The article reports the theft of a 19th century violin belonging to an Italian musician of the Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, stolen on a high-speed train in France after a performance in Poitiers. The instrument, a violin signed Giulio Degani (label Toloni), is attributed to a Venetian luthier from the late 19th century and valued at tens of thousands of euros.
The Violin Channel reports that violinist Alexandra Conunova has created an online petition for her €2 million Guadagnini Ex- Ida Levin fecit Turino c.1785 loaned by a Swiss sponsor after Moldova customs seized the instrument at Chișinău Airport. The article notes the instrument’s on-loan status, the sponsor, and ongoing investigation into the documents and legality of the seizure.
The Violin Channel reports that a violin signed by Eugenio Degani, a Venetian luthier from the late 19th century, was stolen from a Champs-Elysées Orchestra member on a train between Poitiers and Paris. The instrument is described as being worth several tens of thousands of euros.
Daniel Hope is described as planning to play on a Guarneri del Gesù violin. The article notes the instrument’s historic prestige and mentions the ex-Lipiński violin once played by Lipiński and previously admired by Liszt, Chopin, and Schumann. The piece also references Hope’s column in Cicero and contextualizes the instrument’s significance in Cremona.
The article reports that Moldovan authorities seized violinist Alexandra Conunova’s Guadagnini violin at Chisinau Airport while she was traveling to Moscow, with the instrument valued at €2 million. The instrument is on loan from Cedric Berger, and a petition demanding its return has garnered over 2,000 signatures.
Clara Saitkoulov, a graduate student at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music, will be the first student to use the 1687 Kubelik Stradivarius violin, lent by owner Peter Naimoli. The instrument will be on loan indefinitely to the Shepherd School for student use, with a different student chosen each year.
The article reports that violinist Alexandra Conunova has recovered her violin, valued at two million euros. The piece focuses on the instrument's return and its high valuation, highlighting Conunova as the pianist/violinist involved. No other artists, makers, or sale details are provided in the available text.
The Violin Channel reports that violinist David Garrett visited Cremona’s Museo del Violino to try three famous Stradivarius violins: the 1668 c. Golden Bell, the 1715 il Cremonese/Ex-Joachim, and the 1734 Lam/Ex-Scotland University. The video was filmed in September 2021 by Roberto Domenichini at the Giovanni Arvedi Auditorium, with Garrett discussing the violins’ histories and characteristics.
The article reports that Alexandra Conunova was reunited with the c. 1785 Guadagnini violin known as the Ex- Ida Levin fecit Turino, after it was seized at Chișinău Airport in Moldova while on loan from an anonymous Swiss sponsor. The instrument is valued at €2 million and was returned following authentication of documents and ongoing legal procedures, with the case originally sparked by a violin passport issue and a police investigation.
The article reports that the Franz Hofmann and Sophie Hagemann Foundation paid 285,000 euros to the descendants of Felix Hildesheimer, the original owner of a Guarneri del Gesù violin looted by the Nazis in 1938. The instrument, made by Giuseppe Guarneri in 1706, was later recovered through a legal settlement in Berlin, following the expropriation and the owner's subsequent death in 1939. The compensation amount was raised from 100,000 euros by the Commission for the Looting of Nazi Crimes.