The article discusses an NZSO concert directed and violin soloed by Aisslinn Nosky at St Andrew’s on The Terrace, Wellington, featuring 18 NZSO players including violins Ursula Evans, Vesa-Matti Leppänen, Haihong Liu, Anne Loeser, Simon Miller, Megan Molina, Gregory Squire, Rebecca Struthers, Anna van der Zee, Beiyi Xue; violas Michael Cuncannon, Victoria Jaenecke, Lyndsay Mountford, Belinda Veitch; cellos Eleanor Carter, Robert Ibell, Ken Ichinose; bass Malcolm Struthers; harpsichord Douglas Mews, with works by Vivaldi, Handel, Telemann, and Geminiani.
Planet Hugill article about Guy Johnston’s Tecchler cello birthday present, discussing the 300th birthday journey of the instrument and the eclectic CD programme featuring Ola Gjeilo, David Matthews, Beethoven, Mark Simpson, Jean-Baptiste Barriere, Charlotte Bray and Respighi with Johnston, Tom Poster, Magnus Johnston, Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Carlo Rizzari, recorded with the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia.
The article recounts how opera singer Don Pasquale, visiting Riverside in January 1917, disappeared with an Amati Cremona violin valued at $14,000; the violin was traced to a pawn shop in Los Angeles and recovered. Emma Kretschmann and her father Adolph/August Kretschmann are introduced as local residents connected to the violin's history in Riverside.
The piece discusses Kim Kashkashian performing Berlioz’s Harold in Italy with the Boston Philharmonic, conducted by Benjamin Zander, highlighting the viola’s role and the historical context including Paganini, Primrose and the 1944 first recording.
The article reports the opening of a Stradivari-focused exhibition titled The Myth of Stradivari at Moscow's Glinka National Museum, in collaboration with the Cremona Museo del Violino and Friends of Stradivari. It highlights key Italian makers including Stradivari, Amati, and Guarneri, and mentions notable pieces such as a 1671 Stradivari once owned by Queen Elisabeth of Belgium and a 1715 viola by Oleg Kagan, along with loans from Cremona.