The article reports a Padua court ruling regarding two violins stolen twenty years earlier, a Lanaro violin from 1999 and an Igino Siega from 1933, sold online to a Milanese violin teacher who paid 12,500 euros. The seller was convicted of fraud and ordered to pay the costs and damages, including 2,000 euros to the original maker and 12,500 euros to the purchaser, Roberto Compagnoni, who had bought the violins online.
The Boston Globe reports on the American premiere of Unsuk Chin’s Violin Concerto No. 2, titled Scherben der Stille or Shards of Silence, performed by violinist Leonidas Kavakos with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Andris Nelsons at Symphony Hall. The piece was co-commissioned by the London Symphony Orchestra, the BSO, and the Leipzig Gewandhaus and lasts about 30 minutes in a single movement with multiple subsections.
The article discusses a 308-year-old Stradivarius violin titled the “da Vinci, Ex-Seidel,” estimated at $15 to $20 million and set for a June 9 online auction by Tarisio. It notes Tarisio’s previous Stradivarius record of $16 million in 2011, and mentions that the instrument could fetch a premium due to its playability; Toscha Seidel is a former owner, and the violin has historical ties to The Wizard of Oz and CBS radio. It also mentions tour viewings in major cities before the official New York auction.
The article reports that a green rectangular case found at a Paris flea market led to the recovery of a valuable late 19th-century violin belonging to Enrico Tedde, a Sardinian violinist, and associated with Giulio Degani Venezia 1899. The instrument, valued at around €100,000, was stolen three months earlier on a train to Gare Montparnasse, and was confirmed by the Orchestre des Champs-Élysées.
Enrico Tedde, violinist with Orchestre des Champs Élysées, had his Degani violin stolen on a train near Gare Montparnasse. The instrument, built by Giulio Degani in the late 19th century, along with its bow and case, was found near a Paris flea market at Porte de Clignancourt and identified as the missing instrument. Tedde expressed emotional relief and plans to thank the person who found it at a Paris concert on May 15 for the orchestra's 30th anniversary.
The 1714 'da Vinci, ex-Seidel' Stradivari violin, formerly owned by Toscha Seidel, will be offered for sale in June 2022 via Tarisio, with exhibitions in multiple cities and a June 9, 2022 auction. The instrument was acquired by Seidel in 1924 and later sold after his death in 1962; the piece has historical significance linked to Seidel and Leopold Auer circle.
Francisco Fullana, Olivier Brault, Susanna Perry Gilmore (violin), René Schiffer, Mimé Y. Brinkmann (cello) with Apollo’s Fire conducted by Jeannette Sorrell performed at Bath Church, Akron, Ohio on 22.3.2022. The program included Marco Uccellini’s La Bergamasca (arr. Sorrell), Vivaldi concertos for two violins and two cellos, Bach Violin Concerto in D minor BWV1052r, Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in G major BWV1048, and a traditional piece arranged by Sorrell.
The article reports that Francesco Di Roma was acquitted of robbery and Stefano Barca was convicted to three years and a 1,200 euro fine for receiving a stolen violin in Cremona. The instrument, a Stradivari built by Cremonese luthier Formaggia, along with its case and a bow, were reported stolen from Massimo Serventi’s studio in Cremona.
Erica Morini, a prominent Austrian violinist and longtime soloist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, played the 1727 Davidoff Stradivarius violin. The instrument, purchased for Morini by her father, was later stolen from her New York apartment in 1995, in a case linked to an FBI top ten art crime. A documentary titled Stolen: The Unsolved Theft of a 3,000,000 Violin covers the case and features CSO members and staff.