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  • Stolen Stradivarius recovered 35 years later
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    Stolen Stradivarius recovered 35 years later
    August 6, 2015 - New York, New York, United States: Master violin maker Phillip Injeian, describes to the press how he knew that this violin was in fact Roman Totenberg's 1734 Stradivarius violin, during a press conference at the U.S Attorney's office, which had been stolen from Totenberg in 1980. Appraiser Phillip Injeian helped recover a centuries-old Stradivarius violin that was stolen 35 years ago from renowned violinist Roman Totenberg, father of NPR journalist Nina Totenberg, when the alleged thief's widow brought the $5 million instrument to New York so he could tell her what it's worth on June 26. The seven-figure fiddle was shown to Injeian by a woman named Thanh Tran, who is the widow of a rival violinist named Philip Johnson, who Totenberg's family long suspected of being the thief. After stealing the violin, Johnson moved to California, had a lackluster musical career and died of cancer at age 58 in 2011, a year before Totenberg died at the age of 101. (Kristy Leibowitz/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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  • Stolen Stradivarius recovered 35 years later
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    Stolen Stradivarius recovered 35 years later
    August 6, 2015 - New York, New York, United States: U.S Attorney Preet Bharara announces the return to the heirs of Roman Totenberg, his 1734 Stradivarius violin (pictured) which had been stolen from him in 1980, at a press conference at the U.S Attorney's office in Manhattan. Appraiser Phillip Injeian helped recover a centuries-old Stradivarius violin that was stolen 35 years ago from renowned violinist Roman Totenberg, father of NPR journalist Nina Totenberg, when the alleged thief's widow brought the $5 million instrument to New York so he could tell her what it's worth on June 26. The seven-figure fiddle was shown to Injeian by a woman named Thanh Tran, who is the widow of a rival violinist named Philip Johnson, who Totenberg's family long suspected of being the thief. After stealing the violin, Johnson moved to California, had a lackluster musical career and died of cancer at age 58 in 2011, a year before Totenberg died at the age of 101. (Kristy Leibowitz/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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  • Stolen Stradivarius recovered 35 years later
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    Stolen Stradivarius recovered 35 years later
    August 6, 2015 - New York, New York, United States: Master violin maker Phillip Injeian stand with sisters Jill Totenberg, Nina Totenberg, and Judge Amy Totenberg, heirs of deceased violinist Roman Totenberg, during a press conference at the U.S Attorney's office in Manhattan where Attorney General Preet Bharara announced the return of a 1734 Stradivarius violin which had been stolen from their father in 1980. Appraiser Phillip Injeian helped recover a centuries-old Stradivarius violin that was stolen 35 years ago from renowned violinist Roman Totenberg, father of NPR journalist Nina Totenberg, when the alleged thief's widow brought the $5 million instrument to New York so he could tell her what it's worth on June 26. The seven-figure fiddle was shown to Injeian by a woman named Thanh Tran, who is the widow of a rival violinist named Philip Johnson, who Totenberg's family long suspected of being the thief. After stealing the violin, Johnson moved to California, had a lackluster musical career and died of cancer at age 58 in 2011, a year before Totenberg died at the age of 101. (Kristy Leibowitz/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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  • Stolen Stradivarius recovered 35 years later
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    Stolen Stradivarius recovered 35 years later
    August 6, 2015 - New York, New York, United States: Master violin maker Phillip Injeian, describes to the press how he knew that this violin was in fact Roman Totenberg's 1734 Stradivarius violin, during a press conference at the U.S Attorney's office, which had been stolen from Totenberg in 1980. Appraiser Phillip Injeian helped recover a centuries-old Stradivarius violin that was stolen 35 years ago from renowned violinist Roman Totenberg, father of NPR journalist Nina Totenberg, when the alleged thief's widow brought the $5 million instrument to New York so he could tell her what it's worth on June 26. The seven-figure fiddle was shown to Injeian by a woman named Thanh Tran, who is the widow of a rival violinist named Philip Johnson, who Totenberg's family long suspected of being the thief. After stealing the violin, Johnson moved to California, had a lackluster musical career and died of cancer at age 58 in 2011, a year before Totenberg died at the age of 101. (Kristy Leibowitz/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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  • Stolen Stradivarius recovered 35 years later
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    Stolen Stradivarius recovered 35 years later
    August 6, 2015 - New York, New York, United States: Sisters Judge Amy Totenberg, Nina Totenberg, and Jill Totenberg, heirs of deceased violinist Roman Totenberg, attend a press conference at the U.S Attorney's office in Manhattan where Attorney General Preet Bharara announced the return of a 1734 Stradivarius violin which had been stolen from him in 1980. Appraiser Phillip Injeian helped recover a centuries-old Stradivarius violin that was stolen 35 years ago from renowned violinist Roman Totenberg, father of NPR journalist Nina Totenberg, when the alleged thief's widow brought the $5 million instrument to New York so he could tell her what it's worth on June 26. The seven-figure fiddle was shown to Injeian by a woman named Thanh Tran, who is the widow of a rival violinist named Philip Johnson, who Totenberg's family long suspected of being the thief. After stealing the violin, Johnson moved to California, had a lackluster musical career and died of cancer at age 58 in 2011, a year before Totenberg died at the age of 101. (Kristy Leibowitz/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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  • Stolen Stradivarius recovered 35 years later
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    Stolen Stradivarius recovered 35 years later
    August 6, 2015 - New York, New York, United States: Master violin maker Phillip Injeian attends a press conference in which U.S Attorney's office announced that Roman Totenberg's 1734 Stradivarius violin will be returned to his heirs. The violin had been stolen from Roman Totenberg in 1980. Appraiser Phillip Injeian helped recover a centuries-old Stradivarius violin that was stolen 35 years ago from renowned violinist Roman Totenberg, father of NPR journalist Nina Totenberg, when the alleged thief's widow brought the $5 million instrument to New York so he could tell her what it's worth on June 26. The seven-figure fiddle was shown to Injeian by a woman named Thanh Tran, who is the widow of a rival violinist named Philip Johnson, who Totenberg's family long suspected of being the thief. After stealing the violin, Johnson moved to California, had a lackluster musical career and died of cancer at age 58 in 2011, a year before Totenberg died at the age of 101. (Kristy Leibowitz/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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  • Stolen Stradivarius recovered 35 years later
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    Stolen Stradivarius recovered 35 years later
    August 6, 2015 - New York, New York, United States: U.S Attorney Preet Bharara announces the return to the heirs of Roman Totenberg, his 1734 Stradivarius violin (pictured) which had been stolen from him in 1980, at a press conference at the U.S Attorney's office in Manhattan. Appraiser Phillip Injeian helped recover a centuries-old Stradivarius violin that was stolen 35 years ago from renowned violinist Roman Totenberg, father of NPR journalist Nina Totenberg, when the alleged thief's widow brought the $5 million instrument to New York so he could tell her what it's worth on June 26. The seven-figure fiddle was shown to Injeian by a woman named Thanh Tran, who is the widow of a rival violinist named Philip Johnson, who Totenberg's family long suspected of being the thief. After stealing the violin, Johnson moved to California, had a lackluster musical career and died of cancer at age 58 in 2011, a year before Totenberg died at the age of 101. (Kristy Leibowitz/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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  • Stolen Stradivarius recovered 35 years later
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    Stolen Stradivarius recovered 35 years later
    August 6, 2015 - New York, New York, United States: U.S Attorney Preet Bharara announces the return to the heirs of Roman Totenberg, his 1734 Stradivarius violin which had been stolen from him in 1980, at a press conference at the U.S Attorney's office in Manhattan. Appraiser Phillip Injeian helped recover a centuries-old Stradivarius violin that was stolen 35 years ago from renowned violinist Roman Totenberg, father of NPR journalist Nina Totenberg, when the alleged thief's widow brought the $5 million instrument to New York so he could tell her what it's worth on June 26. The seven-figure fiddle was shown to Injeian by a woman named Thanh Tran, who is the widow of a rival violinist named Philip Johnson, who Totenberg's family long suspected of being the thief. After stealing the violin, Johnson moved to California, had a lackluster musical career and died of cancer at age 58 in 2011, a year before Totenberg died at the age of 101. (Kristy Leibowitz/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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  • Stolen Stradivarius recovered 35 years later
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    Stolen Stradivarius recovered 35 years later
    August 6, 2015 - New York, New York, United States: U.S Attorney Preet Bharara announces the return to the heirs of Roman Totenberg, his 1734 Stradivarius violin which had been stolen from him in 1980, at a press conference at the U.S Attorney's office in Manhattan. Appraiser Phillip Injeian helped recover a centuries-old Stradivarius violin that was stolen 35 years ago from renowned violinist Roman Totenberg, father of NPR journalist Nina Totenberg, when the alleged thief's widow brought the $5 million instrument to New York so he could tell her what it's worth on June 26. The seven-figure fiddle was shown to Injeian by a woman named Thanh Tran, who is the widow of a rival violinist named Philip Johnson, who Totenberg's family long suspected of being the thief. After stealing the violin, Johnson moved to California, had a lackluster musical career and died of cancer at age 58 in 2011, a year before Totenberg died at the age of 101. (Kristy Leibowitz/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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  • Stolen Stradivarius recovered 35 years later
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    Stolen Stradivarius recovered 35 years later
    August 6, 2015 - New York, New York, United States: U.S Attorney Preet Bharara announces the return to the heirs of Roman Totenberg, his 1734 Stradivarius violin (pictured) which had been stolen from him in 1980, at a press conference at the U.S Attorney's office in Manhattan. Appraiser Phillip Injeian helped recover a centuries-old Stradivarius violin that was stolen 35 years ago from renowned violinist Roman Totenberg, father of NPR journalist Nina Totenberg, when the alleged thief's widow brought the $5 million instrument to New York so he could tell her what it's worth on June 26. The seven-figure fiddle was shown to Injeian by a woman named Thanh Tran, who is the widow of a rival violinist named Philip Johnson, who Totenberg's family long suspected of being the thief. After stealing the violin, Johnson moved to California, had a lackluster musical career and died of cancer at age 58 in 2011, a year before Totenberg died at the age of 101. (Kristy Leibowitz/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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  • Stolen Stradivarius recovered 35 years later
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    Stolen Stradivarius recovered 35 years later
    August 6, 2015 - New York, New York, United States: Assistant U.S Attorney Jason Masimori plays a song on a violin before the press conference at the U.S Attorney's office, to announce the return of Roman Totenberg's 1734 Stradivarius violin, which had been stolen from him in 1980. Appraiser Phillip Injeian helped recover a centuries-old Stradivarius violin that was stolen 35 years ago from renowned violinist Roman Totenberg, father of NPR journalist Nina Totenberg, when the alleged thief's widow brought the $5 million instrument to New York so he could tell her what it's worth on June 26. The seven-figure fiddle was shown to Injeian by a woman named Thanh Tran, who is the widow of a rival violinist named Philip Johnson, who Totenberg's family long suspected of being the thief. After stealing the violin, Johnson moved to California, had a lackluster musical career and died of cancer at age 58 in 2011, a year before Totenberg died at the age of 101. (Kristy Leibowitz/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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  • Stolen Stradivarius recovered 35 years later
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    Stolen Stradivarius recovered 35 years later
    August 6, 2015 - New York, New York, United States: Assistant U.S Attorney Jason Masimori plays a song on a violin before the press conference at the U.S Attorney's office, to announce the return of Roman Totenberg's 1734 Stradivarius violin, which had been stolen from him in 1980. Appraiser Phillip Injeian helped recover a centuries-old Stradivarius violin that was stolen 35 years ago from renowned violinist Roman Totenberg, father of NPR journalist Nina Totenberg, when the alleged thief's widow brought the $5 million instrument to New York so he could tell her what it's worth on June 26. The seven-figure fiddle was shown to Injeian by a woman named Thanh Tran, who is the widow of a rival violinist named Philip Johnson, who Totenberg's family long suspected of being the thief. After stealing the violin, Johnson moved to California, had a lackluster musical career and died of cancer at age 58 in 2011, a year before Totenberg died at the age of 101. (Kristy Leibowitz/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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  • Nicola Benedetti is a Scottish classical violinist
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    Nicola Benedetti is a Scottish classical violinist
    Nicola Benedetti is a Scottish classical violinist.
    Benedetti's new album Homecoming: A Scottish Fantasy soared to number 19 in the UK album charts, sitting comfortably in the company of Ellie Goulding, Arctic Monkeys and Jack White. ItÕs the first time in two decades - since the days of Vanessa Mae (1995) and Nigel Kennedy (1989) - that a so-called 'classical' musician has been so popular in mainstream music.

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  • Nicola Benedetti is a Scottish classical violinist
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    Nicola Benedetti is a Scottish classical violinist
    Nicola Benedetti is a Scottish classical violinist.
    Benedetti's new album Homecoming: A Scottish Fantasy soared to number 19 in the UK album charts, sitting comfortably in the company of Ellie Goulding, Arctic Monkeys and Jack White. ItÕs the first time in two decades - since the days of Vanessa Mae (1995) and Nigel Kennedy (1989) - that a so-called 'classical' musician has been so popular in mainstream music.

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  • Nicola Benedetti is a Scottish classical violinist
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    Nicola Benedetti is a Scottish classical violinist
    Nicola Benedetti is a Scottish classical violinist.
    Benedetti's new album Homecoming: A Scottish Fantasy soared to number 19 in the UK album charts, sitting comfortably in the company of Ellie Goulding, Arctic Monkeys and Jack White. ItÕs the first time in two decades - since the days of Vanessa Mae (1995) and Nigel Kennedy (1989) - that a so-called 'classical' musician has been so popular in mainstream music.

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  • Nicola Benedetti is a Scottish classical violinist
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    Nicola Benedetti is a Scottish classical violinist
    Nicola Benedetti is a Scottish classical violinist.
    Benedetti's new album Homecoming: A Scottish Fantasy soared to number 19 in the UK album charts, sitting comfortably in the company of Ellie Goulding, Arctic Monkeys and Jack White. ItÕs the first time in two decades - since the days of Vanessa Mae (1995) and Nigel Kennedy (1989) - that a so-called 'classical' musician has been so popular in mainstream music.

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  • Nicola Benedetti is a Scottish classical violinist
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    Nicola Benedetti is a Scottish classical violinist
    Nicola Benedetti is a Scottish classical violinist.
    Benedetti's new album Homecoming: A Scottish Fantasy soared to number 19 in the UK album charts, sitting comfortably in the company of Ellie Goulding, Arctic Monkeys and Jack White. ItÕs the first time in two decades - since the days of Vanessa Mae (1995) and Nigel Kennedy (1989) - that a so-called 'classical' musician has been so popular in mainstream music.

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  • California tribute to Sophia Loren
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    California tribute to Sophia Loren
    July 19, 2014 - Oakville, California, United States: A violinist plays under the conducting of Carlo Ponti in the orchestra LA Virtuosi in a tribute concert called "Sinfonietta per Sofia" for Ponti's mother Sophia Loren during the annual Festival del Sole, featuring "Bella Italia: A Tribute to Sophia Loren" at the Far Niente Winery. Maestro Carlo Ponti debuted LA Virtuosi Orchestra with a tribute concert to his mother, Sophia Loren. The American composer Daniel Brewbaker was commissioned to write the piece, called "Sinfonietta per Sofia". Following the concert was a tribute dinner to Loren, hosted by Whoopi Goldberg, including presenters Francis Ford Coppola and Robert Redford. (Leah Millis/San Francisco Chronicle/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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  • dukas 39206898 top
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    MAYUMI FUJIKAWA ;
    b. 1946, Japanese violinist :
    1978 ;
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  • Pic By Steve Back In Oxford St London......the Bhs Symphony Bra Orchestra All Wearing The Symphony Plunge Bra...l To R. Singer Jennie Gaynor..jo Hicks..... Violin Svetly Krousseba..
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    Pic By Steve Back In Oxford St London......the Bhs Symphony Bra Orchestra All Wearing The Symphony Plunge Bra...l To R. Singer Jennie Gaynor..jo Hicks..... Violin Svetly Krousseba..
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Steve Back/Daily Mail /REX (1050184a)
    Pic By Steve Back In Oxford St London......the Bhs Symphony Bra Orchestra All Wearing The Symphony Plunge Bra...l To R. Singer Jennie Gaynor..jo Hicks..... Violin Svetly Krousseba..
    Pic By Steve Back In Oxford St London......the Bhs Symphony Bra Orchestra All Wearing The Symphony Plunge Bra...l To R. Singer Jennie Gaynor..jo Hicks..... Violin Svetly Krousseba..

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    ZUSAMMENSTELLUNG: Büstenhalter! Der BH wird 100 Jahre alt

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  • Nigel Kennedy
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    Nigel Kennedy
    Nigel Kennedy is a British-born violinist and violist. He made his early career in the classical field, and he has performed and recorded most of the major violin concerti. He later included jazz, klezmer, and other genres in his repertoire.
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  • Nigel Kennedy
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    Nigel Kennedy
    Nigel Kennedy is a British-born violinist and violist. He made his early career in the classical field, and he has performed and recorded most of the major violin concerti. He later included jazz, klezmer, and other genres in his repertoire.
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  • Nigel Kennedy
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    Nigel Kennedy
    Nigel Kennedy is a British-born violinist and violist. He made his early career in the classical field, and he has performed and recorded most of the major violin concerti. He later included jazz, klezmer, and other genres in his repertoire.
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  • Nigel Kennedy
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    Nigel Kennedy
    Nigel Kennedy is a British-born violinist and violist. He made his early career in the classical field, and he has performed and recorded most of the major violin concerti. He later included jazz, klezmer, and other genres in his repertoire.
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  • Nigel Kennedy
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    Nigel Kennedy
    Nigel Kennedy is a British-born violinist and violist. He made his early career in the classical field, and he has performed and recorded most of the major violin concerti. He later included jazz, klezmer, and other genres in his repertoire.
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  • Nigel Kennedy
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    Nigel Kennedy
    Nigel Kennedy is a British-born violinist and violist. He made his early career in the classical field, and he has performed and recorded most of the major violin concerti. He later included jazz, klezmer, and other genres in his repertoire.
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  • Escala
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    Escala
    Escala is an electronic string quartet, from London, England who rose to fame when they performed on and reached the final of the second series of Britain's Got Talent on ITV1 in May 2008.

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  • Escala
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    Escala
    Escala is an electronic string quartet, from London, England who rose to fame when they performed on and reached the final of the second series of Britain's Got Talent on ITV1 in May 2008.

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  • FEATURE - Cherry Blossom in Japan
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    FEATURE - Cherry Blossom in Japan
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    Strictly editorial use only. Only to be used in context of story about Valerio Berdini's photos of the Japanese cherry blossom. No stock, books, merchandising or advertising
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    Street party are common during sakura. These classical duo play violin and cello on a bridge next to blossoming cherry trees
    Japan's spectacular cherry blossom, Japan - 14 Mar 2013
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    Photographer Valerio Berdini captured Japan's spectacular cherry blossom in all its glory.

    The photos, taken in 2013, have been released ahead of the upcoming spring blossom, which begins each year at the end of March.

    Valerio said: "Each year, thousands of people fill the parks to hold feasts under the flowering trees, and sometimes these parties go on until late at night. In Japan, cherry blossoms symbolise 'clouds'. Due to their nature of blooming en masse, besides being an enduring metaphor for the ephemeral nature of life. The transience of the blossoms, the extreme beauty and quick death, has often been associated with mortality."
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  • STUDIO - Iva Bittova
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    STUDIO - Iva Bittova
    Iva Bittova is a Czech avant-garde violinist, singer, and composer. She began her career as an actress in the mid-1970s, appearing in several Czech feature films, but switched to playing violin and singing in the early 1980s. Photographed in Adelaide, Australia.

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  • STUDIO - Iva Bittova
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    STUDIO - Iva Bittova
    Iva Bittova is a Czech avant-garde violinist, singer, and composer. She began her career as an actress in the mid-1970s, appearing in several Czech feature films, but switched to playing violin and singing in the early 1980s. Photographed in Adelaide, Australia.

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  • STUDIO - Iva Bittova
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    STUDIO - Iva Bittova
    Iva Bittova is a Czech avant-garde violinist, singer, and composer. She began her career as an actress in the mid-1970s, appearing in several Czech feature films, but switched to playing violin and singing in the early 1980s. Photographed in Adelaide, Australia.

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  • STUDIO - Iva Bittova
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    STUDIO - Iva Bittova
    Iva Bittova is a Czech avant-garde violinist, singer, and composer. She began her career as an actress in the mid-1970s, appearing in several Czech feature films, but switched to playing violin and singing in the early 1980s. Photographed in Adelaide, Australia.

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    (110414) -- BEIJING, April 14, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Workers of the Huadong Musical Instrument Co., Ltd make violins at a plant in Donggaocun Township of Pinggu District in Beijing, capital of China, April 6, 2011.
    The 49-year-old Geng Guosheng, a native of Donggaocun Township in Pinggu District, dubbed "China's Violin Production Base," is a violin production workshop owner in rural Beijing. He is worried the labour shortage of his workshop.
    "I fail to keep my staff by offering a salary of more than 2,000 yuan (305.6 U.S. dollars) per month on average, although the amount is adequately attractive in rural China," said the 49-year-old Geng. "I can't accept any more as the manpower is not enough." Since the beginning of this year, the number of the workers in Geng's workshop has fallen from 10 to no more than five, including his wife, his son and himself. Most of his employees have turned to work in other workshops or factories in his township.
    The popularity of skilled workers in the township has embodied the booming violin production business here. Since 2006, the township government organized 15 instrument manufacture trainings and more than 1,500 farmers participated. To attract more, each trainee was granted 500 yuan as an allowance.
    Currently, 3,000 farmers from Donggaocun, or 20 percent of the township's labor forces, are engaged in violin-related business, creating a manufacturing chain from material supplies, parts manufacturing to violin assembly.
    Starting in the early 1990s, Geng's workshop produced 280 violins every month with sales prices from 300 yuan to 200,000, depending on different wood categories, handiwork quality, and sound effects.
    "Much better than farming," he said, adding a farmer could only make 1,000 yuan per mu (0.06 hectare) every year at the township.
    Despite the labor shortage, Geng is optimistic about the future of his workshop. "Once there is an investor, I'll immediately expand my business," he laughed.

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    (110414) -- BEIJING, April 14, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Pupils learn violin at a primary school in Donggaocun Township of Pinggu District in Beijing, capital of China, April 6, 2011.
    The 49-year-old Geng Guosheng, a native of Donggaocun Township in Pinggu District, dubbed "China's Violin Production Base," is a violin production workshop owner in rural Beijing. He is worried the labour shortage of his workshop.
    "I fail to keep my staff by offering a salary of more than 2,000 yuan (305.6 U.S. dollars) per month on average, although the amount is adequately attractive in rural China," said the 49-year-old Geng. "I can't accept any more as the manpower is not enough." Since the beginning of this year, the number of the workers in Geng's workshop has fallen from 10 to no more than five, including his wife, his son and himself. Most of his employees have turned to work in other workshops or factories in his township.
    The popularity of skilled workers in the township has embodied the booming violin production business here. Since 2006, the township government organized 15 instrument manufacture trainings and more than 1,500 farmers participated. To attract more, each trainee was granted 500 yuan as an allowance.
    Currently, 3,000 farmers from Donggaocun, or 20 percent of the township's labor forces, are engaged in violin-related business, creating a manufacturing chain from material supplies, parts manufacturing to violin assembly.
    Starting in the early 1990s, Geng's workshop produced 280 violins every month with sales prices from 300 yuan to 200,000, depending on different wood categories, handiwork quality, and sound effects.
    "Much better than farming," he said, adding a farmer could only make 1,000 yuan per mu (0.06 hectare) every year at the township.
    Despite the labor shortage, Geng is optimistic about the future of his workshop. "Once there is an investor, I'll immediately expand my business," he laughed.
    To inherit his business, Geng's

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    (110414) -- BEIJING, April 14, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Worker Chen Weiling of the Huadong Musical Instrument Co., Ltd. lacquers a violin at a plant in Donggaocun Township of Pinggu District in Beijing, capital of China, April 6, 2011.
    The 49-year-old Geng Guosheng, a native of Donggaocun Township in Pinggu District, dubbed "China's Violin Production Base," is a violin production workshop owner in rural Beijing. He is worried the labour shortage of his workshop.
    "I fail to keep my staff by offering a salary of more than 2,000 yuan (305.6 U.S. dollars) per month on average, although the amount is adequately attractive in rural China," said the 49-year-old Geng. "I can't accept any more as the manpower is not enough." Since the beginning of this year, the number of the workers in Geng's workshop has fallen from 10 to no more than five, including his wife, his son and himself. Most of his employees have turned to work in other workshops or factories in his township.
    The popularity of skilled workers in the township has embodied the booming violin production business here. Since 2006, the township government organized 15 instrument manufacture trainings and more than 1,500 farmers participated. To attract more, each trainee was granted 500 yuan as an allowance.
    Currently, 3,000 farmers from Donggaocun, or 20 percent of the township's labor forces, are engaged in violin-related business, creating a manufacturing chain from material supplies, parts manufacturing to violin assembly.
    Starting in the early 1990s, Geng's workshop produced 280 violins every month with sales prices from 300 yuan to 200,000, depending on different wood categories, handiwork quality, and sound effects.
    "Much better than farming," he said, adding a farmer could only make 1,000 yuan per mu (0.06 hectare) every year at the township.
    Despite the labor shortage, Geng is optimistic about the future of his workshop. "Once there is an investor, I'll immediately expand my busines

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    (110414) -- BEIJING, April 14, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Geng Guosheng of the Huadong Musical Instrument Co., Ltd. remedies an old violin from Japan at a plant in Donggaocun Township of Pinggu District in Beijing, capital of China, April 6, 2011.
    The 49-year-old Geng Guosheng, a native of Donggaocun Township in Pinggu District, dubbed "China's Violin Production Base," is a violin production workshop owner in rural Beijing. He is worried the labour shortage of his workshop.
    "I fail to keep my staff by offering a salary of more than 2,000 yuan (305.6 U.S. dollars) per month on average, although the amount is adequately attractive in rural China," said the 49-year-old Geng. "I can't accept any more as the manpower is not enough." Since the beginning of this year, the number of the workers in Geng's workshop has fallen from 10 to no more than five, including his wife, his son and himself. Most of his employees have turned to work in other workshops or factories in his township.
    The popularity of skilled workers in the township has embodied the booming violin production business here. Since 2006, the township government organized 15 instrument manufacture trainings and more than 1,500 farmers participated. To attract more, each trainee was granted 500 yuan as an allowance.
    Currently, 3,000 farmers from Donggaocun, or 20 percent of the township's labor forces, are engaged in violin-related business, creating a manufacturing chain from material supplies, parts manufacturing to violin assembly.
    Starting in the early 1990s, Geng's workshop produced 280 violins every month with sales prices from 300 yuan to 200,000, depending on different wood categories, handiwork quality, and sound effects.
    "Much better than farming," he said, adding a farmer could only make 1,000 yuan per mu (0.06 hectare) every year at the township.
    Despite the labor shortage, Geng is optimistic about the future of his workshop. "Once there is an investor, I'll immediately expand

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    (110414) -- BEIJING, April 14, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Geng Guosheng of the Huadong Musical Instrument Co., Ltd. remedies an old violin from Japan at a plant in Donggaocun Township of Pinggu District in Beijing, capital of China, April 6, 2011.
    The 49-year-old Geng Guosheng, a native of Donggaocun Township in Pinggu District, dubbed "China's Violin Production Base," is a violin production workshop owner in rural Beijing. He is worried the labour shortage of his workshop.
    "I fail to keep my staff by offering a salary of more than 2,000 yuan (305.6 U.S. dollars) per month on average, although the amount is adequately attractive in rural China," said the 49-year-old Geng. "I can't accept any more as the manpower is not enough." Since the beginning of this year, the number of the workers in Geng's workshop has fallen from 10 to no more than five, including his wife, his son and himself. Most of his employees have turned to work in other workshops or factories in his township.
    The popularity of skilled workers in the township has embodied the booming violin production business here. Since 2006, the township government organized 15 instrument manufacture trainings and more than 1,500 farmers participated. To attract more, each trainee was granted 500 yuan as an allowance.
    Currently, 3,000 farmers from Donggaocun, or 20 percent of the township's labor forces, are engaged in violin-related business, creating a manufacturing chain from material supplies, parts manufacturing to violin assembly.
    Starting in the early 1990s, Geng's workshop produced 280 violins every month with sales prices from 300 yuan to 200,000, depending on different wood categories, handiwork quality, and sound effects.
    "Much better than farming," he said, adding a farmer could only make 1,000 yuan per mu (0.06 hectare) every year at the township.
    Despite the labor shortage, Geng is optimistic about the future of his workshop. "Once there is an investor, I'll immediately expand

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