![]() ![]() 22 to March 16, when the online auction in which it will be featured concludes. The violin can be viewed at Tarisio’s New York galleries from Feb. The Guarneri Violin was exhibited at the Met in 1994 as part of a group of 25 exceptional Guarneri instruments, and again in 2012-13 to showcase his collection of fine Italian stringed instruments and French bows, according to Tarisio. READ MORE: The ‘Hellier’ Stradivarius Violin Could Achieve up to $11.3 Million at Auction “Through his vital support of musicians and his careful stewardship of the musical instruments he collected, he established a remarkable legacy that is ready to be shared and passed on to the next generation.” “Sau-Wing Lam was one of the great unsung heroes of the music world,” Wang said in a statement through Tarisio. Throughout his near 40-year career, Wang has played a cello loaned to him by the Lam family. He is also a judge for classical music’s most prestigious competitions, including the Tchaikovsky cello competition, the Queen Elisabeth cello competition, and the Wieniawski Violin Competition. Wang attended Yale School of Music with the Lam family’s support, and became the first-ever Chinese musician to sign an exclusive recording contract with Deutsche Grammophon, a German classical music record label that’s now PolyGram. Together with his wife, Jean, an amateur pianist, the Lams offered financial support, sponsorship, and even the long-term loan of instruments from their own collection to many students, among whom is the Chinese cellist Jian Wang. An amateur violinist and violist, Lam began to collect violin and bows in the 1960s. Born in Shanghai, Lam moved to New York in 1948 and eventually became the president of the Dah Chong Hong Trading Corporation, Inc., a conglomerate of import and export, grocery, and auto dealership businesses across the country. The instrument was acquired by Lam in 1979 and has been kept in the family after he died in 1988 at the age of 65, Tarisio said. ![]()
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