A 16-year-old has won a competition to play and record on a 300-year-old Stradivari violin. Laura Ayoub was chosen to play a piece of her choice at London's SARM Studios. She also received a masterclass with Scottish violinist Nicola Benedetti, who paid a surprise visit to the recording studio.

The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) ran the competition in partnership with PureSolo, which has developed a website enabling musicians to record their own versions of music from the ABRSM syllabus over backing tracks.

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