Frédéric’s writings draw readers into the little-known world of rare instruments: what goes on behind the stage curtain, in the luthiers’ workshops, inside the instruments. His first novel, published by Actes Sud, Tribulations d’un Stradivarius en Amérique, has been translated into several languages. His articles are regularly published in the leading British magazine The Strad.
Based on the theft of an important Stradivarius, the novel tells how the violin served as an ashtray for the kleptomaniac thief, then as a bargaining chip for his widow to defraud the insurance companies.
A beautiful book on the master of masters, co-written with Peter Biddulph on the occasion of the Stradivarius exhibition at the Musée Fabre in Montpellier in 2008. The exhibition brought together an orchestra of Stradivarius instruments, on which the opening concert of the Radio France Festival was performed – a world first.
The English version of “Tribulations d’un Stradivarius en Amérique”.
