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Article: In hands of Carter, the violin is not a delicate instrument.(Entertainment)(Jazz musician aims to coax the fire, not shrill notes, out of the strings)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- January 28, 2005
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Byline: Carolyn Lamberson The Register-Guard
Italian classical music virtuoso and composer Niccolo Paganini once owned a violin called the Cannon, so named for its deep-toned and booming sound.
When Paganini died in 1840, he gave the violin to the city of Genoa, which has preserved the instrument, allowing only world-class guest soloists to play it.
Which means that Detroit-born jazz violinist Regina Carter has arrived. In 2001, Carter became the first jazz performer and the first black American to play the Cannon, which was crafted by master violin maker Bartolomeo Antonio Guarneri in 1743.
"The Cannon is like God to violinists," ...