Augustin Hadelich Talks About the Violin He Plays: the 1744 "Leduc/Szerying" Guarneri "del Gesù"

Violinist Augustin Hadelich talks about the 1744 "Leduc/Szerying" Guarneri "del Gesù" violin that he has been playing now since 2020 in this interview with Violinist.com's Laurie Niles for the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO), with whom Augustin performed Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in a series of concerts Oct. 21 and 22, 2023.
Here are more stories about those performances and the LACO master class he gave in Oct. 2023:
Review: Augustin Hadelich Performs Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in Los Angeles: www.violinist.com/blog/laurie...
Violin Master Class with Augustin Hadelich at Colburn: www.violinist.com/blog/laurie...
Interview with Augustin Hadelich: A Lifetime with the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto: www.violinist.com/blog/laurie...
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra: www.laco.org/
Augustin Hadelich: augustinhadelich.com/en
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One of the top 3 violinists who have ever lived, sitting right here.....talking about his magnificent Guarneri with it's astounding provenance. However I am reminded of several of the old Henny Youngman stand-up comedy routines where he comes out holding a violin and bow and commences to deliver all manner of one-liners and comedic stories, occasionally raising the violin to his chin with bow in hand BUT NEVER ACTUALLY PLAYING IT BEFORE HE GOES OFF INTO THE NEXT STORY!!! Such was his whole comedy routine.....repeatedly raising the violin as if to finally play.......but then never does!!! Insane!!