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Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
April 29, 2018
Basically, our shows are a rock concert from a violin perspective. We play violins instead of guitar … a mixture of hip-hop, R&B, classical, jazz and improv — we call it freestylin' —to create something based on what the audience wants that's really different and fun,” says Wilner Baptiste, whose stage nameÃâà...
Lake County News Chronicle
April 29, 2018
The handcrafted violin is growing on Lambertson, and he plans to build more violins in the future. He'd like to return to study more with Tomas, but even if he doesn't, he wants to build more instruments on his own. "It's pretty interesting. I wasn't blown away by the tone right off the bat. But I can hear it gettingÃâà...
NAU News
April 27, 2018
“We get very excited about it,” said Hallberg with a laugh; this concert is the culmination of months of work with energetic youngsters with violins in their hands. “It's very Flagstaff.” Hallberg started with one class of kindergarteners and no set idea of how classes should go. The Suzuki method tends moreÃâà...
esctoday.com
April 23, 2018
Norway's Eurovision hopeful Alexander Rybak plays the violin to some of the ESC 2018 songs. Sometimes music is too irresistible and an ... He grabbed his violin and started jamming along with some Eurovision 2018's entries, in the true spirit of this years' theme All Aboard. The artist shared on Instagram:Ãâà...
Xinhua
April 23, 2018
She said that the annual output value of Huangqiao violins has reached 2.4 billion yuan (about 380 million U.S. dollars). But why has the violin, more commonly associated with European music, taken root in a rural town in China? In the 1960s, violin factories began to appear in cities like Beijing andÃâà...
Pulse.com.gh
April 22, 2018
NEW YORK — When Marilyn Stroh hustled into David Segal Violins on West 68th Street in Manhattan, the tiny shop was hopping. A college student in need of a new viola played a sonata on one near the reception area; a woman inspected the repaired chin rest on her violin. The phone rang. The doorÃâà...
8News
April 22, 2018
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) - Sources say the City of Richmond has won the bid to host the international music festival known as the Menuhin Competition in 2020. The official announcement will be made Sunday in Geneva at this year's competition. "It's fantastic." says James Wiznerowizc the VCU MusicÃâà...
The Canberra Times
April 20, 2018
Ninety-seven-year-old Bob Semple knows all too well about war. His uncle was killed on the 25th of April 1915 as the Anzacs landed on Gallipoli. Ten of his mates are buried side by side in the desert of North Africa. And the names of his gun crew are carved into the back of the violin he took to war.
Xinhua
April 20, 2018
Pupils play the violins at a primary school in Huangqiao Town of Taixing City, east China's Jiangsu Province, March 29, 2018. Huangqiao Town, once a revolutionary base area, has recently gained the fame of "China's hometown of violin". "There are over 220 violin manufacturers and violin accessoriesÃâà...
UCA News
April 19, 2018
The University of Central Arkansas Violin and Viola Studio will be in concert April 24 in the Snow Fine Arts Center Recital Hall. The performance, free and open to the public, is set to start at 7:30 p.m.. Tatiana Kotcherguina, adjunct instructor of violin and viola, said the program would include “Concerto in CÃâà...
New York Times
April 19, 2018
When Marilyn Stroh hustled into David Segal Violins on West 68th Street in Manhattan, the tiny shop was hopping. A college student in need of a new viola played a sonata on one near the reception area, while a woman inspected the repaired chin rest on her violin. The phone rang. The door buzzerÃâà...
NewsChannel5.com
April 19, 2018
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - There's an exhibit downtown that is both heartbreaking and moving -- called "Violins of Hope." The room is filled musical instruments, but they are noticeably quiet. "This is the biggest exhibition we've done. We have about 26 instruments here," said violin maker Avshalom Weinstein.
Chicago Tribune
April 18, 2018
Nina DiGregorio always wanted to play rock and roll — but doing that on the violin wasn't much of an option when she was growing up in upstate New York, she said. Today, however, she's known as the pioneer of electric rock violin and performs rock covers with other classically trained female violinists.
Corvallis Gazette Times
April 17, 2018
Manthos, 65, makes violins and violas for a living. He also has ... “Having learned how to play the viola and violin while a student (at Northern Colorado) I developed a fascination with those instruments,” he said. “I wanted ... Manthos spent four years at the Violin Making School of America in Salt Lake City.
Alabama's News Leader
April 15, 2018
The Alabama Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Carlos Izcaray, played the violins that Jewish musicians were forced to play during the Holocaust. For nearly two hours, the orchestra played selections from Beethoven all the way to John Williams. "It is very special for us, not just because of the direct story they tell,Ãâà...
Russian Machine Never Breaks (blog)
April 14, 2018
Patrik Laine plays sad violin in epic troll job of Minnesota Wild bench ... Laine got out his figurative violin and played a sad song. s a v a g e pic.twitter.com/ZS7wykJlw1. — NHL on NBC (@NHLonNBCSports) April 14, 2018. Laine repeated this taunt later as he saluted the Jets crowd after the team's 4-1Ãâà...
AL.com
April 12, 2018
Israeli violin-maker Amnon Weinstein, founder of Violins of Hope, has restored nearly 70 violins that once belonged to Jewish musicians during the Holocaust. Weinstein traveled from his home in Tel Aviv to Birmingham this week for a series of Violins of Hope concerts and events, bringing many of theÃâà...
AL.com
April 10, 2018
Violins have a voice, and when played in concert, "they can tell stories," said Israeli violin-maker Amnon Weinstein. Weinstein, founder of Violins of Hope, has restored about 70 violins that once belonged to Jewish musicians during the Holocaust. "We are restoring them to a very high quality," saidÃâà...
TIME
April 7, 2018
(CANBERRA, Australia) — A 128-year-old Italian violin that Russell Crowe learned to play in a few months before he starred in the 19th century war drama “Master and Commander” stole the show among movie memorabilia on offer at the Oscar-winning actor's auction on Saturday. The rare instrument byÃâà...
Birmingham Times
April 6, 2018
The finale will be a Violins of Hope concert with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra on Saturday, April 14, at the Alys Stephens Center. For full details and tickets, visit www.violinsofhopebhm.org. Nearly 50 years ago, a survivor first brought a violin into Amnon Weinstein's shop for restoration, saying he hadÃâà...
WDJT
April 4, 2018
PLACENTIA (CBSLA) — At Placentia Library, patrons can now look to their local library for more than just books. From drones and violins to a popcorn machine and snow cone maker, the public library is offering those with a library card the opportunity to check out dozens of items and gadgets. LibraryÃâà...
NorthEndWaterfront.com
April 4, 2018
Today is Wednesday, April 4 which means it's Friday Jr. Jr. If that doesn't get you excited then at least you can get excited about the North End Library's Friday film series featuring Oscar-winning classics like the Sound of Music and the God Father, among others, throughout the months of April and May,Ãâà...
Wichita State Sunflower
April 4, 2018
Emotions full of complexity, beauty, colors, energy and heat are a few ways Betul Soykan, violin professor, describes her upcoming performance with the Wichita State Artist Series. In collaboration with Brad Baker, pianist, and Ben Cline, cellist, Soykan will perform in a Violin and Piano Trio Recital at 7:30Ãâà...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
April 3, 2018
Inside Huenink's violin was a label reading: "The tones of yesterday's violins in violins of today. William P. Moldenhauer Oconomowoc, WI," which may also point to another violin maker in Oconomowoc's history. Like Huenink, her children all have musical backgrounds. Jill plays the oboe, Janet the pianoÃâà...
NPR
April 3, 2018
Mazzoli extracted strings, voices and organ sounds from her 2015 suite Vespers for a New Dark Age, suffused them with a wash of electronics and fronted them with a soaring solo violin. De Prato — violinist for Mazzoli's band Victoire and co-founder of the Mivos Quartet — opens with a raspy thread of tone,Ãâà...
The New Yorker
April 2, 2018
It was, at first glance, an ordinary week in the life of an American orchestra. In late March, the Detroit Symphony gave three performances with the veteran conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste and a younger but well-travelled violinist, Augustin Hadelich. The program followed a familiar template: an opener (Sibelius's “Pohjola'sÃâà...
The Straits Times
April 1, 2018
In his 75-minute recital, Singaporean violinist Gabriel Lee gave a treatise on the history of the violin, performing on both baroque and modern instruments. The first half belonged to the baroque. Both Arcangelo Corelli and Johann Paul von Westhoff pre-dated the giants J.S. Bach and Handel, and theirÃâà...
Calgary Herald
March 31, 2018
An Evening of Vehicles and Violins Gala 2018 - the fundraising precursor to the Calgary International Auto & Truck Show on Mar. 13 was the perfect way to preview awesome vehicles while supporting charity. This year's recipient of funds raised was Ronald McDonald House Charities Southern and CentralÃâà...
New York Times
March 31, 2018
When asked to say more, he shrugs, and the stories fade into the barroom haze. But this mysterious specter follows him to his boat. When music is playing on the radio, if a certain violin concerto comes on, he may get up and switch the station off. “The violin upsets me,” he said. “It reminds me of terror.”.
Santa Rosa Press Democrat
March 31, 2018
Just because a musical instrument is broken doesn't mean it has to be thrown away. A glance at the internet offers repurposed concepts: drum set turned chair and ottoman; grand piano bookshelf; tuba planter; clarinet lamp; guitar clock. This is the idea behind the stringed instruments — primarily violinsÃâà...
Pensacola News Journal
March 31, 2018
We've all had that thrill. We see an extraordinary athlete deliver in the clutch, watch a skilled orator give the speech of her life, experience a brilliant actor create a breathtaking moment. We know that the achievement is born of a one-in-a-million talent combined with a lifetime of single-minded hard work.
OCRegister
March 30, 2018
Tim Worden, left, emerging technology assistant and Katie Matas, librarian, at the Placentia Library in Placentia, show off some of the many items in the Library of Things Collection on January 17, 2018. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG). 0 Comments. By Alicia RobinsonÃâà...
WNYT
March 28, 2018
'Violins of Hope' let the music tell the story. March 28, 2018 11:43 AM. NASHVILLE, Tenn. - An exhibit in Nashville is working to create hope by restoring a special piece of history. The collection is made up of refurbished instruments played by Jewish musicians during the holocaust. Advertisement – Content ContinuesÃâà...
The Strad
March 28, 2018
The trailer for a new German language documentary featuring violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann and luthier Martin Schleske. The film, a coproduction by EuroArts and BR (Bavarian Broadcasting), follows Zimmermann in 2016 has he reunites with the 'Lady Inchiquin' Stradivari, after a period of nearly twoÃâà...
Sonoma West
March 28, 2018
Eight violins hand painted by gifted west county artists will be auctioned April 14 at “An Evening in Vienna,” a fundraising gala for the Santa Rosa Youth Orchestra's European concert tour this summer. The local artists, Gerald Huth, Jizell Albright, Mary Lu Downing, Sandra Rubin, Diane Luiz, CaroleÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 26, 2018
Violins that were once used to make music in concentration camps and ghettos during the Holocaust are now on display for free at the Nashville Public Library in ... A library news release says the Violins of Hope collection of 26 instruments was put on display starting Monday after three performances by theÃâà...
WSMV Nashville
March 26, 2018
There are 32 violins now in Nashville as part of a library exhibit called Violins of Hope. As much as it was about the sound, it's the story that packed the punch. The 32 violins, all restored, were played by Jewish musicians during the Holocaust. They survived the concentration camps, massacres and longÃâà...
WSMV Nashville
March 25, 2018
The "Violins of Hope," stringed instruments that were salvaged and restored from the Holocaust era, are now the stars of a new Nashville Symphony series and free exhibit at the Nashville Public Library. Israeli violin maker Amnon Weinstein and his son, Aveshalom, fought to restore the instruments, whichÃâà...
AberdeenNews.com
March 23, 2018
Hannah Johnson practices a piano piece as her teacher, Marilyn Gibbs, listens. Johnson will have a recital at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Sunday afternoon. American News photo by Kelda J.L. Pharris. An accomplished musician helms the organ at The Church of Jesus Christ ofÃâà...
The Strad
March 23, 2018
Boris Begelman, a regular on the Baroque music circuit, plays Bach as if telling a story, and a very good storyteller he is. His playing is engaging and conversational, with a spiritual quality, while the dances are often gentle and reflective. He treats the flowing runs of the Adagio from the G minor Sonata withÃâà...
The Strad
March 23, 2018
The competition is held annually, rotating through piano, violin, and voice. The previous violin edition in 2015 did not award a first prize, instead placing Ayana Tsuji and Suliman Tekalli in joint second. The jury panel for 2018 is: Suzanne Gessner, Ilya Grubert, Kun Hu, Dong Suk Kang, Oleh Krysa, Sung-JuÃâà...
The Strad
March 23, 2018
Experimenting with various aspects of historical performance, Isabelle Faust swaps her 'Sleeping Beauty' Stradivari for a 1658 gut-strung violin by Jacob Stainer, uses a period bow and curbs her vibrato breadth and usage. The outcome is a relaxed, luminous tone with a touch of 'modern' sweetness,Ãâà...
WPLN
March 23, 2018
They said, 'Either you buy it from us — this violin, viola, cello, bow, whatever — or we are going to break it to pieces.' " Other violins in the collection were played by prisoners in the concentration camps. Nazis would sometimes create orchestras, either to entertain themselves or to deceive newcomers.
Pagosa Springs Sun
March 23, 2018
I went to the high school orchestra concert and visited with people before it started. When the lights dimmed, we all moved to our seats and quieted down. The youth came filing in, and the audience applauded. As the young musicians moved to their designated chairs, I smiled as I saw who the senior boyÃâà...
WPLN
March 22, 2018
A city-wide initiative featuring performances, lectures and community discussions about the Holocaust will culminate this weekend as Giancarlo Guerrero conducts the Nashville Symphony and the Violins of Hope, instruments played by Jewish musicians in concentration camps during WWII. The program isÃâà...
The Japan Times
March 17, 2018
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – A violin made almost entirely from debris from the earthquake and tsunami that devastated northeast Japan in 2011 was the centerpiece of a commemorative concert Friday in Melbourne. The performance, “Resonance: A Tsunami Violin Concert,” marked the seventhÃâà...
Atlas Obscura
March 16, 2018
A recent Internet name search turned up Stochek's daughter: a Westport, Connecticut violinist named Bernice Stochek Friedson, who owns three violins made by her father. She was not aware of any others that have survived. At her home, Bernice picked up a battered violin case covered in crackledÃâà...
The Jewish Star
March 15, 2018
A violin once owned by Albert Einstein sold for $516,500 at the New York-based Bonhams auction house on Friday. The instrument, which reportedly was gifted to the scientist in 1933 by Oscar Steger, a member of the Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra, went for over three times its estimated price. StegerÃâà...
Cleveland Jewish News
March 15, 2018
This undated file photo shows legendary physicist Dr. Albert Einstein, author of the theory of Relativity. Einstein's handwritten note to a bellboy while traveling in Japan in 1922 fetched $1.3 million at a Jerusalem auction, The Winner auction house said, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017. AP Photo | STR. FacebookÃâà...
The Tennessean
March 15, 2018
The Nashville Symphony will present a very special performance featuring the Violins of Hope, a collection of instruments played by Jews during the Holocaust. Concertmaster Jun Iwasaki will perform selections from John Williams' score for “Schindler's List,” and pianist Jonathan Biss returns to performÃâà...
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