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Why Steal a Violin?
- 2. What is a Violin? • Four strings tuned in fifths; E, A, D, G • Played with a bow • Tuned to 442
- 3. The sound of a violin • Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto Finale performed by Julia Fischer
- 4. The oldest surviving string instrument is “The King” cello by Andrea Amati made in 1572
- 5. “The MacDonald” Viola of 1719
- 6. “The Davidoff” of 1712
- 12. Why Steal a Violin? Nigel Le
- 13. Why Steal a Violin? • Monetary Value • Emotional Value • Historic Significance • Harm • Insurance Fraud
- 14. The Target
- 15. Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1713, the ‘ex-Gibson, ex- Huberman' Joshua Bell
- 16. Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1727, the 'Davidoff-Morini' • Named after the same Davidoff as Yo-Yo Ma’s Cello • Owned by Erica Morini from 1924- 1995
- 17. Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1715, the 'Lipinski' • Currently played by Concert Master of the Milwaukee Symphony, Frank Almond • Robbed February 2014
- 18. What can you do with a stolen violin? • Play it.
Editor's Notes
- Notice the size of the venue, the amount of force used to fill up the hall and overcome the accompanying orchestra behind the soloist.
- Most expensive musical instrument for $45 million
- Yo-Yo Ma’s Cello
- The owner, Karl Davidov, a renown cellist in the 1800s played at one of Napolean’s events. During the event, a drunk Napolean tried to play ‘The Davidoff’ and scraped the two sides of the cello with his war spurs trying to grip the cello between his legs. You can still see those scratch marks today.
- Owned by Albert Einstein
- The left, a 1741 Giuseppe Guarneri ‘del Gesu’. The right, an Antonio Stradivari of 1696. Players describe Guarneris as a part of themselves, an extension of their body. Stradivari players describe their instrument as partners or companions, not always nice to work with.
- Like the Red Violin movie, nearly all violins have wild, historic, and violent journeys. In 1916 this violin was stolen from Bronislaw Huberman, the thief was found dead a few weeks later. The violin was stolen again in 1936 by a violinist who kept it his entire life until he confessed on his deathbed.
- A gift from her father when she was 21. On her deathbed her family gave her a copy of the actual violin so she would pass away in peace. The violin is still one of the FBI’s top 10 unsolved art crimes.
- Davies Symphony Hall