Valuable violin found in trash sings again

18th-C instrument played by Austrian virtuoso, 13, in Trieste

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Jul 07 2024
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Valuable violin found in trash

A valuable 18th century violin found in a pile of rubbish in Trieste last year has sung again, played by a 13-year-old Austrian girl virtuoso at a concert in the ex Hapsburg Friuli port city Friday night.
    The precious instrument was found in a state of disrepair, missing some internal parts, and string-less on a waste dump and has now been played to a standign ovation by Lorea Limura, the winner of an international concert, in Trieste's iconic Piazza Unità d'Italia.
    "It has a stupendous sound, like that of an instrument worth 50 or 50 thousand euro," said master violin maker Matteo Fanni Canelles, the craftsman who repaired it, speaking to Il Piccolo di Trieste newspaper.