World-renowned violinist performs at maximum-security prison

World-renowned violinist Gidon Kremer performed Wednesday at the Pacific Institution in Abbotsford, B.C., a federal penitentiary housing up to 400 inmates serving time for everything from property crimes to murder. It marked the first time he played his 379-year-old Amati violin for prisoners.

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