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A violin made in 1941 inside the Nazi concentration camp at Dachau was found to contain a hidden note from its maker, Polish ...
Lera Auerbach's Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano ("September 11"), Op. 63, was composed as she reacted to the attack on the ...
The violin played as the Titanic ship sinks in the Hollywood film is expected to sell for £60,000 at auction. Amid the chaos of the sinking ship, a string quartet plays the hymn Nearer My God To Thee, ...
The violin played in Hollywood blockbuster Titanic when the ship was sinking is set to sell for up to £60,000 at auction in Wiltshire. The instrument, which can be seen multiple times in the 1997 film ...
“The violin is no longer played,” he wrote. “It is pulled about, torn, beaten black and blue.” Kopatchinskaja doesn’t always beat music black and blue. She can reduce her sound to a ...
Milan Design Week and its headline event, Salone del Mobile, are more than a furniture showcase — they have become a barometer for where design, fashion and luxury are headed next. Every April, Milan ...
Best known as a jazz pianist, Keith Jarrett also composed and performed symphonic concert music before being sidelined by two strokes in 2018. Premiered in 1985, his Elegy for violin and string ...
In addition to the longtime musician’s instruments, Kolstein Music in Baldwin and its owner, Manny Alvarez, allegedly took on consignment a Mateo Goffriller bass violin worth $255,000 from a ...
It wasn’t his first rodeo. An illegal migrant with a lengthy rap sheet was deported from the US for the 40th time during a recent Trump administration immigration raid in Texas. Mexican national ...
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe. Some of the world’s poorest countries, including nations grappling with protracted humanitarian crises, ...
The Ikon Pass has added Le Massif de Charlevoix for winter 2025-26, joining Tremblant in Quebec, for a total of nine destinations in Canada. April 17 is the last day to purchase an Ikon Pass at the ...