Two weeks ago I described the 'Painted Quartet' auction at the Music Festival. I was very taken with this violin by Rhys Cowe, but the bidding started rather beyond what I could afford. It landed up going for 250, and between them the other instr...
Here's a good idea ... a way to keep part of the Cheltenham Music Festival. Last year the Festival Director commissioned various artists to take a violin or cello and paint it; the 'Painted Quartet' results adorned some of the covers of the festiv...