The Canada Council has awarded two young musicians instruments from the council’s instrument bank. “For the next three years, Kaori Yamagami will play the 1696 Bonjour Stradivari cello, the most valuable instrument in the Instrument Bank, valued at approximately $6.1-million. Violinist Hou won the use of the 1729 ‘ex-Heath’ Guarneri del Gesù violin, valued at about $4.3-million.”