Instruments
Kavakos plays the "Abergavenny" Stradivarius of 1724 from February 2010. He has sold the "Falmouth" Stradivarius of 1692, and a 1782 violin by Giovanni Battista Guadagnini (Torino). Kavakos now owns only the Abergavenny and three modern violins (as of September 4, 2010).
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