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Czech violinist to join CIM faculty

Great violinist Ivan Zenaty! I had the opportunity to listen and see him playing in my town several times last years. Congratulations!

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Detroit Symphony offers free webcasts

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...

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Violin shop owner sues critic

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...

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Juilliard's $20m Baroque bonanza

Congratulations to Juilliard''s historical performance program! A well deserved gift that will allow more of the early music treasures to be heard.

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Violinist among cruise ship victims

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 ...

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LPO4 violinist launches legal claim

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 ...

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PayPal blamed for violin's destruction

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...

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Hollywood concertmaster Israel Baker dies

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...

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Blind test backs new makers

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...

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Student reunited with lost violin

Amazing that you two seem to be perfect! I think it''s fleshly and it won''t happen to her again.

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Scientists study Beethoven quartets

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...

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Machold is taken to Austria

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. ...

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Obama seeks cellist's secret

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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