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theglobeandmail.com
The Globe and Mail article discusses Cremona’s reputation in violin making and how globalization affects the high-end luthier industry. It mentions Antonio Stradivari and the La Scuola Internazionale di Liuteria di Cremona, with references to masters such as Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, and Gil Shaham; it also covers Luca Salvadori’s violin business during the financial crisis.
pennlive.com
David N. Dunkle reports that Augustin Hadelich, a young German violinist, will perform Beethoven's Violin Concerto with the Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra this weekend at The Forum. He plays the 1683 ex-Gingold Stradivari, on loan, after winning the 2006 International Violin Competition at Indianapolis.
lenta.ru
The instrument with a Stradivarius mark was seized from a sports coach and found to be a fake, according to Interfax citing a representative of the press service of the Mid-Urals Transport Police. The man said he bought the violin in Moscow on Arbat for 12,000 rubles; experts questioned its value and decided to return it to the owner.