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Article: Regina Carter plays priceless Paganini violin during special concert at New York's Lincoln Center.(Music)
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- Jet
- Article date:
- December 1, 2003
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Jazz violinist Regina Carter recently played the 260-year-old Paganini violin during a special, sold-out performance at the Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center in New York.
The priceless instrument was crafted by Guarneri del Gesu in 1743. It once belonged to Niccolo Paganini, the greatest classical violinist in history.
"I heard the audience gasp when I played it," Carter tells JET of her performing with the instrument, nicknamed "The Cannon" because of the large, sonorous and dark-toned sound it produces.
Her performance at Lincoln Center marked the instrument's first visit to New York in three years.
Earlier that day during a press ...