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Hier vindt u een verzameling
artikelen uit kranten en
tijdschriften die betrekking
hebben op het fenomeen viool.
Peter Brandt (vioolbouwer) in de
Klassieke muziekagenda:
Zijn voorliefde voor hout is er
altijd geweest. ”Het is
fantastisch om mee te werken,
het is een natuurprodukt, warm
en goed te bewerken en te
modeleren. Het daagt me uit, ik
ben een detaillist en
perfectionist van aard en de
kunstgeschiedenis heeft mij
leren kijken”.
Lees
alles...
Stradivarius in de NRC van
zaterdag 31 oktober 1998:
(nog steeds actueel!)
Het artikel in Wet &
Onderwijs-katern van 3 oktober
'Dromen van een Stradivarius'
raakt een reëel probleem in het
muziekleven (in het bijzonder
voor strijkers in opleiding),
doch met voorbijgaan aan enkele
factoren die het geheel toch nog
wat gecompliceerder maken dan
een simpele kwestie van geld.
Hieraan lijdt ook het in het
artikel genoemde rapport van de
Stichting voor Economisch
Onderzoek dat is opgesteld in
opdracht van het Nationaal
Muziekinstrumentenfonds van
september 1998. Dit rapport is
door economen gemaakt na
gesprekken met en enquêtes van
factoren op de markt voor
instrumenten, te weten
muziekstudenten, beroepsmusici
en bouwers/handelaren. Hiermee
is echter nog niet alles gezegd
over deze door veel
misverstanden, vooroordelen en
geloof versluierde markt waar
per saldo toch vrij vaste regels
gelden.
Lees
alles...
Stradivarius found above chicken
coop:
An elderly Hungarian is said to
become a millionaire after
finding a priceless Stradivarius
violin hidden above his chicken
coop. Imre Horvath, 68, makes a
living from the poultry and egss
he sells from his home on a
smallholding, near Debrecen.He
believes the violin was hidden
in the roof space by his
musician father, Zoltan, before
he went off to fight in the war.
Zoltan was killed in the war and
never had a chance to tell his
family where the instrument was
hidden, reports Debreceni
Napelo. He built the house in
the 1920s and lived there with
his family until he was called
up to fight, and never returned.
Imre said he had no use for the
instrument, and had taken it to
an expert in Debrecen to have it
valued because it looked like it
was particularly good quality.
He said: "They were very excited
- but sent me to the capital to
have their findings checked, and
they confirmed the violin was
made by the famous 17th century
Italian instrument maker Antonio
Stradivari. “I was delighted but
then terrified because I have
nowhere I can keep the violin in
my little house, I just want to
sell it as soon as possible and
put the money in the bank. Then
I can relax.“ Only about 650
genuine Stradivarius violins are
believed to exist today and one
recently sold in the US for more
than $ 1 million.
Artikel uit Buitenleven: Peter
Brandt vioolbouwer
Het beeld dat leken van een
vioolbouwer hebben is nogal
wisselend. De één verwacht een
soort André Rieu, de ander een
wat artistiek uitziend figuur
met baard en wuivende lokken.
Peter Brandt voldoet aan geen
van beide. Hij is een man die
leeft voor, maar ook ván muziek
en muziekinstrumenten, een man
met een subtiel gevoel in beide
handen en een grote technische
kennis. Maar ook een man die,
ondanks het feit dat hij al zo'n
20 jaar violen bouwt, iedere dag
leert. Zijn atelier, met geurige
houtkrullen en pruttelende
lakken. Met behulp van gevoel en
gereedschappen, die wat vorm en
gebruik betreft soms eeuwenlang
nauwelijks veranderd zijn,
krijgt het hout en uiteindelijk
het instrument, zijn vorm en
klank!
Lees alles...
Violinists can't tell new
violins from old, study shows in
USA Today 8 april 2014
Old Italian violins are deemed
the king of all violins. A
Stradivarius can rake in
millions at auction, and players
have long noted the superior
tonal qualities of violins from
the 1700s compared to newer
violins. Many researchers have
tried to explain the
supposed superiority of the old
Italian violins, testing
everything from the old wood to
the ingredients in the varnish
used on the violins. A new study
published today in Proceedings
of the National Academy of
Sciences, by acoustic scientist
Claudia Fritz and violin maker
and researcher Joseph Curtin,
shows that there really may not
be a distinguishable difference
in old vs. new violins. ”When
you see a fantastic violinist
confused and unable to tell the
difference between a Strad and a
newer instrument, it really
makes an impression,” Curtin
said. The researchers asked 10
world-renowned soloists to
choose a violin to
hypothetically replace their own
from a batch of six new and six
old Italian violins, five of
which were Stradivarius models.
In the blind study, the
violinist wore dark goggles and
tested the instruments in
75-minute sessions, one in a
rehearsal room and a 300-seat
concert hall outside of Paris.
Six of the 10 soloists chose new
violins as their preference, and
when comparing playing qualities
of their favorite new violin and
favorite old violin, they rated
the new violin higher on
average.
Lees alles...
Over-Hyped $45 Million 1719
MacDonald Stradivari Viola Fails
to Sell
Despite the highly-publicized
marketing strategy, London-based
auction house Ingles & Hayday
has failed in its attempt to
deliver a buyer for the 1719
Macdonald Viola grossly
over-estimated, at bids over USD
45 Million. A collaborative
sale with Sothebys, the auction
houses used a sealed-bid process
in hope of finding a buyer
outside of the traditional
string instrument market. One of
only 11 confirmed Stradivari
violas in existence, the
Macdonald was used by Peter
Schidolf of the Amadeus Quartet
from 1964 to 1987 and has been
kept in storage since. From a
condition standpoint, it is
believed to be the finest
Stradivari viola in existence.
Kreutzer Strad, Found in
Reclusive Heiress Closet, to
Sell for Upto $10M
The 1731 Kreutzer Stradivarius
violin, found hidden in the
closet of the late eccentric
heiress Huguette Clarks
Manhattan apartment, is expected
to sell at auction in New York
this week for upto USD $10
million. The reclusive heiress,
who died aged 104 in 2011, was
the daughter of copper magnate
and politician William A Clark
once believed to be the richest
man in America. The 1731
golden-period instrument, which
had been left untouched for more
than 25 years, was named after
its former owner French violin
virtuoso, Rodolphe Kreutzer. Our
pre-sale estimate on this is
$ 7.5 million to $ 10 million,
Kerry Keane, head musical
instrument specialist at
Christies New York has said.
Kreutzer Strad, failed to sell
This announcement comes just a
week after Christie's failed in
an attempt to sell the 1731
Kreutzer Stradivarius violin, in
New York and has signaled, for
many experts, a potentially
major downward shift in the roof
of the ultra-high-end string
instrument market. This
announcement comes just a week
after Christie's failed in an
attempt to sell the 1731
Kreutzer Stradivarius violin, in
New York? and has signaled, for
many experts, a potentially
major downward shift in the roof
of the ultra-high-end string
instrument market.
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