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The violin scam is a fraudulent public performance where someone pretends to play the violin using pre-recorded music. The scammer solicits donations using a sign and sometimes with a co-conspirator who approaches listeners for money. [1] [2] Scammers primarily use electric violins which are plugged into a speaker. The violin itself emits no ...
Legendary Violinists (a public arts website) Famous Violinists of To-day and Yesterday by Henry Charles Lahee, an 1889 publication at Project Gutenberg; Violinists and Violists on the Web Alphabetical listings of web pages on string players, past and present.
The following lists of violinists are available: List of classical violinists, notable violinists from the baroque era onwards; List of contemporary classical violinists, notable contemporary classical violinists; List of jazz violinists, notable jazz violinists; List of popular music violinists, popular music violinists
Gil Shaham (Hebrew: גיל שחם; born February 19, 1971) is an American violinist.His accolades include a Grammy Award in 1999, and he has performed as a soloist with such orchestras as the New York Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Russian National Orchestra, Academy ...
Rachel Barton Pine (born Rachel Elizabeth Barton, October 11, 1974) is an American violinist.She debuted with the Chicago Symphony at age 10, and was the first American and youngest ever gold medal winner of the International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition. [2]
Benjamin Walter Bowman (born September 20, 1979) is an American-Canadian violinist.The Metropolitan Opera and incoming Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin appointed Bowman as concertmaster as of the 2018-19 season, after a successful one-year term in 2017-18; he shares his role with David Chan.
David Chan is an American violinist, conductor, and a concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. He is one of the most sought-after violinists of his generation. He is a prizewinner at the International Tchaikovsky Competition, the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, among many others. As a conductor, Chan is praised for ...
Fiddler's neck is an occupational disease that affects violin and viola players. [1]It is a cutaneous condition usually characterized by redness, thickening, and inflammation on the left side of the neck below the angle of the jaw where the instrument is held. [1]