Stefan Milenkovich plays - Stradivari Lyall 1702
(owned by the Stradivari Society, on extended loan to Stefan Milenkovich)
(owned by the Stradivari Society, on extended loan to Stefan Milenkovich)
Friday, November 27, 2009
Wonder String Quartet
Wonder String Quartet
Hemnalina Mireskovic, first violin
Aleksandra Popovic, second violin
Ivana Uzelac, viola
Jovana Jocic, cello
Besides classical, the quartet aims to perform all kinds of music types and mix together various genres. So it isn’t surprising that its repertoire comprises jazz, latin, tango, pop, etno, as well as film music. This way the band’s talented performers succeed in jazzing up sophisticated sounds of their profession with the everyday in order to bring them closer to the contemporary world they live in.
Aleksandra Popovic, second violin
Ivana Uzelac, viola
Jovana Jocic, cello
Besides classical, the quartet aims to perform all kinds of music types and mix together various genres. So it isn’t surprising that its repertoire comprises jazz, latin, tango, pop, etno, as well as film music. This way the band’s talented performers succeed in jazzing up sophisticated sounds of their profession with the everyday in order to bring them closer to the contemporary world they live in.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Maxim Vengerov
Maxim Vengerov playsThe ex-Kreutzer Stradivarius 1727.
Ex-Kreutzer Stradivarius achieved a record sale for a musical instrument at auction, fetching £947,500
Monday, November 23, 2009
How much does a stradivarius violin cost?
Stradivari has hundreds violin of the world, but it is considered that only 50 have concert quality. During his life Stradivari made over 1,000 instruments.
The most valuable instruments that Stradivari made during his 'golden period', the 1700th to 1720th year.
A Stradivarius made in the 1680s or during Stradivari's Brescian period (1690-1700) could be worth several hundred thousand dollars or more at today's prices in auction. If made during Stradivari's "golden period" (1700 to 1720), depending on condition, the instrument can be worth several million. They rarely come up for sale and the highest price paid for a Stradivarius (or any musical instrument) at public auction was 'The Christian Hammer', made in 1707, which sold for US $3,544,000 on May 16, 2006. Private sales of Stradivari instruments have exceeded this price
The most valuable instruments that Stradivari made during his 'golden period', the 1700th to 1720th year.
A Stradivarius made in the 1680s or during Stradivari's Brescian period (1690-1700) could be worth several hundred thousand dollars or more at today's prices in auction. If made during Stradivari's "golden period" (1700 to 1720), depending on condition, the instrument can be worth several million. They rarely come up for sale and the highest price paid for a Stradivarius (or any musical instrument) at public auction was 'The Christian Hammer', made in 1707, which sold for US $3,544,000 on May 16, 2006. Private sales of Stradivari instruments have exceeded this price
"Willemotte"
Stradivarius dealer Jeoffrey Fushi (left) presents a $4 million Stradivarius known as the "Willemotte" to violinist Chuanyun Li for him to perform with.
Leonidas Kavakos
Leonidas Kavakos
Born in Athens to a musical family with strong traditions in folk music, Kavakos began studying violin with his father, continuing his studies at the Greek Conservatory with Stelios Kafantaris. An Onassis Foundation scholarship enabled him to attend master classes with Joseph Gingold at Indiana University, and he made his concert debut at the Athens Festival in 1984.
His reputation spread rapidly following his winning of both the Sibelius Competition in 1985 and the Paganini competition in 1988.
Kavakos plays the "Falmouth" Stradivarius of 1692.
"The Messiah"
Antonio Stradivari of Cremona.
It is one of the most valuable of all the Stradivari instruments.
The Messiah - Le Messie, remained in the Stradivarius workshop until his death in 1737. After violin was sold by his son Paolo to Count Cozio di Salabue in 1775, and for a time, the violin bore the name Salabue. The instrument was then purchased by Luigi Tarisio in 1827. Upon Tarisio’s death, in 1854, French luthier Jean Baptiste Vuillaume of Paris purchased The Messiah along with Tarisio's entire collection. The Messiah was bequeathed to the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England. As a condition in the will of the former owner, the Museum can never allow the violin to be played.
It is one of the most valuable of all the Stradivari instruments.
The Messiah - Le Messie, remained in the Stradivarius workshop until his death in 1737. After violin was sold by his son Paolo to Count Cozio di Salabue in 1775, and for a time, the violin bore the name Salabue. The instrument was then purchased by Luigi Tarisio in 1827. Upon Tarisio’s death, in 1854, French luthier Jean Baptiste Vuillaume of Paris purchased The Messiah along with Tarisio's entire collection. The Messiah was bequeathed to the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England. As a condition in the will of the former owner, the Museum can never allow the violin to be played.
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Famous violin
Stradivari, Cremona, 1708, 'Regent'
In a letter of 1840 the Belgian virtuoso Charles de Beriot wrote to the Parisian luthier Gand praising this instrument for its sound and quality, and in Herbert Goodkind's iconography of Antonio Stradivari it is given the well deserved extra title of "The Superb".
Andrea Amati "Charles IX"
Andrea Amati"Charles IX"
A violin made in 1566 belonging to King Charles IX of France, son of Caterina de’ Medici, is on display at an exhibit honoring her dedication to Renaissance art at Complesso del Vittoriano in Rome.
Violin
In fact, before the violin, there are three groups of similar instruments: viola da Gamba, lira da bracio (playing the forerunner of today's bow) and viola da bracio was the forerunner of the violin. Its final form, the violin gets in the period between 1520-1550 in northern Italy. But this is not the end. Although it got its final form violin maker tirelessly continue to make it less permanent changes in dimensions in order to achieve that ratio proportionally in the construction time and achieve higher quality and stronger tone. The names of the oldest violin maker still not known, but is assumed that these were the builders of lute.
The first known creators were Giovani Giacomo Dalla Corn (1484 to 1580) , Zanetti de Michelis Montechiaro (1488 to 1562) and Andrea Amati, (born between 1500 and 1505 to 1570, while there and claims that he was born around 1520 and lived until 1611). Several Amati violin exist today, for example two string instruments in the Museum of Oxford – Ashmolean.
It is known that Charles IX of France 1560th asked Amati to make a 38 stringed instruments, and to 24 violins, 6 viola, 8 cello . The oldest surviving violin, dated inside, is from this set, and is known as the "Charles IX," made in Cremona 1560. Founders of the famous Cremona school were Antonio Amati (1555-1640?), Girolamo Amati (1556-1630) and his son Nikolo Amati (1596-1684). Students of Nikolo Amatija were Girolamo II Amati (1649-1740), Andrea Guarneri (1626-1698), GB Ruggeri (1666-1696), Francesco Ruggeri (1645-1700), Paolo Grancino (1655-1692) and it is believed that the Antonio Stradivari (1644-1737) was one of them.
The finest Renaissance carved and decorated violin in the world is the Gasparo da Salo (1574) owned by Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria, and later from 1841, by the Norwegian virtuoso Ole Bull, who used it for forty years and thousands of concerts, for his very powerful and beautiful tone, similar to those of a Guarneri. It is now in the Vestlandske Kustindustrimuseum in Bergen (Norway).
Also "Le Messie" (also known as the "Salabue") made by Antonio Stradivari in 1716 remains pristine, never having been used, now is located in Asmolean Museum in Oxford.
Widely known for making good the violin Antonio Stradivari and Giuseppe Guarneri, also originating from northern Italy, from Cremona.
Stradivari has hundreds violin of the world, but it is considered that only 50 have concert quality. During his life Stradivari made over 1,000 instruments.
The most valuable instruments that Stradivari made during his 'golden period', the 1700th to 1720th year. Violin “Betts' is in the Library of Congress in Washington and on it is playing only on the occasion of the American public holidays.
Another important name in the history of masterpieces Bergonzi Carlo (1686-1747), Stradivari best student who continued to celebrate the Cremona school making superb instruments.
Giuseppe Guarnieri del Gesu was not so productive as Stradivari, most probably because he lived almost half less than Stradivari (everything is made somewhere around 200 while the violins Stradivari made about 1,000). To this day, instruments from the "Golden Age" of violin making, especially those made by Stradivari and Guarneri del Gesù, are the most sought-after instruments by both collectors and performers.
The first known creators were Giovani Giacomo Dalla Corn (1484 to 1580) , Zanetti de Michelis Montechiaro (1488 to 1562) and Andrea Amati, (born between 1500 and 1505 to 1570, while there and claims that he was born around 1520 and lived until 1611). Several Amati violin exist today, for example two string instruments in the Museum of Oxford – Ashmolean.
It is known that Charles IX of France 1560th asked Amati to make a 38 stringed instruments, and to 24 violins, 6 viola, 8 cello . The oldest surviving violin, dated inside, is from this set, and is known as the "Charles IX," made in Cremona 1560. Founders of the famous Cremona school were Antonio Amati (1555-1640?), Girolamo Amati (1556-1630) and his son Nikolo Amati (1596-1684). Students of Nikolo Amatija were Girolamo II Amati (1649-1740), Andrea Guarneri (1626-1698), GB Ruggeri (1666-1696), Francesco Ruggeri (1645-1700), Paolo Grancino (1655-1692) and it is believed that the Antonio Stradivari (1644-1737) was one of them.
The finest Renaissance carved and decorated violin in the world is the Gasparo da Salo (1574) owned by Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria, and later from 1841, by the Norwegian virtuoso Ole Bull, who used it for forty years and thousands of concerts, for his very powerful and beautiful tone, similar to those of a Guarneri. It is now in the Vestlandske Kustindustrimuseum in Bergen (Norway).
Also "Le Messie" (also known as the "Salabue") made by Antonio Stradivari in 1716 remains pristine, never having been used, now is located in Asmolean Museum in Oxford.
Widely known for making good the violin Antonio Stradivari and Giuseppe Guarneri, also originating from northern Italy, from Cremona.
Stradivari has hundreds violin of the world, but it is considered that only 50 have concert quality. During his life Stradivari made over 1,000 instruments.
The most valuable instruments that Stradivari made during his 'golden period', the 1700th to 1720th year. Violin “Betts' is in the Library of Congress in Washington and on it is playing only on the occasion of the American public holidays.
Another important name in the history of masterpieces Bergonzi Carlo (1686-1747), Stradivari best student who continued to celebrate the Cremona school making superb instruments.
Giuseppe Guarnieri del Gesu was not so productive as Stradivari, most probably because he lived almost half less than Stradivari (everything is made somewhere around 200 while the violins Stradivari made about 1,000). To this day, instruments from the "Golden Age" of violin making, especially those made by Stradivari and Guarneri del Gesù, are the most sought-after instruments by both collectors and performers.
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