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thetimes.com
The Times article discusses an Ashmolean Museum Stradivarius exhibition in Oxford featuring 21 instruments, including the Messiah (1716) and works like the Viotti (1709) and Batta-Piatigorsky (1714). Canadian violinist James Ehnes will perform on several of the violins, and Nicola Benedetti is mentioned as a notable user of Stradivarius instruments.
gettyimages.no
The page describes visitors viewing The Lady Blunt violin, made by Antonio Stradivari in 1721, during the Stradivarius exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, June 12, 2013.
classicfm.com
The article reports that Hannah Graham, a 22-year-old Scottish musician from Orkney, was reunited with her antique violin after it was found for sale on Gumtree by her boyfriend Josh McGregor. The instrument, made around 1890 in Berlin and valued at more than £1,000, had been stolen from a car in Edinburgh two years earlier. Police recovered the fiddle and returned it to its rightful owner, with no arrests made.
ctpublic.org
The article discusses Mozart's own violin and viola, on display in the United States for the first time; the instruments are from the Salzburg Mozarteum and were brought to Boston for the Boston Early Music Festival before a New York premiere.
volksfreund.de
TheLuxembourg concert featured Sol Gabetta, Dejan Lazic and Giuliano Carmignola performing Beethoven with the Basel Chamber Orchestra conducted by Giovanni Antonini, including the Triple Concerto in C major, Op. 56. The event was held at Luxembourg Philharmonie with 1,290 attendees.
offbeat.com
Artistic program featuring Matteo Fedeli performing a Grand Stradivarius violin at the Civic Theatre, presented by the American Italian Cultural Center of New Orleans. The event highlights a rare instrument with a twelve-city North American tour; ticket prices range from $25 to $125 with student rush tickets at $10.
theviolinchannel.com
The Violin Channel reports that American cellist Andrew Eckard has died after a lengthy brain tumour battle. Eckard studied with Janos Starker and Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi and served in principal positions with the New York City Opera, Honolulu Symphony Orchestra, and the Bach Chamber Orchestra.
heraldseries.co.uk
Theresa Thompson reports on the Ashmolean Museum's Stradivari exhibition, featuring 21 instruments from 1666–1734, including many from Stradivari's Golden Period; the show includes violins, violas, cellos, a mandolin and a guitar, with recitals and an audio guide.
benningviolins.com
Benning Violins, a Los Angeles area violin shop, announced a quarterly online magazine titled Resonance, with the inaugural issue released to subscribers in September 2013. The shop, established in 1953 by Paul Toenniges, is now run by Nancy Benning, Hans Benning, and Eric Benning.
kvraudio.com
Vienna Symphonic Library announced the release of the Cello Section for Vienna Dimension Strings. The update provides a six-piece cello ensemble recorded with individual microphones and is available to registered users in the User Area, with an Early Bird offer.
tarisio.com
The article discusses how Scarampella’s rugged violin making influenced his Mantuan pupils, Oreste Martini and Gaetano Gadda, and the Mantuan school’s evolution through the 1920s to 1937. It notes how Mantuan makers refined their instruments while preserving Scarampella templates, and that some instruments bear fakes or labels of other makers. The piece introduces three Mantuan instruments exemplifying this school, including Gaetano Gadda’s violin from 1948.