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Classical 101When the FBI recovered virtuoso violinist Roman Totenberg's stolen Stradivarius after his death, his daughters wanted the instrument to be played everywhere. Ensuring that was not so simple.
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Min Kym had found her perfect partner in a 1696 Stradivarius — until it was snatched in a London cafe. She comes to terms with the loss in her new memoir, Gone: A Girl, A Violin, A Life Unstrung.
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Classical 101Mira Wang, protege of the late virtuoso violinist Roman Totenberg, this week debuted his Ames Stradivarius, stolen 37 years ago and reclaimed in 2015. "It's like meeting a new stranger," she says.
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Classical 101"Honey, have you seen those three violas?" "I think they're in the trunk, dear." Said NO ONE...EVER. Really? Who leaves an instrument in the trunk?Every…
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Classical 101It sounds like the plot of an indie film: A stolen priceless violin, silenced for more than three decades, has been found and restored to the family of…