Bizarre Court Case Puts a Violinist, and Leipzig String Quartet, in an Unflattering Light

The New York Times ^ | 12 June 2015 | Michael Cooper

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The violinist Stefan Arzberger had planned to play the music of Beethoven, Haydn and Mendelssohn with his colleagues in the Leipzig String Quartet later this month at Wigmore Hall in London, where he fondly recalls once sipping sherry with patrons after a concert.

Instead he finds himself facing a charge of attempted murder in New York City, accused of barging naked into the room of a 64-year-old woman at a Midtown hotel he was staying in while on tour this spring and trying to strangle her. His defense is hardly less lurid: His lawyers say he was drugged by a prostitute he had brought to his room earlier that night.

In his first extended English-language interview since his arrest, Mr. Arzberger — who has received support from a number of musicians, including Kurt Masur, the former music director of the New York Philharmonic, who conducted him in the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra — said he did not remember what happened in the early morning hours of March 27, when the attack took place, according to a criminal complaint.

“I spend my time now investigating what happened that night, to find out — because I have no memories,” Mr. Arzberger, 42, who is out on $100,000 bail, said the other day over lunch. “This is something I never had in my life, something like this. No memories at all.”

Now, he faces criminal charges of attempted murder, burglary, strangulation and assault, and a civil suit from the woman.

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Read it from the top...Del capo al fini!

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Maybe not, but it is still a Major embarrassment!

[Grateful2God]

His next piece should be called, “Lorena!”

[Red Badger]

When he barged thru the door, he said Theremin..............

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Hoping for some good vibrations, I’ll wagner.

[Red Badger]

Yes, it would be hard to trumpet...................

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or “Lorelei”.

[Grateful2God]

“bobbitizing”

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That’s what you get when you hire a strumpet.
Soon your pianissimo is as loud as a trumpet.

[Red Badger]

Tremolo and vibrato with excitement, at the thought of his coming accompaniment..............

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(That is the musical symbol for "Bobbitzing")

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If it’s not Baroque, don’t fix it..................

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Betche he won't get one of these:

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[Grateful2God]

Should never make an overture to a stranger!

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Classical Response!

[Red Badger]

......or you’ll be playing second fiddle to some guy named Bubba in prison!.............

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Diminuendo - an gay Italian.....................

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I think Bubba will be doin’ the fiddlin”.

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He’ll soon learn to play the flute.....................

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This thread will never end. We can string it along forever!