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The Red Violin (French: Le Violon Rouge) is a 1998 drama film directed by François Girard and starring Samuel L. Jackson, Carlo Cecchi and Sylvia Chang.It spans four centuries and five countries telling the story of a mysterious red-coloured violin and its many owners.
1923 Postcard – Sõrmus with a broken violin. Eduard Sõrmus (9 July 1878 – 16 August 1940) was an early 20th-century Estonian violinist. He was sometimes known as the Red Violinist (der rote Geiger).
The Red Violin is the original soundtrack album on the Sony Classical label of the 1999 film The Red Violin (original title: Le violon rouge), starring Carlo Cecchi, Sandra Oh and Samuel L. Jackson. The original score and songs were composed by John Corigliano [ 4 ] and performed by Philharmonia Orchestra with Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting.
Pitcairn performs on the 1720 Red Mendelssohn violin made by Antonio Stradivari, said to have inspired the Academy Award–winning film The Red Violin, and is featured on the 10th Anniversary edition of The Red Violin DVD in a special commentary called “The Auction Block.” [2] [3] Pitcairn was a senior in high school when her grandfather ...
Antonio Stradivari, by Edgar Bundy, 1893: a romanticized image of a craftsman-hero. A Stradivarius is one of the string instruments, such as violins, violas, cellos, and guitars, crafted by members of the Stradivari family, particularly Antonio Stradivari (Latin: Antonius Stradivarius), in Cremona, Italy, during the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
Voice of the Violin, Sony Classical 1 — 2007 Corigliano The Red Violin, Sony 1 — 2007 The Essential Joshua Bell, Sony BMG Masterworks 19 — 2008 Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Sony BMG Masterworks: 1 134 2009 Bruch, Mendelssohn, Mozart Violin Concertos (reissues), Decca 9 — 2009 The Best of Joshua Bell, Sony Masterworks 12 — 2009
The origin of the violin family is unclear. [1] [2] Some say that the bow was introduced to Europe from the Byzantine Empire and the Islamic world, [3] [4] [5] while others say the bow was not introduced from the Middle East but the other way around, and that the bow may have originated from more frequent contact between Northern and Western Europe.
In 1998, he wrote and directed The Red Violin, which follows the ownership of a red violin over several centuries. The Red Violin won an Academy Award for Best Original Score, thirteen Genie Awards and nine Jutra Awards.