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einpresswire.com
Dolce Violins announces it is continuing to add professional violins to its online store from modern master violin makers, including four new violins: Theodore Skreko Violin Sanctus Seraphin Model, Louis Gord Violin Montréal 2020, Raymond J. Melanson Violin, and Wladek Stopka Violin 2015.
theviolinchannel.com
The article reports that Austrian-American violinist and composer Fritz Kreisler owned the 1734 'Lord Amherst of Hackney' Stradivari, and that Nazareth-born Yamen Saadi has been granted use of the instrument for three years. The loan is arranged via Stephan Jansen for a member of the Stretton Society. Saadi is a student of Chaim Taub, Mihaela Martin, and the Kronberg Academy, has won the Paul Ben Haim Competition, and has performed with major orchestras including the Staatskapelle Berlin, Jerusalem Orchestra, Orchestra de Valencia, and Haifa Orchestra. An album of Faure, Poulenc, and Ysaye recorded on this Stradivari is planned for later this year.
presseportal.de
The Karlsruhe Bundespolizei reported that a traveler forgot a violin case on a train, which had already departed. Officers located the train with Deutsche Bahn and searched a storage area at Karlsruhe main station, recovering the case and the instrument. The 1923 instrument is valued at 100,000 euros, with three bows valued at 10,000 euros each, and the owner was contacted.
theviolinchannel.com
Eva Rabchevska of Ukraine won first prize at the 2021 Stuttgart International Violin Competition in Stuttgart, Germany, receiving €25,000 and use of a 1746 Guadagnini violin on loan from the Guadagnini Foundation. Hana Chang (US) and Anna Agafia Egholm (Denmark) won second and third prizes respectively (€15,000 and €10,000), with Gyehee Kim (South Korea) receiving fourth prize. Hana Chang also won a special prize of €3,000 for a performance of the commissioned work APOPLEX.
theviolinchannel.com
The Violin Channel reports a theft of a 1780 School of Lorenzo Storioni violin from a parking lot in Marseille, France on July 27, 2021. The instrument was in a black Maurizio Riboni case with a silver-tipped bow; the case contained a green and red grip. Contact Commissariat de Police Nationale La Ciotat with information.
scmp.com
The article discusses how antique stringed instruments, notably Stradivari violins, are seen as strong investments, with mentions of a 1742 Guarneri del Gesù and high prices such as US$30,000 for a vintage guitar and US$325,000 for a 1960 Gibson Les Paul. Florian Leonhard, an antique violin restorer and dealer, is quoted describing demand in the Far East and the rarity driving prices.