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Violin virtuoso (Kerrville Daily Times)
His reason for first picking up the violin was simple: Eric Bowser just likes the way it sounds. Music doesn’t run in Bowser’s family. Neither his mother nor father play instruments. Nevertheless, one day, when he was 7, he decided he wanted to play.
Violinist Oliveira to perform in Vero, Stuart this week (Indian River Press Journal)
For internationally acclaimed musician Elmar Oliveira, the sound of the violin has been a constant presence since his childhood in Naugatuck, Conn.“I grew up in a household where music — and especially the violin — was part of the environment,” said the distinguished artist in residence at Lynn University Conservatory of Music in Boca Raton.“My father was an immigrant carpenter and adored the ...
Clifton woman, former violin prodigy, dies, leaving mystery of her disappearance (The Star-Ledger)
MONTCLAIR -- A former violin prodigy who played with the New York, London and Berlin philharmonics, and then abruptly disappeared to her childhood home in Clifton for decades, died last month in a Montclair nursing home, according to a report...
When music colours the planet (The New Straits Times)
I TOOK a seat at Talent Makers Music School in SS2, Petaling Jaya, as my interviewee practised his pieces in a room nearby. Soon enough, notes relentlessly flew off the violin strings, forming amazing melodies.

 
 
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