VIOLIN

Suburban music teacher DEFEATS world-renowned classical musician in court battle over £80,000 violin

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Pictured: Professor Mateja Marinkovic, a former Royal Academy of Music associate A suburban music teacher has won her court battle against a world-renowned classical musician over an antique £80,000 Italian violin he allegedly offered to buy from her with cash hidden inside a piano in Belgrade.  Ruzica West, 38, sued Professor Mateja Marinkovic, a former Royal … Read more

FBI hunts for stolen 18th century violin worth as much as $900,000

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Federal investigators are busy this Christmas season looking for a ‘grinch’ who stole a white Tesla that had an antique, 18th century violin said to be worth as much as $900,000 inside the vehicle which was left unlocked by its owner. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is asking for the public’s help in locating the … Read more

The life-saving violin of Auschwitz – the cherished instrument was Rosa’s only chance of survival

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As a young girl, Natalie Cumming listened to her aunt’s harrowing accounts of surviving unimaginable horrors in brutal Nazi death camps – and how her most cherished possession became her only chance of survival That violin means everything to me. My family survived only because of it Pulling her thin top around her for warmth, … Read more

London husband and A&E doctor wife treated neighbours to violin duet from balcony for neighbours

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Moment husband and A&E doctor wife treat neighbours to violin concert from balcony of their south London home to lift spirits during coronavirus lockdown on Easter Sunday Julia Burkert plays with professional violinist Richard Milone to neighbours The Chelsea and Westminster Hospital doctor plays violin ‘like a goddess’ They perform Oblivion by Astor Piazzolla as well … Read more

Patient is woken half-way through brain surgery and ordered to play the VIOLIN as surgeons operate

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An incredible video shows a patient playing the violin while surgeons removed a tumour from her brain. Dagmar Turner, 53, was diagnosed with a large slow growing tumour in 2013 after she suffered a seizure during a symphony. The mother-of-one had radiotherapy, but the tumour continued to grow and become more aggressive. It was located in … Read more