Monday’s Bow (June 27)

• Stradivarius violin sells for $16 million for Japanese aid
• An interesting analysis of how you precisely value a violin
• Acclaimed Japanese-American violinist (who performed at the official 9/11 commemoration in 2003 and the peace memorial concerts in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 2005) will “serenade Ha Noi“
• TCHAIKOVSKY UPDATES:
  • Sonoma violinist advances to finals
  • Two Americans in the Tchaikovsky violin finals, two Russians on piano and three Koreans
  • One of the American finalists is Eric Silberger, who made it to the last round of the semi-finals at the Michael Hill Competition we recently covered

Silberger Performs Paganini Caprice no. 24