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James Ehnes appointed to the Order of Canada
Great!!! Ehnes is a amazing musiciann and he deserves it!! Congrats :D
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Jaime Laredo acquires Montagnana for record price
Who said, "a great player can make a cigar box sound great." That''s a lot of cigar boxes!
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Titanic violinist honoured
After nearly a century since the sinking, why has Mr Hartley''s name been entered now? Has a violinist been elected to the National Biography''s board of direct...
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Benjamin Beilman wins in Montreal
Benjamin proved to the jury and the Montreal public that he is a first class musician. He was described by Christophe Huss, the famous music critic (Le Devoir-c...
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European makers dominate prize board at Mittenwald
Well, done Peter Goodfellow for winning the Gold Medal for the best Cello! Fantastic work!

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New Look? Old Look?

Though I appreciate this article very much, I was confused by the photos associated with it, which were supposed to show a violin with a fresh new finish vs...
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National Music Museum augments its Amati collection
Congratulations to the National Music Museum! Making this great museum better is a worthy goal!
I can''t wait to see the new acquisition!

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US auction houses release sale results
Every issue of "The Strad" contains one or more articles about Italian Violins. You know, excellent violins but not as "good" ones have made elsewhere in the I...
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Let’s hear it for the girls
Nadya Tichman, once concert master at the San Francisco Symphony, soloist in many concerts with the same, and founding member of the Donatello Quartet, does not...
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Class of 1890
I asked a few years ago, one of your representative at the Musicora exhibition,Why you do not publish on the web, some of the good texts from the first issues.<...
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Six-hour sting quartet to get New York airing
From the series "You might be a lunatic moron if...":
1. You decide to compose a six hour long piece of music.
2. You decide to score it for string quarte...
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Protesters interrupt Jerusalem Quartet concert
When I read some sort of news I feel so sad.
Watching the DVD about the concert the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra played in Ramallah in 2005, you can see the ...
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Stradivari's varnish: a chemical analysis
Apparently they are both correct, and violin makers used numerous techniques to achieve the same goal.
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Violinist plays during brain surgery
There is nothing more frustrating than waking up each day thinking that because you''ve always been able to meet every violinistic challenge (including startin...
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