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Iwate Pref.'s event in Paris to thank for support

PARIS, France - Iwate Gov. Takuya Tasso (L) and Ivry Gitlis, a Paris-based violinist, pose for photographs during an event in the French capital held by the Japanese prefectural government on Nov. 7, 2014, to thank France for support for the recovery from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami and ask for continuous support.

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Tsunami debris-made violin

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Ivry Gitlis, 89, plays a violin made of tsunami debris in front of a disaster survivor at a memorial service in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on March 11, 2012, the first anniversary of the tsunami. The violin was made by Japanese craftsman Muneyuki Nakazawa, 71. (Kyodo)

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Making violin from tsunami debris

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 21, 2012, in Tokyo shows Muneyuki Nakazawa, a violin maker known globally for restoration and appraisal of Stradivarius and other rare instruments, making a violin from wooden debris from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami found in the city of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture. A project is under way to have 1,000 violinists from around the world play at various venues in Japan and abroad with violins made from such debris, with the first performance to be given by Ivry Gitlis, an Israeli-born violinist, at a first-anniversary ceremony in Rikuzentakata on March 11. (Kyodo)