Horror video: Conductor sends soloist’s violin flying
mainRómulo Assis was playing the Tchaikovsky concerto in Amarante, northern Portugal, when an extravagant gesture by the conductor Nuno Côrte-Real hit the violin out of his hands and sent it crashing to the floor.
The silence that follows is the sound of mass trauma.
On inspection, the 1809 Nicola Lupot violin was found to have a crack running upwards from the ‘f’ hole. It is said to be repairable.
Rómulo went on to play the concerto on the concertmaster’s instrument.
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