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Philippe Quint signed his name on the "heart" of the violin; Augustin Hadelich signed it below where the tailpiece will go. Near that is the signature of Joshua Bell, by the right center bout. Ray Chen signed it near the right shoulder, underneath the fingerboard, "to guide all the E-string passages, in the highest moments." In all, an impressive group of 27 violin soloists from all over the world have signed their names to the inside of a modern copy of Niccolò Paganini's 1743 "Il Cannone" Guarneri del Gesú violin. Starting this week, the violin is being auct...
Every new generation produces a fresh young crop of brilliant violinists, but only a very select few of them possess all the requisite qualities to achieve true star status on the international circuit. Having already achieved superstar status in her home country, South Korean born Bomsori Kim is without a doubt destined to become one of these, bursting onto the scene and announcing her stall in 2017 with her debut Warner Classics recording of Wieniawski's Violin Concerto No.2 and Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No.1.
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What makes a person invest tens of millions of dollars in dozens of fine violins, violas and cellos? "Looking back at it, frankly, it's a kind of madness that seizes you," violin collector David Fulton told me in an interview last month. "When I bought my first good violin, I thought that was going to be it. And in fact it was, for 10 years or so. But always had the idea in the back of my mind, 'Gee, wouldn't it be nice to have a Strad, if I was able to do that...'" A co-founder of Fox Software who eventually served as Microsoft’s Vice President for Database Products unt...