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50,000-year-old violin in Munich Cathedral

BR-Klassik / Bavarian Broadcast

25.11.2024 by Muna Weber

A violin made from 50,000-year-old wood was heard for the first time in Munich at the weekend. Violin maker Martin Schleske made the instrument from a Kauri trunk that was salvaged from a New Zealand bog, and violinist Ingolf Turban presented this special violin at the world premiere of Enjott Schneider's oratorio “Beatitudes” in Munich's Frauenkirche.