Vince Eliezer N. Chua, a master's degree student majoring in violin at The Hong Kong Academy for a Performing Arts (HKAPA), plays a rare 1684 violin known as the Ex-Croall; McEwen by Antonio Stradivari, estimated at HK$12-19 million, at Sotheby's Hong Kong office in Admiralty. Photo: Nora Tam Vince Eliezer N. Chua, a master's degree student majoring in violin at The Hong Kong Academy for a Performing Arts (HKAPA), plays a rare 1684 violin known as the Ex-Croall; McEwen by Antonio Stradivari, estimated at HK$12-19 million, at Sotheby's Hong Kong office in Admiralty. Photo: Nora Tam
Vince Eliezer N. Chua, a master's degree student majoring in violin at The Hong Kong Academy for a Performing Arts (HKAPA), plays a rare 1684 violin known as the Ex-Croall; McEwen by Antonio Stradivari, estimated at HK$12-19 million, at Sotheby's Hong Kong office in Admiralty. Photo: Nora Tam
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New violins may sound better than old Italian masters like Stradivarius: study

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Agence France-Presse
Agence France-Presse

Updated: 2:55pm, 20 Jul, 2018

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Vince Eliezer N. Chua, a master's degree student majoring in violin at The Hong Kong Academy for a Performing Arts (HKAPA), plays a rare 1684 violin known as the Ex-Croall; McEwen by Antonio Stradivari, estimated at HK$12-19 million, at Sotheby's Hong Kong office in Admiralty. Photo: Nora Tam Vince Eliezer N. Chua, a master's degree student majoring in violin at The Hong Kong Academy for a Performing Arts (HKAPA), plays a rare 1684 violin known as the Ex-Croall; McEwen by Antonio Stradivari, estimated at HK$12-19 million, at Sotheby's Hong Kong office in Admiralty. Photo: Nora Tam
Vince Eliezer N. Chua, a master's degree student majoring in violin at The Hong Kong Academy for a Performing Arts (HKAPA), plays a rare 1684 violin known as the Ex-Croall; McEwen by Antonio Stradivari, estimated at HK$12-19 million, at Sotheby's Hong Kong office in Admiralty. Photo: Nora Tam
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