Glimmerglass Chamber Players will perform a free concert in Cooperstown’s Otesaga Resort Hotel Ballroom on Thursday, August 19 at 5:00 PM. The program features Mozart and Dvorák works, with performers Sasha Margolis (violin), Victoria Schwartzman (piano), Jennifer Reuning Myers (violin), Alexandra VandeGeijn (viola), and Ben Whittenburg (cello). Dinner is available at The Otesaga after the concert.
The Sun reports that a young Taiwanese violinist who borrowed a historic instrument from a Taiwan museum had it stolen on the Star Ferry after a港演奏 and the instrument, valued at over HK$2.5 million, was recovered by police in Ma On Shan. The violin was identified as Gaetano Guadagnini, circa 1838, with a Francois Pecatte bow, and was thought to be worth only a few hundred dollars by the suspect family.
The article describes a valuable antique Italian violin, worth approximately NT$12 million, loaned by Chi Mei Museum to a young violinist for a Hong Kong tour; the violin was forgotten on a cruise ship and later recovered by Hong Kong police and returned to the museum. The instrument, crafted around 172 years ago by a famous Italian luthier, had its label replaced; the bow is also valuable. The violin will be securely stored but may continue to be lent with tighter safeguards.
BBC News reports Francesca Rijks, a 12-year-old from Macclesfield and pupil at Chetham's School of Music, was told to purchase an extra £190 seat to transport her violin after Ryanair would not allow it as hand luggage. The family ultimately flew back with Easyjet, and Francesca's father Harmen Rijks criticized the policy as unfair and discriminatory toward violinists.