Seventy years ago, on 16 June 1947, virtuoso violinist Bronislaw Huberman died at 64. He founded the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra by bringing Jewish musicians from Nazi Europe to Palestine, giving refuge to 1,000 musicians and their families. Huberman was a child prodigy. He was born in Poland on 19 December 1882, began lessons when he […]
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Jessye Norman’s Muse/ique for the iPod era
Jessye Norman doesn’t give interviews. She gets irritated by the sports journalists who arrive knowing nothing about her or her music, “They ask me, what is it you do? That is not interesting.” But the Los Angeles Times got her to speak about a new project that 65 year-old Norman is passionate about: The singer […]
A man turned down the offer of a Stradivarius for £100 because his daughter already had a recorder
Thieves who stole a £1.2 million Stradivarius violin tried to sell it for £100 to a man sitting next to them in an internet café, a court heard today. The man turned it down because his daughter already had a recorder, Blackfriars crown court was told. The previous day, Irish traveller John Maughan, 40, had […]
Grab a sandwich, lose a £1.2 million Stradivarius
A musician who went into a central London sandwich shop to buy something to eat has had a 300-year-old Stradivarius violin worth £1.2 million ($1.9 million) stolen, police said on Monday. British Transport Police have launched a public appeal to get the rare instrument back and the musician’s insurer, Lark Insurance Broking Group, has offered […]
