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bostonglobe.com
The Boston Globe reports that the 283-year-old Stradivarius stolen from Roman Totenberg in 1980 will be played in New York for the first time since the heist, with Totenberg’s daughters Amy, Nina, and Jill Totenberg and Mira Wang involved in the performance.
wjla.com
The Ames Stradivarius, a Stradivari violin stolen in 1980 and recovered in 2015, is set to return to the stage with violinist Mira Wang performing in New York on March 13. The instrument, one of about 550 Stradivari violins, was likely worth millions and has a restoration that took more than a year.
nhpr.org
Nina Totenberg writes about the Ames Stradivarius violin, stolen 37 years earlier from Roman Totenberg and recovered in 2015. The instrument, made by Antonio Stradivari in 1734, has since toured and been restored, and debuted again in New York played by Mira Wang.
wvtf.org
NPR reporter Nina Totenberg discusses the Stradivarius violin stolen 37 years ago from Roman Totenberg and recovered in 2015, now returning to the stage with Mira Wang in New York. The instrument, made by Antonio Stradivari in 1734, has a history with the Totenberg family and is undergoing restoration at Rare Violins of New York.
bbc.co.uk
Mira Wang, a student of Roman Totenberg, played the Ames Stradivarius in New York more than 36 years after it was stolen from Totenberg in Massachusetts in 1980 and recovered in 2015. Totenberg died in 2012 at age 101, and his three daughters attended the private concert.
npr.org
Mira Wang, a former student of Roman Totenberg, debuted the Ames Stradivarius violin in New York after it was stolen 37 years ago and recovered in 2015. The instrument, made by Antonio Stradivari in 1734, has since been restored and was played at a private concert.
telegraph.co.uk
Associated Press reports that a Stradivarius violin was heard publicly for the first time since its 1980 theft.
theguardian.com
The Guardian review discusses the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra conducted by Daniel Barenboim in a Deutsche Grammophon release honoring Pierre Boulez. It notes the Boulez Saal in Berlin, the Boulez Ensemble, and highlights the first and second discs, including Dérive 2, Messagesquisses, Anthèmes 2, and Le Marteau Sans Maître with Hilary Summers as contralto soloist.
symphony.org
Geoff Edgers notes in the Washington Post that Mira Wang reintroduced the Totenberg Ames Stradivarius, stolen after a 1980 concert and recovered with help from FBI agent Christopher McKeough; the instrument was publicly associated with Tat Mir a? (Mira Wang) during a private Manhattan club performance. The instrument’s owners include Nina, Jill and Amy Totenberg.
standard.co.uk
News page about Carol Slater, a Proms musician, pleading for the return of her 317-year-old Matteo Goffriller violin after it was stolen from a Gatwick Express train. The instrument, valued by a similar Goffriller auction at £180,000 in 2015, is one of fewer than 20 of the Italian maker's works remaining. Slater, who has performed at the Royal Albert Hall and Royal Festival Hall, received the instrument from her father and studied under Max Rostal; she lives in Belsize Park with her husband, violist Ian Jewel.