All Goffriller articles

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    Matouš Pěruška loaned Gofriller violin

    18 November 2022

    The violinist of Trio Bohemo has acquired the c.1710 instrument from Dr. Jan Telenský

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    In focus: Pablo Casals' 1733 Goffriller cello

    6 August 2018

    The cello on which Pablo Casals made his landmark recordings was for a long time believed to be by Bergonzi, writes Philip Kass

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    Ophélie Gaillard reunited with stolen Goffriller cello

    19 February 2018

    Thieves make anonymous call and return instrument after seeing social media posts and realising its true value 

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    Amit Peled on 'A Cello Named Pablo'

    19 December 2017

    This video from Washington DC based WDCW news features cellist Amit Peled talking about a new children’s book about him and the Goffriller cello once played by Pablo Casals Watch: Video: how I came to play Pablo Casals’s 1733 Goffriller cello, by Amit Peled

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    From the Archive: a violin by Matteo Goffriller, Venice, 1696

    3 April 2017

    This illustration of a violin by Matteo Goffriller was published in The Strad, August 1986. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:Hugh Bean once remarked that Albert Sammons 'got through one violin a week'. This statement is obviously an exaggeration but it does express ...

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    Cellist Amit Peled performs Fauré's Papillon

    14 September 2015

    Amit Peled performs Fauré's Papillon - a favourite encore piece of Pablo Casals - at the Heifetz International Music Institute on Casals' own 1733 Goffriller cello, presented to him by Casals' widow, Mrs Marta Casals Istomin.Read Peled's article for The Strad: How I came to play Pablo Casals’s ...

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    From the Archive: a Matteo Gofriller cello, Venice 1700

    1 June 2015

    This illustration of a Matteo Gofriller cello was published in The Strad, July 1972. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs: During the 18th century the number of cellos made in Italy was very small in comparison with the output of violins. Matteo ...