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... stolen from disabled musicians:  ‘My heart broke’ Picture:  Getty By Maddy Shaw Roberts , ClassicFM London 5K The Dutch violinist has vowed to reimburse an orchestra for the mentally disabled, whose trailer full of instruments was stolen in the early hours of Thursday morning. André Rieu  has pledged to replace 20,000 euros of musical instruments, which were stolen from an orchestra of musicians with mental disabilities. The instruments, which belonged to the Haarlem brass band ‘Happy with Music’, were stolen in the early hours of Thursday 13 June, along with the band’s trailer. The chairman of the band, Juria van der Lubbe, told Dutch newspaper the  Telegraaf : “Seventeen years of work is in it. Sponsor promotions, the VriendenLoterij, the local Vomar. All these years they have contributed bit by bit to all instruments. That is gone in one fell swoop.” After reading about their story, Dutch violinist an...

... has just been sold at auction – and it went for a whopping £35,000 Ludwig van Beethoven.  Picture: Getty / Sotheby's By Rosie Pentreath , ClassicFM London 0 Sotheby’s in London sold ‘a substantial lock of the composer’s grey and dark brown hair’ for more than double the expected amount. A lock of  Beethoven ’s hair has been sold at  Sotheby ’s in London, fetching a massive £35,000.  When a “substantial lock of the composer’s grey and dark brown hair” was announced for auction in Sotheby’s  Important Manuscripts, Continental Books and Music  sale, it was expected to fetch somewhere in the region of £12,000 to £15,000. In the sale, which took place yesterday on Tuesday 11 June, the preserved lock reached over double that estimate when the hammer slammed down on a £35,000 final bid. The hair in question was by all accounts snipped from the great composer’s magnificent mane in 1826 at the reque...

 – and the wedding photos are ridiculously glamorous Lang Lang and Gina Alice Redlinger.  Picture: Social Media By Kyle Macdonald, ClassicFM London 0 The two love-birds tied the knot in Paris, and the photos were just beautiful. Twitter was overflowing with good wishes over the weekend, as keyboard superstar  Lang Lang  announced his marriage to fellow pianist Gina Alice Redlinger. And the photos of their nuptials were a virtuoso display all on their own. View image on Twitter ChineseInvestors.com @ChineseFNEnglsh Lang Lang releases wedding photos https://www. chinaentertainmentnews.com/2019/06/lang-l ang-releases-wedding-photos.html  … pic.twitter.com/XAju6lx7yk https://www. chinaentertainmentnews.com/2019/06/lang-l ang-releases-wedding-photos.html  … 3 10:09 PM - Jun 3, 2019 See ChineseInvestors.com's other Tweets Twitter Ads info an...