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World’s most expensive violin to be heard in Moscow

Published: 27 October, 2009, 17:38
Edited: 30 October, 2009, 21:01


Moscow will hear the most expensive violin in the world, by the famous luthier Giuseppe Guarneri, crafted in 1741, in honor of the great musician Paganini’s 227th birthday.

 
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