Tag: violin
When things get erotic between violin and cello
Paavo Järvi sprints through the Tonhalle Orchestra’s new Bruckner cycle, but the performance of the 3rd symphony still needs some fine-tuning. Above all, a magic moment in the first part…
David Garrett: He sold an apartment for his violin
David Garrett He sold an apartment for his violin David Garrett indulges himself. © Matthias Wehnert/Shutterstock.com David Garrett treated himself to a violin for his 42nd birthday. He paid 3.5…
Stradivari violin is auctioned
A Stradivarius recently changed hands for more than $15 million. With the “Hellier” violin, another gem by the Italian master violin maker has now come under the hammer – and…
Hollywood musical star – Stradivari violin sold for $15 million – News
A violin has been auctioned in New York for 15.34 million dollars (the equivalent of around 15.16 million Swiss francs). The instrument was made in 1714 by the Italian instrument…
Robotics, Ingres de Dyson’s new violin
Confining Dyson to vacuum cleaners would be very simplistic. The Briton has also tried his hand at hair dryers, stylers, lighting, automobiles… And he intends to add a new rope,…
Paris: a stolen violin estimated at 100,000 euros found near a trash can
More than three months after its theft, the violin of a musician from the Champs-Elysées orchestra was found intact, Porte de Clignancourt in Paris, by a passerby, near a trash…
With the violin for the fatherland
Et are sometimes sad, sometimes cheerfully dancing sounds that float through the old ballroom, past the head-high wooden frames on which nets made of thin cords are stretched. A historic…
At the Bernardins, diabolical violin and angelic melodies
” Lux in tenebris, angels and demons”, an intriguing but circumstantial theme for the Collège des Bernardins. This is the second opus of his Festival, after “Tempus fugit” in November.…
John Williams, a violin under his fingers, on Arte.tv
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violinist performer, with composer John Williams. HILLARY SCOTT ARTE.TV – ON DEMAND – CONCERT Five-time Oscar winner John Williams, born 1932, is a film music giant: The infernal…
IOTA plays first violin in the EU project ORCHESTRA
Repeat offenders: The IOTA Foundation has joined another EU consortium with “ORCHESTRA” – funding included. The EU project ORCHESTRA is a consortium of 15 organizations and companies from six EU…