The Great Stradivarius Fiddle

Source: The Independent

A piece of wood hewn from an Alpine fir is among the evidence that has led a renowned collector and authority on rare instruments to be labelled a con man, suspected of masterminding the world's biggest violin scam. In April ...
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Tanpura, Sitar vanishing from the Varanasi

Source: Times of India

VARANASI: Despite being the centre of learning classical music and a home of many renowed musicians, the Indian classical musical instruments like Sitar, Tanpura, Sarangi are vanishing from the shelves of shops engaged in the business of musical i ...
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Scottish News: Raploch scheme's Big Noise orchestra to perform with Simon Bolivar Symphony at pre-Olympic festival launch

Source: The Daily Record

Raploch scheme's Big Noise orchestra to perform with Simon Bolivar Symphony at pre-Olympic festival launch May 26 2012 By Karen Bale Raploch Scheme's Big Noise Orchestra THE Raploch scheme in Stirling is infamous for being one of the m ...
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Vt hospital worker uses music as medicine

Source: WCAX

The sights and sounds of a hospital can make for a stressful atmosphere. "It can be a little crazy sometimes, but good crazy and it's very technical," said Monique Citro, an OR technician. Stress is something Citro knows all about. She's wor ...
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Brentwood Gazette published Get ready for the festival season

Source: This is Essex

JUNE is, by tradition, the month of many musical festivals. I suppose that's because people try to stage events before the summer holidays, the evenings are longer and people still have some cash in their ...
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Guido Möbius preps new album, Spirituals

Source: Resident Advisor

Guido Möbius will release a new album, Spirituals, on Berlin's Karaoke Kalk imprint in July. The German producer has a penchant for experimenting with organic sounds, such as horns and string instruments. For Spirituals, his fourth studio al ...
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Summer string lessons to take a bow at Mifflin

Source: Reading Eagle

Learning a string instrument takes constant practice. So, for music teachers trying to introduce students to the art, summer break presents a pretty big hurdle. "Two-and-a-half months without playing kills a lot of kids," s ...
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Incident Launches The gTar at Disrupt, An iPhone-Powered Electronic Teaching Guitar

Source: Crunch Gear

Matt is currently working as a writer for TechCrunch. Matt Burns is a family man first and attempts to be a writer second. Born and raised in the heart of the automotive world, only cars eclipse his love of gadgets. He previously ...
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NATO believes Pakistani supply lines to open soon

Source: Denver Post

weekly ad specials from the denver post CHICAGO—NATO's top official says he was optimistic that Pakistan will re-open key transit routes to Afghanistan in the "very near future." NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen s ...
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