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josephjoachim.com
The post discusses Joseph Joachim thanking his uncles Wilhelm and Nathan Figdor for helping him acquire a fine Stradivarius violin around July 1850, including the August 4 letter to his brother Heinrich and details about the instrument’s purchase price of 300 Louis d’or.
svgb-asla.ch
The page reports the theft of a violin built in 1944 by Michael Strobl, stolen on 25 November 2016 while traveling from Zürich to Paris. The instrument was in a blue-covered case and the case contents are listed, including a Schmidt bow with a white horn frog, a Wolf shoulder rest, Thomastik strings, photos of Anne-Sophie Mutter and various orchestras, plus a wooden mute, soap for pegs, and chalk.
theviolinchannel.com
The Violin Channel reports that violinist David Garrett has reached an undisclosed settlement in a New York Supreme Court with his ex-girlfriend Ashley Youdan, who had sued him for about $12 million over alleged physical and mental abuse.
theviolinchannel.com
The Violin Channel reports an alert issued in Berkeley, California, for eight German-made Heinrich Gill modern violins stolen from the DoubleTree Hilton Hotel at Berkeley Marina on January 17, 2017. The haul includes two stolen quad instrument cases containing three Heinrich Gill Model 54 violins, one Monza model, one LeMans model, and two X7 violins, valued at over US $30,000, with contact provided to Berkeley Police (Case Number 2017-2936).
anntw.com
The article discusses the Stradivari violin, 1709, on display at the Chi Mei Museum. Lin Tingyu comments on the instrument and notes it set a world-record price at auction in 1968, estimated then at around NT$20 million; current price is not disclosed. Mantaining a perspective on violin makers Stradivari and Guarneri, violinists such as馮楚軒 (Feng Chu-hsuan) describe their powerful sound.
tallahassee.com
Carrie Miller, a 24-year-old graduate music student at Florida State University, loses her cello, which she relies on for a graduate recital and finances, and receives extensive support online through GoFundMe and others to replace or recover the instrument.
thestrad.com
The Antonio Stradivari 'Croall, McEwen' violin, made in 1684, is to be auctioned in London on 28 March 2017 by Ingles & Hayday with a guide price of £1.3 to £2 million. The instrument has an original label and notable features, with previous performers including Frank Peter Zimmermann, Alexander Gilman, and Suyeon Kim.
heraldtribune.com
The story reports on Amnon Weinstein and the Violins of Hope, instruments recovered from Jewish musicians of the Holocaust that will be featured in Sarasota programs. The visual shows Israeli violin maker Amnon Weinstein and the Violins of Hope exhibitions and performances in Sarasota.
gazzettadellemilia.it
The article reports that a valuable violin stolen a few months earlier was recovered in Modena during a sting. Two people, Milanese and Neapolitan aged 45, were reported for receiving the instrument after attempting to sell it to a Modenese luthier; the violino Sbrighi Pio was identified as the stolen instrument and will be returned to its owner.