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Back to EpisodesJáni Szántó: Violins, Exile, and Hope
Episode 515
Published 1 month, 3 weeks ago
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BBB 059, part 3 Jáni Szántó...
...was a masterful violinist and instructor who escaped the Nazis with the help of Pope Pius XII and settled in Philadelphia as instructor. One of his old instruments was the "Lord Borwick" Stradivarius, built in 1702.