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Daniel Pearl Memorial Violin - Memorial Violin Recipients
Article about the Daniel Pearl Memorial Violin
In November 2002, Jonathan Cooper, a well respected violin maker from Maine, had a wonderful idea for honoring Daniel Pearl, the violinist, fiddler and Wall Street Journal reporter who was murdered in Pakistan earlier that year.
To continue Daniel Pearl's legacy through a musical mission of peace, Jon crafted a work of art - the Daniel Pearl Memorial Violin -- and presented it to Mark O'Connor at a Boston concert in honor of Daniel -- with the intention to have it presented to a talented violinist attending O'Connor's Fiddle Camp.
In 2005, a second violin was anonymously commissioned so Daniel Pearl's memory and mission of peace could be spread twofold.
Each summer at the Mark O’Connor Strings Conference, exceptional violists are awarded the honor to play these violins for one year.
"By passing the instrument through so many hands and playing past musical borders, we hope that the beautiful sound of these violins will help inspire listeners to live in harmony, on a peaceful planet."
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