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Great violinist Ivan Zenaty! I had the opportunity to listen and see him playing in my town several times last years. Congratulations!
Kudos to DSO players and management collaborating on this innovative idea. The world is changing rapidly, with content now being widely available and easily acc...
I know a few important violin dealers in the past when the reputation of ripping off customers but none of them sued for criticism. I don''t know of any of them...
Congratulations to Juilliard''s historical performance program! A well deserved gift that will allow more of the early music treasures to be heard.
I fully understand why he went to his cabin in effort to save his instrument
Music, more sacred than life itself...playing the Vivaldi 4 violin concerto ...
Oh for heaven''s sake. So losing 6 months'' work is an apt punishment for expressing your political views? If anything, the ''LPO4'' should have had a slap on ...
The violin was authenticated before it was listed for sale - something the buyer knew and Pay Pal could have confirmed by looking at the listing. The violin co...
He played the violin part for "The Cricket in Times Square". I remember looking that up years ago, not easy to do in pre-Internet days, because the violin sound...
Re: the last comment! One has to "learn" to play a Strad now does one? Are they really that bad? Perhaps the fact players pick up a new instrument and play with...
Amazing that you two seem to be perfect! I think it''s fleshly and it won''t happen to her again.
The full paper''s up at the BMJ''s website: http://www.bmj.com/content/343/bmj.d7589?tab=full
I think it''s fascinating and I love the bit about ''Beethoven...
Odin Rathnam gives a bashing to dealers in his comments. I would like to stress that not all dealers are crooks although there are sad incidents like this one. ...
If it''s popularity Obama wants, he should resign and try to do something useful like learning to play the cello. I''d love him for that!
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