{"id":38328,"date":"2024-02-06T12:24:48","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T11:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/472babae-b8ec-4783-8014-89c4a535caa9"},"modified":"2024-02-06T13:41:10","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T12:41:10","slug":"four-of-the-most-famous-violins-ever-made-and-who-owns-them-now","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/four-of-the-most-famous-violins-ever-made-and-who-owns-them-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Four of the most famous violins ever made \u2013\u00a0and who owns them now"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Freya Parr\n <\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 06 February 2024 at 11:24 AM<\/p>

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We’ve all heard of Stradivarius and Guarneri, but mainly only that they’re really <\/em>expensive and made by the finest craftsmen in the violin-making game. But of all the violins<\/a><\/strong> that these masters made, which are the most famous? We’ve looked through the violin archives to find out which are the most famous \u2013 and valuable \u2013 violins in the world, and which top violinists own and play them now. <\/p>

The most famous violins in the world<\/h2>

The Lipinski Stradivarius<\/a><\/h3>

Tartini wrote his \u2018Devil\u2019s Trill\u2019 Sonata for the Lipinski. It\u2019s now played by the Milwaukee Symphony\u2019s leader Frank Almond, from whom it was once stolen in an armed robbery in 2014.<\/p>