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Violinist Says Thanks

Last month, violinist Philippe Quint got out of a taxicab in Manhattan – and left his four million dollar Stradivarius violin behind. You might think, "This is not going to end happily." But it did....

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A Modern Strad?

A 1703 Stradivarius (Photo: Wikimedia Commons) Nearly every accomplished violinist lusts after a Stradivarius instrument, but few will ever own one. The number of surviving violins from Antonio...

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Instrument: Unaffordable

The Vieuxtemps Guarneri del Gesu What would you do if the tools you use to do your job cost you a half-million dollars? This is the quandry that working musicians face. Responsive, sweet-toned...

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Violinist Philippe Quint on the Screen

Philippe Quint (Arts Management Group) During the 2005-2006 season, the Akron Symphony was led by candidates for their music director gig. These auditions were all musically satisfying. You’d expect...

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Violin Theft Rattles Music World

The Lipinski Strad (Frank Almond) Recently, the Minnesota Orchestra’s musicians and management resolved a long standing dispute partly fueled by the board’s insistence on cutting the players’ salaries....

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Stolen Strad Recovered

The Lipinski Strad (Michael Darnton) Police in Milwaukee today (Thursday 6 February) confirmed that a violin recovered from the attic of a house in Milwaukee’s Bay View neighborhood is the rare...

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Violinists Can’t Tell Strad from Modern? Really?

The Vieuxtemps Guarneri del Gesu It’s all over the news: In a recent study, Claudia Fritz of the Institut Jean le Rond d’Alembert in Paris asked 10 well known violinists to play six old Italian violins...

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