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voanews.com
The article discusses Texas chemist Joseph Nagyvary’s claim that chemical treatment of violin wood contributed to Stradivari-like sound; he collaborated with Texas A&M University professor Ray Guillemette who used a microprobe to detect preservatives such as sulfur, chlorine and boron in wood fragments from Stradivari violins.
cbs19.tv
Maegan McGowen reports on 12-year-old Christian Kay, a cellist in Tyler, Texas, who describes his first encounter with the instrument and demonstrates Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1, Prelude. The article mentions a 1740s Austrian cello linked to the Albani family and notes that the instrument was loaned through the Carlsen Cello Foundation.
rockinon.com
Noanowa vocalist/cellist Yukko’s cello was stolen. The theft is believed to have occurred between 2:00 and 23:00 on November 15 in Tokyo Akiruno or Tachikawa car park areas where their equipment van was parked; the cello was taken with its case. Noanowa’s agency Speedstar Music filed a police report, and Yukko issued a statement requesting information, with a possible reward for tips; a nationwide single tour is scheduled to begin November 25. The stolen instrument is described with details about the cello and bow, including maker marks and labels.
musicaustria.at
The article reports the Uraufführung of Reinhard Süss's String Quartet No. 1 for the 20th anniversary of the OeNB’s collection of valuable historical string instruments. The premiere, organized by Maezenatentum.at and performed by the Wiener Symphoniker Quartett in the OeNB Kassensaal, features instruments from the OeNB collection, including a violin by Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù (1731) and a viola by Giovanni Paolo Maggini. The event highlights OeNB’s tradition-moderne cultural mission and notes that the collection comprises 36 instruments, with eight violins by Stradivari, loaned to Austrian musicians to support cultural life. The composer is Reinhard Süss (born 1961).
interfax.ru
The report notes that in Yekaterinburg a resident of Sverdlovsk Oblast was detained at the railway station Sverdlovsk Passenger, with a Stradivari violin bearing a 1746 label and a parcel of emeralds (21 stones over 16 carats in total) discovered during a search. Valeriy Gorelykh, head of the press service of the Sverdlovsk Regional GUBD, provided the information to Interfax-Ural on the incident.
benningviolins.com
Jacob Szekely, a jazz cellist and co-founder/artistic director of String Project Los Angeles, has purchased the latest Benning cello on the Stradivarius model from Benning Violins in Los Angeles. The shop notes his new instrument and extends best wishes for years of enjoyment.