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theage.com.au
The article discusses Canadian violinist James Ehnes performing with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, featuring his 1715 Marsick Stradivarius violin and a loaned viola finished by Carlo Bergonzi. The program includes Berlioz Harold in Italy with viola solo, Berlioz Caprice and Reverie for violin and orchestra, and Beethoven's seventh symphony.
telegraph.co.uk
Ivan Hewett discusses whether stringed instruments can be a better financial bet than shares, gold or property, taking a behind-the-scenes look at Beares auction house.
ria.ru
The article reports that Salah Salahadin, a Wisconsin resident, was sentenced to seven years in prison for stealing a Stradivari violin. His accomplice had previously been sentenced to three years. The violin, valued at about 5 million dollars, was recovered nine days after the theft. The piece also references a notable 2010 Stradivari theft and other high-profile instrument seizures.
cbsnews.com
The story concerns Salah Salahadyn, who admitted using a stun gun to attack Frank Almond, the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra concertmaster, and steal a Stradivarius valued at $5 million. A judge sentenced Salahadyn to seven years in prison after rejecting his Robin Hood defense.
theviolinchannel.com
The Violin Channel interview with Jason Price, founder of Tarisio Fine Instruments and Bows, discusses the company’s 15th anniversary, Price’s background as a cellist and violin maker, and the origin of selling fine instruments online in 1999. The article notes Price’s education in Cremona and Williams College, his early work with a violin maker, and the formation of Tarisio with partners Dmitry Gindin and Christopher Reuning.
lopezdoriga.com
El Stradivarius del Vaticano, un cello creado por Nicolo Amati en 1620, llegará a México para ocupar sede en la Academia de Arte de Florencia en la Ciudad de México. El instrumento, que pasó por Antonio Stradivari y estuvo en manos de Philip Glass, será parte del acervo de la AAF.
nsn.fm
Dmitry Kogan says the found Stradivarius-marked viola in a Moscow metro car likely will be resold for about 10,000 euros. The instrument was left in a Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line car on November 20 between 11:30 and 11:45. Altist Kseniya Zhuleva of the Russian National Orchestra asked police to recover it but was refused. Experts believe it is a factory copy rather than an original Stradivarius, Guarneri, or Amati, and sales would depend on whether potential buyers know its provenance.