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northwichguardian.co.uk
The article reports on a Nantwich auction where two important violins, three saxophones, and original Dr Who artwork were sold at Peter Wilson fine art auctioneers on September 6. The most valuable violin was labeled as made by Vittorio Bellarosa, selling for £14,500, with other notable sales including a Thomas Earle Hesketh violin and a Sartory bow, plus a Turkish shamshir and John Ridgway Dr Who artwork selling for £420.
thenantwichnews.co.uk
The instruments played by a cruise ship musician in the 1960s sold at Peter Wilson auctioneers in Nantwich for nearly £30,000. The top violin, labeled Vittorio Bellarosa, sold for £14,500, while another violin by Thomas Earle Hesketh and a bow by Eugène Sartory fetched £3,800 and £9,400 respectively.
cbsnews.com
CBS San Francisco reports that a valuable cello stolen from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music was recovered at the War Memorial Opera House on Van Ness Avenue. The instrument, a Bubenreuth cello owned by student Adam Young and valued at about $10,000, was identified and recovered after a security guard found it at the opera house on Tuesday night.
en.audiofanzine.com
The article reports that Vienna Symphonic Library announces Vienna Dimension Strings, a 24-player string ensemble with over 300,000 violin samples (approximately one million for the full library). It describes recording setup (8 violins, 6 violas, 6 cellos, 4 double basses), individual microphone capture, and features such as per-instrument dynamic control, vibrato, intonation, timing, and crossfades. It also mentions integration with Vienna MIR PRO and Vienna Instruments PRO, preset options like force strings and open/string choices, divisi configurations, articulations (sustain variants, legato, portato, staccato, spiccato, tremolos, pizzicato, snap pizzicato, col legno), and addition of finger noises for realism.
cbc.ca
Two sibling violinists from Victoria, Nikki and Timothy Chooi, are among recipients of three-year loans of rare violins and cellos through the Canada Council of the Arts Musical Instrument Bank program. The instruments mentioned include the 1729 Guarneri del Gesù violin and the ca. 1700 Taft Stradivari violin, each valued at about $5 million.
cremonaoggi.it
The article reports that Ulrich Hinsberger (Germany) won gold in violins, Marco Nolli (Cremona) won gold in double bass, and Ulrike Dederer (Germany, resident in Switzerland) won gold in viola at the XIII International Triennale Competition, promoted by the Stradivari Foundation since 1976. It notes 355 entrants from 34 countries and highlights the international character of the event.