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Acclaimed British Jazz Violinist Chris Garrick Votes Neolin Best Electro-Acoustic Violin

Source: Jona Rapoport Artist Management/PR
February 15, 2011

"I want to learn to play like Chris Garrick!" —Maxim Vengerov “THE NEOLIN is more than just an electro-acoustic violin —with its own, modern sound, its versatility and a whole bunch of options, it's meant to open up new horizons for violin-playing, to enlarge the spectrum of musical expressions in today's music the way the saxophone did in Jazz a century ago!" —Bodo Vosshenrich, Neolin/Neoloncello maker Jazz violinist Chris Garrick looked far and wide for the perfect stage and recording ...

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Helmut Lipsky's Melosphere CD "Tempi con Variazioni" Garners Prix Opus Best Album World Music

Source: Jona Rapoport Artist Management/PR
February 1, 2011

"Tempi con Variazioni is a toast to the art of music—in all its diversity of styles, time periods and genres..." Violin virtuoso/composer Helmut Lipsky's Melosphere CD Tempi con Variazioni (Chestnut Hall Music) garnered the prestigious Conseil Québécois de la Musique (CQM- Quebec Music Council) Prix Opus (Opus Prize) for Album of the Year in the World Music category. The fourteenth annual gala of the Music Council, held in Montreal on January 31, 2011, celebrated the best musical achievements in the ...

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The Neolin: Incomparable Electro-Acoustic Violin Choice for Jazz, Hip-Hop, Rock, Pop Musicians

Source: Jona Rapoport Artist Management/PR
January 31, 2011

Bodo Vosshenrich, a master violin maker in France, creates distinct instruments for today's musicians. He dares a novel electro-acoustic approach to the violin, destined for the new generation of musicians who play popular, improvised and amplified music (Rock, Hip-Hop, Pop, Jazz, Electro...). They now have their own voice: the Neolin!

Owners of the Neolin include renowned UK jazz violinist Chris Garrick; Didier Lockwood, Mani Neumann (Farfarello) and others.

Find it in the US at Blaise Kielar's Electric Violin Shop, and ...

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