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heraldscotland.com
The Herald reports that a £17,000 Cain and Mann violin and Charles Bazin bow were stolen from a professional musician's car in Glasgow. The incident occurred in Beaconsfield Road, Kelvinside, and detectives said the instrument is highly specialist with no public image issued.
tmz.com
The article reports on violinist Joshua Bell at Union Station in Washington, DC, describing him carrying a $15 million Stradivarius called the Gibson ex Huberman, purchased for about $4 million. It references Bell’s 2007 subway performance and includes context about the instrument’s value and his habit of traveling with it.
en.audiofanzine.com
News about 8DIO introducing Agitato Violas and a bundle including all Agitato instruments. The Agitato Grandiose Violas feature 3651 samples for an 8-player ensemble and 3-player divisi, with pricing of $139 for ensemble+divisi or $89 each when purchased separately. The Grandiose String bundle combines violins, cellos, and violas for $399, totaling a 14 GB collection with 15186 samples and extensive legatos and bowings. All details are available on 8dio.com.
theglobeandmail.com
The Globe and Mail reports that Salah Salahadyn pleaded guilty to robbery in Milwaukee in connection with the theft of a $5 million Stradivarius violin. Universal K. Allah was sentenced to 3 1/2 years after pleading guilty to being party to felony robbery; concertmaster Frank Almond was attacked with a stun gun during the incident.
theviolinchannel.com
The Violin Channel reports that Salah Salahadyn, accused of masterminding the January 27 theft of the 1715 Lipinski Stradivarius from Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster Frank Almond, pleaded guilty to robbery in Milwaukee County Court. He had previously indicated he would contest charges and faces more than 15 years when sentenced on November 10. Related case updates mention Universal K. Allah’s prior sentence and Salahadyn’s prior guilty plea in 2000 to attempting to resell a stolen statue.
kvraudio.com
The article announces the release of 8Dio's Agitato Grandiose Legato String series for Violin, Viola and Cello ensembles and chamber sections for Native Instruments Kontakt, including a free Try-Pack. It describes 42 legato types, 61 new dynamic bowings, a new legato system with adaptive speed, and notes compatibility with other string libraries.
newscientist.com
The New Scientist article discusses how Stradivarius violin shapes influenced later luthiers. Daniel Chitwood analyzes outlines of 7000 violins to show four main clusters centered on Maggini, Amati, Stainer, and Stradivari, with Stradivari inspiring the most subsequent makers.
www-s1.npr.org
The NPR Deceptive Cadence article discusses Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Frank Almond and the theft of his Lipinski Stradivarius violin, which was valued at between $5 million and $6 million and later recovered.
durangoherald.com
The article discusses Andres Martinez and his apprentices in Havana, who repair and build violins, violas, cellos, and basses at a state-run workshop as Cuba faces a shortage of musical instruments. Sponsored by Havana’s city historian and Fiddlemakers Without Frontiers, the workshop aims to revive an indigenous Cuban violin industry, training new luthiers and repairing hundreds of instruments.
setn.com
News page reports that a thief in Taichung stole a French antique violin valued at about 600,000 TWD and sold it for 2,500 TWD to a music shop. The violin owner is Chen Zheng-yen, principal violinist of the Taichung Youth Symphony Orchestra, who expresses distress over the loss and joy at recovery. The incident is described as careless and foolish given the violin’s high value.
koreajoongangdaily.joins.com
The article reports that the mayor of Salzburg, Wilfried Haslauer, introduced a violin Mozart used as a young boy during a press conference in Seoul. The event was held at the Westin Chosun Hotel and was presented by the Salzburg State Board of Tourism.
nytimes.com
Stephen Heyman reports on a study by Dan Chitwood examining 4,000 historical violins and the influence of Antonio Stradivari on violin design, using data from the Cozio Archive and published in PLOS ONE.
www-s1.npr.org
The NPR article discusses Robert Schumann’s Violin Concerto in D minor, written for Joseph Joachim in 1853, which was long buried and later recovered in a story linked to the beyond; the piece was not performed or published for 100 years and is connected to the Prussian State Library, Clara Schumann, Brahms, and Christoph Eschenbach of the National Symphony Orchestra.
npr.org
The NPR article discusses Robert Schumann's Violin Concerto in D minor, written for Joseph Joachim, which remained unpublished and unperformed for a century before a grandniece connected to Schumann’s circle explored an occult path that brought attention to its recovery. The piece’s history involves Clara Schumann, Johannes Brahms, and Christoph Eschenbach of the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C.