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NEWS ABOUT: violin

violin stories: 7 news summaries

GPS Rescues $600K Violin
Left in NYC Cab

Technology 'cut the driver out of the picture,' says taxi boss

Aug 18, 09 11:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - GPS technology reunited a violinist with the $600,000 instrument he left in a New York cab yesterday, the Times reports. After Korean musician Hanh-Bin left a vehicle without his 18th-century instrument, the Taxi and Limousine Commission was able to find it in less than an hour, using the cab’... More »

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New York City • taxi • violin • GPS • musician • taxi driver • Hanh-Bin

'Beckham of Classical Music' Is Hit on Charts, With Ladies

David Garrett loves Metallica, sets world records

Jul 16, 09 4:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - He covers Michael Jackson songs, and considers Mozart and Metallica equally influential—David Garrett is not your average classically trained violinist, but perhaps that’s why his self-titled debut has sat atop the classical crossover charts for three weeks. The German-born 28-year-old—who modeled on the side during his time... More »

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entertainment • classical music • violin • David Beckham • Michael Jackson • Metallica • Stradivarius violin • David Garrett • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart • Jay-ZTV

Yo-Yo Ma 'Finger-Synched' Inauguration Gig

Performers decided to play along to tape in 'wicked cold'

Jan 23, 09 5:05 AM CST
(Newser) - The somber classical sounds that filled the Washington Mall ahead of Barack Obama's swearing-in came from a tape, reports the New York Times. When Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman and the rest of the quartet realized that the freezing weather and strong winds would likely wreak havoc with their instruments they... More »

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violin • musician • inauguration • Inauguration Day • Yo-Yo Ma • Itzhak Perlman


 The Secret of
 the Strad's
 Superiority 

Scientist find mellow tone is in the wood

Jul 2, 08 11:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Stradivarius violins—300 years old and valued at least $3 million each—are universally recognized as producing the richest sounds. Now, the Daily Telegraph reports, scientists believe they know why. X-rays of several old and new instruments show the wood used by 17th-century violin makers has a more uniform density... More »

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Stradivari • violin • CT scanner • Stradivarius violin • Cremona • Guarneri del Gesu • Dr Berend Stoel • Leiden University Medical Center

Violinist to Serenade
Taxi Driver

Concert at Newark airport for cabbie who returned $4M Strad

May 6, 08 11:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - When violin virtuoso Philippe Quint left a 1723 Antonio Stradivari “Ex-Kiesewetter” in a New Jersey taxi two weeks ago, he was distraught: The $4 million instrument was not only irreplaceable, it was on loan. But the cab driver returned the violin next morning, and today, in gratitude, the Grammy-nominated... More »

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New Jersey • classical music • violin • taxi driver • generosity • Newark airport • Stradivarius violin

Stradivarius Market Hits
High Note

Rush for 300-year-old violins sparks intrigue, drives price to millions

Jan 6, 08 2:10 PM CST
(Newser) - The price of violins by 18th century Italian master Antonio Stradivari has shot through the roof in recent decades, with the instruments now worth 500 times their weight in gold, reports Der Spiegel. Three powerful dealers control a shadowy worldwide market rife with intrigue where frenzied collectors seek out the... More »

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Stradivari • Italy • violin • foreign market • forgeries • Stradivarius violin

Virtuoso Snubbed in Train Station

What Happens If A violinist Plays in The Subway And Nobody Hears It?

Apr 15, 07 1:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Washington Post reporter Gene Weingarten put world-renowned violinist, Joshua Bell, in a subway station in Washington DC one rush hour morning to see if people would notice him. Mostly, they didn’t. More »

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music • Washington DC • Stradivari • Joshua Bell • violin • commute

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