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‘The Red Violin’ visits ݮý ahead of DC, Va. shows (Video)

WASHINGTON — Chills were felt Friday inside the Glass Enclosed Nerve Center.

Classical violinist  visited ݮý with her 1720 , which disappeared for centuries before famously being auctioned at the 1990 Christe’s auction.

That auction inspired François Girard’s Oscar-nominated French film  (1998), which tracked the perfect red-colored violin across three centuries of owners from different countries.

This weekend, Pitcairn will  Vivaldi’s Four Seasons (“Spring,” “Summer, “Autumn,” “Winter”) with the Alexandria Symphony Orchestra at Northern Virginia Community College’s Schlesinger Concert Hall on Saturday night and at George Washington University’s Masonic Temple on Sunday.

But first, she busted out the priceless violin for a live performance at ݮý.

Clickfor ticket information. Watch the video of her ݮý interview and performance below:

Jason Fraley

Hailed by The Washington Post for “his savantlike ability to name every Best Picture winner in history," Jason Fraley began at ݮý as Morning Drive Writer in 2008, film critic in 2011 and Entertainment Editor in 2014, providing daily arts coverage on-air and online.

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