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This is not the first time a violin of such prominence has been within the Calgary community.

The CPO’s Acting Assistant Concertmaster, who has been described as the “best upcoming violinist of the new generation” (Henry Roth, author of Violin Virtuosos, from Paganini to the 21st Century), has been awarded an invaluable piece of musical history.

Through the Canada Council for the Arts’ Musical Instrument Bank Competition, Renée-Paule Gauthier has won the exclusive three-year use of the Taft Stradivari violin valued at an estimated $4.3 million.

While this person is not a local Calgarian, she did play this violin while a member of the CPO.

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