The Rented Violin
In 2019, a young cellist named Sheku Kanneh-Mason was loaned a 1700 Matteo Goffriller cello worth over two million dollars. The instrument wasn't his. It...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on 1 Corinthians 6:12-20.
In 2019, a young cellist named Sheku Kanneh-Mason was loaned a 1700 Matteo Goffriller cello worth over two million dollars. The instrument wasn't his. It belonged to a private collector who entrusted it to Sheku because of how he played — not recklessly, but with reverence, discipline, and breathtaking beauty. Sheku didn't toss it in the back seat of his car or leave it propped against a pub wall.…
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