a Stradivari viola and a Stradivari cello to the Smithsonian, creating what is now known as the Axelrod Quartet. The gift was accompanied by a $1 million endowment to support performances by the ...

viola. The other two members are Wolfe Wolfinsohn, first violin, and Gerald Warburg, violoncello. These artists have been fortunate enough to have four Stradivarius instruments placed at their ...

Pochon as second violinist, Nicolas Moldavan, viola, Wolfe Wolfinsohn, first violin, and Gerald Warburg, violoncello. Each Owns Stradivarius Four Stradivarius instruments have been placed at the ...

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Stradivarius violins are some of the most expensive in the world ... Other instruments, including a 1793 Guadagnini viola and an 1898 Voller Brothers copy of the 1735 ‘d’Egville’ Guarneri ‘del Gesù’, ...