Mr Zygmuntowicz, who has also made instruments for Joshua Bell and the Emerson String Quartet, is rated as one of the best violin-makers alive.

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In classics, it has the great Universal Classics catalog, meaning recordings by artists like Herbert Von Karajan, Maurizio Pollini, the Emerson String Quartet, and other best-in-the-world acts.

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Last week, Mr. Bronfman joined the Emerson String Quartet at New York's Carnegie Hall for an all-Brahms program, and this week he partners with Lorin Maazel and the New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall in four performances of the composer's Piano Concerto No. 1.

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