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thelatest.co.uk
The article covers a performance by the London Philharmonic Orchestra with Henning Kraggerud on violin and Jukka-Pekka Saraste conducting, featuring the Sibelius programme including Kuolema and a violin concerto, performed at the Dome, Brighton on 2 February 2013.
oregonlive.com
The article discusses Mark Moreland, who handcrafts violins and cellos at Moreland Violin Shop in Battle Ground, Washington. It notes a typical two-week crafting time and a violin price of about $15,000, and mentions a major commission to make cellos for a Singapore wholesaler.
armenianweekly.com
Kim Kashkashian won the Grammy Award for Best Classical Instrumental Solo for her recording Kurtág & Ligeti: Music for Viola at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.
thenorthernecho.co.uk
Gavin Havery reports that two distinctive musical instruments were stolen from The Customs House in South Shields during a performance of the Viennese Strauss Gala. The theft involved a rare Lorenz Neudorf violin (1878) and a Muller cello, both belonging to The European Orchestral Ensemble, with associated bows.
canterburyviolins.com
The page describes a 16″ viola that is a copy of a Stephano Scarampella instrument from Brescia. It notes a deep C string, a one-piece Scottish maple back, no inside mould, a neck graft, peg bushings, a button ebony crown, and an antiqued varnish with a cinnamon ground. It also references a showroom link and the posting date February 27, 2013.