports that on Niccolò Paganini’s birthday, at the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, the Guarneri del Gesu violin ex-Vi tan (1741) will be played, with Kyoto Yonemoto as soloist, and conducted by Pavel Kogan with the Moscow State Academic Symphony Orchestra. The instrument was bought and brought to Russia in 2008 by businessman Maxim Viktorov; he notes the event as a rare cultural milestone and notes prior purchase of a similar instrument in 2005 for about 1.16 million USD.