Tag: violin

Fiddlers caught with stolen violin

Post date November 7, 2012

A valuable violin that was stolen from its Australian musician owner as she travelled on the Vienna Underground has been recovered after police arrested a gang of crooks at the weekend. The violin estimated to be worth 44,000 euros was the property of the Australian violinist Emma West, who said that she thought she would […]

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Tobi-Reiser Prize awarded

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Post date March 5, 2012

Two violin legends were celebrating after being awarded the Tobi-Reiser prize – handed out this year for the 21st time over the weekend. Folk music legends Rudolf Pietsch and Hermann Härtel were awarded the prize for “bringing back the violin as a central instrument in folk music after a long period of absence”. The Tobi-Reiser […]

Tags Adventsingers, folk, legends, music, prize, Reiser, Salzburger, violin, Volksliedwerk, year