All stradivarius articles – Page 9

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    Violinist Min-Jin Kym's 'stolen and recovered' Stradivarius to be sold at auction

    21 October 2013

    The Stradivarius violin belonging to the violinist Min-Jin Kym that was stolen at a Pret a Manger sandwich bar in London’s Euston Station in November 2010 and later recovered by police, is to be sold at auction on 18 December 2013.The theft of the 1696 Strad, which at the time of ...

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    Blogs

    A twist on tradition

    10 October 2013

    Peter Somerford visits Cremona's new Museo del Violino to see if rare violins and state-of-the-art technology make a welcoming combination

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    Remembering London orchestral players of the 1950s

    29 August 2013

    Ariane Todes's chance discovery of a box of old concert programmes led to an outpouring of tributes to a golden generation of string players

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    Lock up the valuables

    25 November 2011

    Should the world's top violins, violas and cellos always be available for playing? No, says Philip Kass. Some are simply too precious to be exposed to destructive human hands

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    Min-Jin Kym's 1696 Stradivarius violin is taken from a sandwich bar

    10 December 2010

    A £15,000 reward has been offered for information leading to the recovery of a Stradivarius violin stolen in London. The 1696 instrument, valued at around £1.2m, was stolen along with two bows from a branch of Pret a Manger outside Euston Station on 29 November. The victim of the theft ...

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    Meet Sir Alan Stradivarius

    30 March 2009

    Sir Alan Sugar might come out with strange musical similes but he has the potential to use his huge financial power wisely, says Catherine Payne