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The documentary, directed by Gerry Fox, follows Jansen as she prepares for a one-of-a-kind show with twelve of the most beautiful Stradivari violins in the world. Each one has its unique history and sound. In the movie, Jansen works with veteran violin maker and teacher Steven Smith, who shows her how to choose and play these beautiful instruments.
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Violin (Russian: Скрипка) is the final novel of the film trilogy "Witnesses". [1] The film opens at the beginning of the 20th century in a violin shop, where an instrument was created as a present for a Jewish boy. Later that violin became a witness to the tragic events that took place during the Holocaust.
A Stradivarius bow, The King Charles IV Violin Bow attributed to the Stradivari Workshop, is currently in the collection of the National Music Museum Object number: 04882, at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, South Dakota. The Rawlins Gallery violin bow, NMM 4882, is attributed to the workshop of Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, c. 1700 ...
The Red Violin premiered at the Venice Film Festival on September 2, 1998, where it received standing applause. [10] [26] It opened in the Toronto International Film Festival in September 1998. [27] It was also screened in international film festivals in London and Tokyo. [14] Odeon Films gave The Red Violin a wider release in Canada on 13 ...
Le Prince later developed the one lens camera and on October 14, 1888 he finally made the world's first moving image, Roundhay Garden Scene. 1888 – Roundhay Garden Scene , the earliest surviving film by French inventor Louis Le Prince , is shot in Leeds , West Yorkshire in England with a groundbreaking 20 frames per second.
The lead role was offered to James Mason who was excited to accept it and started practising the violin. However, when he read the script, he was disappointed to find it focused on Paganini's love life and turned it down. The part went to Stewart Granger. [7] Yehudi Menuhin was hired to perform the violin solos heard in the film.
This violin, now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, may have been part of a set made for the marriage of Philip II of Spain to Elisabeth of Valois in 1559, which would make it one of the earliest known violins in existence. Andrea Amati (ca. 1505 - 1577, Cremona) was a luthier, from Cremona, Italy.