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18.02.2007, 03:20

Ossetian fandyr claims to be violin’s 'elder sister’

While Italy is usually credited with being the birthplace of the violin, many in the southern Russian Republic of North Ossetia-Alania believe the instrument originated there, but under another name.

Guarneri violin 22.03.2008, 13:56

The older the fiddle, the sweeter the tune

A rare Guarneri violin that was kept for a century in a private collection has been played for the first time in public in Moscow. The Guarneri instruments are even more revered by some players than those made by the legendary Antonio Stradivari.

Fiddler's violins sound the wrong note

Published: 01 November, 2008, 00:23


A Russian violinist has been arrested in Italy on suspicion of fraud. Sergey Dyachenko is suspected of selling his students fake 18th-century violins.

 
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