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01.11.2008, 00:23

Fiddler's violins sound the wrong note

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

01.11.2008, 08:02

Virtuoso behind violin scam hangs himself

A Russian virtuoso violinist, who was arrested in Italy on Friday on suspicion of fraud, has hanged himself. Sixty-four-year-old Sergey Dyachenko was suspected of selling his students fake 18th-century violins.

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

Published: 18 February, 2007, 03:20


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.

 
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