Chicago violinist, 17, is given a Guarnerius

Chicago violinist, 17, is given a Guarnerius

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norman lebrecht

December 16, 2016

Joshua Brown from Gurnee, Illinois, has been handed a 1679 Pietro Guarneri violin on long-term loan by a patron of Chicago’s Stradivari Society, a division of the instrument dealers Bein & Fushi.

A somewhat stunned Josh said: ‘Playing such a high caliber instrument really opens up so many more ways for me to express myself as a musician.’

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