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Martin Swan (born Sheffield, England) is a Scottish multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, composer, record producer, recording engineer and instrument designer.. Swan is best known as the leader of the Mouth Music project, whose combination of traditional Gaelic songs and music with contemporary instrumental and technological settings led them to international fame and number 1 placings in world ...
The Axelrod quartet of Stradivarius instruments, on display in the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History. From left to right: Greffuhle violin (1709), Axelrod viola (1696), Ole Bull violin (1687), and Marylebone cello (1688). Stradivarius violins at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
However, violin dealer Martin Swan has received the bills and the accompanying letter for a Heinicke violin, which means that the value of the instrument can still be calculated today. The violin from 1931 shown here was sold for 1403 Czech crowns. The exchange rate of the Crown against the Reichsmark was 0.85 [4] in 1932.
Mouth Music was initially an equal collaboration between Martin Swan and singer Talitha MacKenzie.. At the time of the band's formation, Swan (born in Sheffield, England, but of Scottish descent) was an Edinburgh-based composer, engineer and multi-instrumentalist with diverse musical interests including traditional Scottish folk, jazz, funk and electronic dance music.
Victor Nováček [de] (violin) The Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 of Jean Sibelius, originally composed in 1904 and revised in 1905, is the only concerto by Sibelius. It is symphonic in scope and included an extended cadenza for the soloist that takes on the role of the development section in the first movement.
Stradivarius. A Stradivarius is one of the string instruments, such as violins, violas, cellos, and guitars, crafted by members of the Stradivari family, particularly Antonio Stradivari (Latin: Antonius Stradivarius), in Cremona, Italy, during the late 17th and early 18th centuries. These instruments are known for their craftsmanship, tonal ...
Classical. Occupation (s) Violinist, conductor. Years active. 1980s–present. Website. joshuabell.com. Joshua David Bell (born December 9, 1967) is an American violinist and conductor. He is currently music director of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
Ray Chen (Chinese: 陳銳; pinyin: Chén Ruì; born 6 March 1989) is a Taiwanese-Australian violinist. He was the winner of the 2008 International Yehudi Menuhin Violin Competition and the 2009 Queen Elisabeth Competition. [2] Since then, he has regularly collaborated with the world’s foremost orchestras and appeared at renowned concert halls.