Orchestra makes bow from cancer survivor’s hair

Orchestra makes bow from cancer survivor’s hair

Orchestras

norman lebrecht

July 24, 2023

The Orchestre Symphonique de Québec, which lost its popular conductor Bramwell Tovey to cancer, has made and played a violin bow from the hair of a cancer survivor, with a view to raising research funds in Bram’s memory.

Here’s a filmed account of their initiative:

Image: The bow of hope

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