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afr.com
The Amati cello, about 400 years old, made by an Italian luthier, will debut with Timo-Veikko Valve of the Australian Chamber Orchestra in Wollongong. The instrument was acquired by the Australian Chamber Orchestra Instrument Fund for US$1 million (A$1.4 million) from J&A Beare in London.
www-s1.npr.org
The NPR Health Shots article discusses a study that tested whether Stradivarius violins project sound better. It references a prior blind study by Claudia Fritz showing no clear difference between old Italian violins (Stradivari and Guarneri) and new ones, and reports a follow-up focusing on audience experience.
laprovinciapavese.gelocal.it
The article reports that two Mortara-based musicologists, Roberto Allegro and Vittoria Aicardi, concluded that the violin donated to Benito Mussolini and attributed to Antonio Vivaldi is the Nicola Amati violin of 1646. The investigation references historical sources and an article in La Stampa from 1930 and mentions past owners and auction history including a 2014 Bonhams sale in London.
standard.co.uk
Carol Slater, a musician, was reunited with her 317-year-old Matteo Goffriller violin after it was stolen from a Gatwick Express service. The instrument, worth about £180,000 and one of 20 remaining, was recovered by British Transport Police and returned to Slater, who planned to perform with her husband, violist Ian Jewel, at the Belsize Music Festival.
mylondon.news
The article reports that a 317-year-old Matteo Goffriller violin, about 317 years old, was stolen from a Gatwick Express train and later recovered in north west London and returned to the owner. A 51-year-old woman from London was reported for theft in relation to the incident.
beinfushi.com
The page describes an outstanding violin by Andrea Guarneri of Cremona, circa 1663, nicknamed Fritz Hirt. It notes Guarneri’s apprenticeship with Nicolo Amati, his family workshop Casa Guarneri, and mentions that the instrument was formerly owned by Swiss violinist Fritz Hirt (1888–1970) who was concertmaster of the Basel Symphony Orchestra and a member of the Basel String Quartet.
hamhigh.co.uk
Carol Slater, who organises the Belsize Music Festival with her husband Ian Jewel, was reunited with her Matteo Goffriller violin, stolen on a Gatwick Express luggage rack, ahead of the festival. The instrument, worth about £180,000, was recovered after police traced it to a North-West London address.
standard.co.uk
The London Evening Standard reports detectives are seeking a man pictured in CCTV in connection with a May 1 theft of a century-old violin from a train between Barnehurst and Dartford. The instrument, made around 1920, was later recovered and returned to its owner.