Proceeds from sale of 1714 instrument will be used to fund scholarships for violinists at New England Conservatory
A Stradivarius violin crafted in 1714 sold for $11.25m (£9.1m) at a New York auction on Friday, missing the world record for a musical instrument that some predicted it might break, but still securing a solid financial future for a new generation of performers.
The 311-year-old instrument, listed by Sotheby’s of Manhattan as “a masterpiece of sound”, once belonged to the celebrated 19th-century Hungarian violinist Joseph Joachim, a close friend of the composer Johannes Brahms. It was gifted to the New England Conservatory in 2015 following the death of its most recent owner, a former student, Si-Hon Ma, with the understanding it would one day be sold to fund musical scholarships.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/07/stradivarius-violin-auction-sale
Author : Richard Luscombe
Publish date : 2025-02-07 19:31:00
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