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hechosdehoy.com
The article discusses Joshua Bell, widely regarded as one of the world’s best violinists, performing with his four-million Stradivarius to inaugurate Ibermúsica’s new classical season, featuring Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy Op. 46 and Bruckner’s Romantic Fourth Symphony under conductor Alan Gilbert at the Auditorio Nacional de Música in Madrid.
theviolinchannel.com
The Violin Channel reports that cellist Anastasia Kobekina will play the 1698 De Kermadec-Bläss Stradivari cello on loan from the Stradivari Foundation. The article details the instrument’s history, Kobekina’s background, and her professional engagements.
theviolinchannel.com
The article discusses 13-year-old violinist Christian Li being named Melbourne Symphony Orchestra's Young Artist in Association. It covers his achievements, prior prizes, his instruments (1737 ex-Paulsen Guarneri del Gesù and a François Peccatte bow), and his ongoing relationship with the MSO.
theviolinchannel.com
The Violin Channel reports that the 2021 International Violin Competition Premio Paganini in Genoa, Italy, ran October 15–24, 2021, with 24 opening-round candidates listed. The first prize includes €30,000, a contract with Shanghai Utopia Media Agency, and multiple engagements, plus the chance to perform on the 1743 Guarneri del Gesù Il Cannone violin. The opening-round candidates are Laura Llozi, Chaowen Luo, Arseniya Sibileva, Louisa Staples, Belle Ting, Jacqueline Tso, Yukiko Uno, Qingzhu Weng, Hanae Yakuro, Rino Yoshimoto, Arata Yumi, Galiya Zharova, Christopher Tun Andersen, Olga Artyugina, Ava Bahari, Lara Boschkor, Yige Chen, Jung Min Choi, Nurie Chung, Sofia Devutskaia, Nazar Fedyuk, Giuseppe Gibboni, Kingston Ho, and Areg Navarsardyan.
newatlas.com
The article describes Fender Custom Shop Master Builder Yuriy Shishkov creating the Violinmaster Telecaster Relic inspired by Joshua Bell's 1713 Stradivarius violin. It notes design features such as a flame maple body, carved Stradivari profile, spruce top, violin F Holes replicas, purfling, a round-lam ebony fingerboard, a new floating bridge with interchangeable saddles, and three piezo pickups plus two TV Jones ThunderBlade pickups.
theviolinchannel.com
The Violin Channel reports the six finalists for the 2021 International Violin Competition Premio Paganini in Genoa, Italy: Louisa Staples, Olga Artyugina, Ava Bahari, Lara Boschkor, Nurie Chung, and Giuseppe Gibboni. The winner will receive €30,000, two years of representation by the Utopia Media Agency, and various performance opportunities, plus the rare honor of playing the 1743 Il Cannone Guarneri del Gesù violin.
symphony.org
The Chelsea Symphony will perform Remembrance concerts on October 29 and 30 featuring Tim Kiah’s Our Dear Friend, a piece commemorating cellist Kurt Behnke, and Kamala Sankaram’s viola concerto 91919 with Brian Thompson as soloist. The program also includes Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony, Saint-Saëns’s Suite for Cello and Orchestra with Violet Wang, Lars-Erik Larsson’s Trombone Concertino with Morgan Fite, and Arvo Pärt’s Fratres with Veronica Riner; Reuben Blundell and Matthew Aubin will conduct at St. Paul’s German Lutheran Church in Manhattan.
impact.ro
The article reports that a Stradivarius violin from around 1700, valued at about 2 million euros, was found in a woman’s luggage at Chișinău International Airport. The instrument was seized and will be deposited at the National Bank of Moldova while authorities investigate suspected contraband; Mariana Cherpec from the Prosecution General's Office says a penal case has been opened.
tv6.live
The article discusses a Stradivarius violin found at the border, valued at about 2 million euros, belonging to Moldova-born violinist Alexandra Conunova. It notes the instrument is a Giovanni Battista Guadagnini from 1785, named Ida Levin, and that it was lent by Swiss master Cedric Berger.
md.sputniknews.com
Sputnik Moldova reports that the General Prosecutor’s Office provides details about the confiscation of a violin thought to be Stradivari, seized at Chișinău International Airport and valued at about two million euros; the case involved INTERPOL and concerns the possible export under the Paris Convention rules.
slippedisc.com
The article reports that a 1785 Guadagnini, described as the ‘ex-Ida Levin’, arrived in Moldova with soloist Alexandra Conunova and was seized by customs officials at Chisinau Airport amid criminal charges; Conunova says she plays the violin on loan from a Swiss sponsor and does not own it, and the Moldovan minister of culture has apologized, though the violin remains held at the airport.
scherzo.es
The article reports Moldova customs confiscating an 18th-century Guadagnini violin titled Ida Levin, valued at two million euros. The confiscated instrument was carried by Moldovan violinist Alexandra Conunova and belongs to Swiss violinist Cedric Berger, who had lent it for concerts.