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Illustrative: Violinist Stefan Jackiw holds the 1714 Joachim-Ma Stradivarius at Sotheby's auction house in New York on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)
April 24, 2026, 5:42 pm
300-year-old Nazi-looted Stradivarius said to reappear in France
Experts believe violin made by iconic Italian luthier in 1719 was stolen by German soldiers from Warsaw museum in 1944
By Isabelle Le Page and Damien Stroka
Tzruya "Suki" Lahav, pictured in Jerusalem, July 31, 2008. (Yossi Zamir / Flash90)
April 3, 2026, 1:16 pm
Tzruya ‘Suki’ Lahav, writer, poet and briefly Springsteen’s violinist, dies at 74
In her early 20s, before her long career as a Hebrew lyricist and author, Lahav played and sang with the E Street Band: ‘I went from kibbutz harvest music to rocking with Bruce’
By David Horovitz
Freed hostage Agam Berger plays a violin that once belonged to a Jewish musician who was murdered in the Holocaust, March 8, 2025. (Screen capture: Ynet, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 10, 2025, 11:48 pm
Freed hostage Agam Berger given violin used by Jewish musician murdered in Holocaust
130-year-old instrument was brought to Israel by survivor, later restored by Tzachi Beck, who left it unplayed for years before delivering it to ex-captive: ‘I knew it had to go to her’
By ToI Staff
An undated photo of electric violinist Lindsey Stirling. (Courtesy PR)
July 4, 2023, 4:59 pm
Electronic violinist to bring her choreographed strings to Tel Aviv
YouTube star and ‘America’s Got Talent’ alum Lindsey Stirling will perform next week with her unique dubstep violin blend
By Jessica Steinberg
Anton Krymskiy as Mitke in 'Nakam' (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg / Leonard Caspari)
December 20, 2022, 4:25 am
Oscar-qualifying short film strikes chord with story of heroic young WWII partisan
Made as a film school thesis project, ‘NAKAM’ is inspired by Motele Schlein, who was killed in a Nazi ambush, but whose violin survived as symbol of resistance and is still played
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Albert Einstein. (AP Photo)
June 11, 2022, 9:07 am
Stradivarius used by Einstein’s teacher sells for $15.3 million
Instrument belonged to virtuoso Toscha Seidel, who played it in ‘Wizard of Oz’; he and Einstein participated in 1933 concert to support fleeing German Jewish scientists
By AFP
School kids dressed up in costumes arrive to their school ahead of the the Jewish holiday of Purim, at the Gabrieli Carmel School in Tel Aviv, March 15, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
March 17, 2022, 12:57 pm
Daily Briefing Mar. 17: For Purim, ToI kids ask hard questions about the Ukraine war
Times of Israel reporters’ children pick up the mic to ask diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman essential questions; plus, some optimistic news items
By ToI Staff
Vera Lytovchenko holds her violin as she poses for a photo in a basement of an apartment building in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday March 6, 2022. (Vera Lytovchenko via AP)
March 10, 2022, 5:22 pm
Sheltering from Russian bombs, Ukraine’s ‘cellar violinist’ plays on
Vera Lytovchenko becomes internet icon of resilience as images of her playing in basement bomb shelter inspire an international audience via social media
By Paolo Santalucia
Ukrainian violinist Illia Bondarenko, playing in a basement shelter in Kyiv. (#ViolinistsSupportUkraine)
March 9, 2022, 4:02 pm
94 violinists from 25 countries form chorus in support of Ukraine
Young Kyiv-based violinists, filming themselves between shelling and explosions, are joined by fiddlers from around the world in a moving rendition of a Ukrainian folk song
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Master classes and seminars are held at Keshet Eilon in the Western Galilee twice a year (Courtesy: Sarit Uzieli)
July 30, 2021, 6:37 am
In former chicken coop, kibbutz helps young violinists come out of their shells
Kibbutz Eilon serves as a temporary home for string whizzes with a festival and summer school
By Jessica Steinberg
Dutch violinist Andre Rieu announced his rescheduled Tel Aviv concerts for November 2021. (Courtesy André Rieu Productions)
April 26, 2021, 9:06 am
Dutch violinist Andre Rieu books concerts in Tel Aviv
Conductor known for popularizing classical music reschedules 2020’s postponed shows
By Jessica Steinberg
Illustrative -- Violins hang next to each other at the Music Fair in Frankfurt, Germany, April 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
From the WebJanuary 28, 2021, 4:33 pm
Germany’s commitment to Holocaust restitutions tested by case of rare violin
Music education foundation refuses to pay compensation to Jewish descendants of musical instrument dealer in dispute that is testing the nation’s undertaking, NYT reports
In this photograph taken on August 9, 2011, Israeli violinist Ivry Gitlis performs during a rehearsal with Una Stella Baroque musical ensemble in Marseille, southern France. (Bertrand Langlois/AFP)
December 24, 2020, 4:40 pm
Israeli violin genius Ivry Gitlis dies at 98; found fans far beyond the elite
Haifa-born virtuoso was as comfortable playing with the Rolling Stones or Stephane Grapelli as he was with classical repertoire
By AFP
Clive Owen excels in the complex role of a man torn between his talent and the need to remember. (Sabrina Lantos/Sony Pictures Classics/via JTA)
December 24, 2019, 5:47 am
Clive Owen plays a Hasidic violin virtuoso in new film ‘The Song of Names’
The award-winning actor says the film is important because ‘anti-Semitism is on the rise,’ and invested heavily to ensure his portrayal was correct in every detail
By Curt Schleier
Violinist Vanessa-Mae performs at Tel Aviv's Heichal Menora on October 28, 2019. (Chai Shalom)
October 29, 2019, 2:26 pm
Violinist rock star Vanessa-Mae is hooked on classics in Tel Aviv show
Former classical prodigy burns up stages — and ski slopes — while maintaining a comfortable foothold in mainstream music charts
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
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