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Joshua Bell with the Gibson Stradivarius in 2008. The Gibson ex-Huberman Stradivarius of 1713 is an antique violin made by Antonio Stradivari of Cremona. The Gibson, while owned by Bronisław Huberman, was stolen twice. The first time it was returned shortly afterwards.
The General Kyd Stradivarius was stolen in 2004. It was returned three weeks later by a woman who found it and handed it over to the police. [29] [30] [31] The Sinsheimer/Iselin was stolen in Hanover, Germany in 2008 and recovered in 2009. [32] The Lipinski Stradivarius was stolen in an armed robbery on 27 January 2014 [33] and subsequently ...
The Duke of Alcantara Stradivarius is a violin made by Antonio Stradivari of Cremona, Italy in 1732. In 1929 it was purchased by a collector in the United States and later donated to the University of California, Los Angeles. A student at the university misplaced the violin in 1967 and the instrument went missing for 27 years.
A Stradivarius that was stolen and missing for almost 4 decades is returning to the stage in New York.
A stolen Stradivarius is back thrilling audiences with its sweet sounds after being missing for 35 years. A Stradivarius, stolen and missing for 35 years, once again thrills audiences Skip to main ...
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- A 300-year-old "priceless" Stradivarius violin was stolen from the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra's concertmaster during an armed robbery after a performance at a local Lutheran ...
Philip S. Johnson (January 27, 1953 – November 11, 2011) [1] was an American violinist. Though he was a promising talent in his youth, his career never took off. He is now known to have stolen the Ames Stradivarius, a valuable antique violin, from Roman Totenberg in 1980. [2]
Altman kept the violin for the next half-century. Huberman's insurance company, Lloyd's of London, paid him US$30,000 for the loss in 1936. Altman went on to become a violinist with the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C., and performed with the stolen Stradivarius for many years. In 1985, Altman made a deathbed confession to his ...