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Rieu created the Johann Strauss Orchestra in 1987 and began with 12 members, giving its first concert on 1 January 1988. [7] As of 2020, he performs with between 50 and 60 musicians. Rieu plays a 1667 Stradivarius violin. [3] Rieu and his orchestra have appeared throughout Europe, North and South America, Japan, and Australia, and New Zealand.
A Stradivarius violin that sold for $11.3 million, just shy of the $15.9 million record, will benefit a Boston music conservatory and fund student scholarships.
It is said the violin was recently authenticated also by a certain Bela Szabo living in the Uzhgorod region of Ukraine, he is a elderly master violin maker who has already restored two confirmed Stradivariuses, one in 1963 and other in the late 1970's, so he should know the issue. 213.178.103.162 12:17, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
Historically important and one of the earliest known violins by Stradivari. In 2008 for sale by Poesis Fine Instruments. [2] ex Back: c. 1666 Fridart Foundation The violin shows influence from Amati and the model is based on Amati's violins, but the narrow purfling differs from Amati's style. [3] c. 1666 The violin was owned by Eugene Sarbu. [4 ...
In the wake of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, the Lady Blunt was put up for charitable sale, with proceeds going to the Nippon Foundation's relief fund. [5] Tarisio Auctions handled the sale online, raising almost £10 million (US$15.9 million), [ 3 ] more than four times the previous auction record for a Stradivarius, held by the ...
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The group has served as the vehicle for Rieu's increasingly ambitious ideas since its founding. [3] In 1987 André renamed the MSO as the Johann Strauss Orchestra to emphasise waltz music. [2] On the occasion of Rieu's first concert with the orchestra, on January 1, 1988, there were 12 musicians.
[42] [43] In a particularly famous test on a BBC Radio 3 programme in 1977, the violinists Isaac Stern and Pinchas Zukerman and the violin expert and dealer Charles Beare tried to distinguish between the "Chaconne" Stradivarius, a 1739 Guarneri del Gesú, an 1846 Vuillaume, and a 1976 British violin played behind a screen by a professional ...