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Wim Janssen, one of the musicians involved in the recording project, plays a viola made by master luthier Girolamo Amati in 1615.

An Italian Town Fell Silent So The Sounds Of A Stradivarius Could Be Preserved

12:51am February 18, 2019

by Christopher Livesay

The mayor of Cremona, Italy, blocked traffic during five weeks of recording and asked residents to please keep quiet so master musicians could play four instruments — note by note — for posterity.

The Totenberg-Ames Stradivarius is pictured in a mold while being prepared to have its edge reinforced during restoration.

The Tale Of The Stolen Totenberg Stradivarius Ends With A New Legacy

11:46am October 09, 2018

by Nina Totenberg

When the FBI recovered virtuoso violinist Roman Totenberg's stolen Stradivarius after his death, his daughters wanted the instrument to be played everywhere. Ensuring that was not so simple.

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Mira Wang plays Roman Totenberg's long lost Ames Stradivarius violin in New York, on March 8, 2017. Wang, a former student of Totenberg's, played the instrument at a private concert in New York on March 13.

A Stolen, Then Recovered, Stradivarius Returns To The Stage

1:03pm March 14, 2017

by Nina Totenberg

Mira Wang, protege of the late virtuoso violinist Roman Totenberg, this week debuted his Ames Stradivarius, stolen 37 years ago and reclaimed in 2015. "It's like meeting a new stranger," she says.

The Totenberg family (from left): Amy, Nina, Melanie, Roman and Jill

A Rarity Reclaimed: Stolen Stradivarius Recovered After 35 Years

5:51pm August 06, 2015

by Nina Totenberg

For decades, virtuoso violinist Roman Totenberg played his prized Stradivarius around the world. Then one day in 1980 it was snatched. Gone. But in June, the FBI called his daughter with news.

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Marcello Mazzucchi, who's known as "The Tree Whisperer." "I've felled one million trees in my career," he says. "But in their place, 100 million more have grown up."

In The Italian Alps, Stradivari's Trees Live On

7:05pm January 06, 2015

by Christopher Livesay

The master luthier's violins and cellos include spruce from the Fiemme Valley. The forest still thrives, and its trees are still made into fine instruments.

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