All Stradivari articles – Page 10
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ArticleStradivarius exhibition at Oxford's Ashmolean brings together over 20 Strad violins, violas and cellos
The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, UK, is to hold a major Stradivari exhibition this summer. Stradivarius, which runs from 13 June to 11 August, will feature 21 Stradivaris drawn from international and private collections, London's Royal Academy of Music and the Ashmolean's own collection. The exhibition ...
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ArticleStolen Stradivari ‘recovered'
Bulgarian police may have tracked down the 1696 violin taken in 2010
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ArticleBulgarian police may have tracked down 1696 Stradivari violin stolen in 2010
Police in Bulgaria believe they have recovered the 1696 Stradivari violin (left) that was stolen from a London sandwich bar in 2010. Undercover detectives in Sofia were offered a Stradivari for £250,000 in a sting operation on Hristo Varbanov, a Roma mafia crime boss. The instrument, ...
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BlogsWhat happened to Ginette Neveu's Stradivari?
Delve into The Strad Archive to find out what happened after the violinist's untimely death in a 1949 plane crash
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BlogsFeel the power
Peter Somerford reflects on measuring violin projection at the Paris blind-test
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Four Stradivaris among Canada Council for the Arts' three-year loans
Eighteen Canadian string players have won the right to perform on rare instruments or bows for the next three years, courtesy of the Canada Council for the Arts (CCA). The thirteen violinists and five cellists all participated in a competition-style selection process to receive instruments in the care of the ...
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1694 Stradivari cello to go back on display after accident
One of the rarest Stradivari cellos in existence has been repaired after an accident last April. The decorated 1694 instrument suffered damage to its neck when it hit the edge of a table during a photographic session. On 25 September it will be returned to its display case in Madrid's ...
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Call for 'Molitor' Stradivari violin to revisit Derry
An author from Northern Ireland wants a Stradivari found under a bed in Derry in 1988 to play a part in the city's UK City of Culture celebrations in 2013, reports the Derry Journal. Nuala McAllister Hart explored the story of the 1697 'Molitor' Stradivari while doing research for ...
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Competition offers UK kids the chance to try a Stradivari violin
Children in the UK are being given the chance to swap their student violin for a Stradivari in a new competition from the ABRSM and PureSolo. The music exam board and the online recording platform have teamed up with Cremona-based restorer and maker Eric Blot to offer one lucky student ...
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1721 'Lady Blunt' Stradivari violin sells for £9.8m
The 1721 'Lady Blunt', one of the best-preserved Stradivari violins in existence, was sold yesterday in a Tarisio online auction for £9.8m ($15.9m). The figure, which includes the buyer's premium (the hammer price was £8,750,000), is over four times the previous auction record for a Stradivari violin. The buyer was ...
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Australian Chamber Orchestra acquires £1.2m Stradivari violin
Satu Vänskä, the assistant leader of the Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO), is to play on a Stradivari bought by the orchestra's own instrument fund. The violin, a composite of two instruments made by Stradivari between 1728 and 1729, was purchased from London dealer J.&A. Beare. It has been valued at ...
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Wine magnate buys golden-period Stradivari violin
Bordeaux wine magnate Bernard Magrez, who owns more than 40 estates in France and overseas, has bought a Stradivari violin for the launch of his new cultural institute. The golden-period instrument was sourced in London and apparently cost between 2 and 3 million euros. The previously nickname-less violin will now ...
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Lady Blunt' Stradivari violin to be sold at auction
The Nippon Music Foundation is selling the 'Lady Blunt' Stradivari to raise money for the Japanese earthquake and tsunami relief fund. The 1721 violin, one of the finest and best-preserved Stradivaris in existence, will be auctioned by online specialist Tarisio on 20 June, with all proceeds going to the disaster ...
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Smithsonian's five Stradivari instruments played together for first time
The five Stradivari instruments in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution have been played together for the first time. The museum hosted a concert in Washington, DC, on 17 April marking the 150th anniversary of Italian unification. The Smithsonian Chamber Players performed string quintets by Cherubini and Boccherini on the ...
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Man who helped recover Stradivari violin in Germany loses cash fight
A man who tipped off German investigators about the location of a stolen Stradivari violin has had his claim for a payment from police thrown out by a court in Hanover. The insurers of the 1721 'Sinsheimer', which was stolen from a manor house near Hanover in October 2008 and ...
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South London museum to display Stradivari violin and others for three years
A year after the Victoria & Albert Museum controversially closed its musical instruments gallery, 35 instruments from its collection have gone on display at the Horniman Museum in south London. The new display, entitled The Art of Harmony, includes the V&A's 1699 Stradivari violin, a 1686 baryton by Joachim Tielke, ...
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Three arrested over stolen Stradivari violin
Police have arrested and charged a 30-year-old man and two boys aged 16 and 14 in connection with the theft of a Stradivari violin in London. The instrument, which is valued at £1.2m, was stolen from violinist Min-Jin Kym in a sandwich bar at Euston Station on 29 November. Two ...
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ArticleViolinist Anne Akiko Meyers acquires 1697 'Molitor' Stradivari in auction
The 'Molitor' Stradivari violin of 1697 (pictured) has been sold online by Tarisio for $3.6m, a world record price for a musical instrument sold at auction. It was bought by American violinist Anne Akiko Meyers, who currently performs on the 'Royal Spanish' Stradivari of 1730. The ...