“Losing something like that it’s like losing a family member, it’s like losing my own voice, and the violin itself lost its voice too,' the professional violinist said. My heart is really shattered, it was bleeding and I just want the violin back.'
MingHuan Xu, a professional violinist and director of the string program at Roosevelt University, said the antique violin stolen has an immense cultural and personal value. It was made by renowned Italian violin-maker Nicolò Gagliano and was lent to Xu by a private sponsor 20 years ago.A second violin stolen in the burglary was made by Oliver Radke in the late 1990s, Xu said, and a half-size cello belonging to her son also is missing.
MingHuan Xu, in Chicago on May 13, 2022, is mourning the loss of her vintage violin, which was reported stolen from her home. The 1758 violin was loaned to her by a private sponsor. “Right now I’m going through a grieving, really a grieving period where I feel like my heart is not ready to move on, even temporarily, to another violin,” she said. “I have some very generous friends and violin dealers in town who are willing to loan me a violin to use meanwhile, but decisions have not been made yet at this point. I’m still hoping that my violin will find its way home.”
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