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‘The woman who loaned me the Stradivarius offered to sell it for £140,000, but my own fiddle sounded better’

Master luthier Jim McKillop has crafted one final instrument for musician Zoë Conway, a process preserved in the new film From a Forest to a Fiddle

From a Forest to a Fiddle: Jim McKillop with the final instrument he has made for Zoë Conway. Photograph: Patrick Conway
From a Forest to a Fiddle: Jim McKillop with the final instrument he has made for Zoë Conway. Photograph: Patrick Conway
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Siobhán Long
Thu Nov 09 2023 - 05:15 • 6 MIN READ
Jim McKillopZoë ConwayPatrick ConwayRTÉ Concert OrchestraNational Concert Hall