All guarneri del gesu articles
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FocusAnne Akiko Meyers on playing the ‘Vieuxtemps’ Guarneri ‘del Gesù’
The US violinist, who has been loaned in perpetuity what is currently the world’s most expensive instrument, discusses its tone quality and projection
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FocusThe Strad Calendar 2022: Giuseppe Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ violin c.1736
With a handsome, deeply reflective and broadly flamed maple back, this is the crown jewel in the Dutch Musical Instruments Foundation’s collection
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NewsPaganini’s favourite violin features in rare new recording
Italian violinist Francesca Dego records on the composer’s ‘Il Cannone’ violin
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FocusLooking after Paganini’s ‘Il Cannone’ violin
Entrusted with the task of conserving one of the world’s most valuable violins, Bruce Carlson has made it easier to play, while taking it closer to how it would have looked to Paganini. In this article first published in 2004, he explains
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GalleryIn focus: the 1744 'de Bériot' Guarneri 'del Gesù'
In this article from July 2015, David Rattray takes a look at a highly refined instrument that kicks against the constraints of conformity
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FocusIn focus: The ‘Carrodus’ Guarneri ‘del Gesù’
In this article from the April 2007 issue, John Dilworth takes a close look at a violin made when ‘del Gesù’ was at his most imaginative and creative
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NewsThe Strad June 2018 issue is out now
Examining the world’s most expensive violin, the ‘Vieuxtemps’ Guarneri ‘Del Gesù’, plus Anne Akiko Meyers discusses playing it
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NewsPaganini International Violin Competition: the finalists
All-male final six, including three Americans, competing for €20,000 first prize and opportunity to perform on Paganini’s favourite violin
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FocusFrom the archive: the 1734 ‘Spagnoletti’ Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ violin
In this article from the February 2005 issue of The Strad, John Dilworth looks at the history of the 1734 ‘Spagnoletti’ Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ violin, which, unusually, can be traced all the way back to its Cremonese origins
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FocusIn focus: the 1736 ‘Cessole’, ‘Teja-Ferni’ Guarneri ‘del Gesù’
Although Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ is best known for his wild, unruly later masterpieces, this 1736 violin reveals his softer side, as Carlo Chiesa explains in this focus on a Strad poster instrument first published in the July 2010 issue
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FocusFrom The Strad Calendar 2018: Giuseppe Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ violin, 1742
Based in Cremona, the Friends of Stradivari network brings together instruments owned by collectors and stringed-instrument enthusiasts from around the world. The Strad Calendar 2018 celebrates twelve of these treasures, with this violin featuring in April. Text by John Dilworth
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VideoJames Ehnes plays Hora Staccato by Grigoraș Dinicu, arr. Heifetz
In this video from 2008, James Ehnes plays Hora Staccato, the showpiece by Romanian composer Grigoraș Dinicu, as arranged by Heifetz. As the name suggests, its challenges lie in fast staccato notes both up- and down-bow. The piece features on Ehnes’s CD/DVD Homage released on Onyx Classics, on which he ...
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FocusFrom the archive: the 'David, Heifetz' 1742 Guarneri 'Del Gesù'
These photos were published in the December 1988 issue of The Strad in a special issue dedicated to Jascha Heifetz which also featured a poster of the violin. This is the accompanying text
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VideoNikolaj Znaider discusses his Guarneri 'del Gesù'
In this video for the Czech Philharmonic, Nikolaj Znaider talks about the 1741 ‘Kreisler’ Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ which he plays on extended loan by the Royal Danish Theater through the Velux Foundation and the Knud Højgaard Foundation. The instrument was owned by legendary Austrian violinist and composer Fritz Kreisler from ...
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NewsViolinist Dmitri Kogan dead at 38
Scion of Russian musical dynasty with international touring career dies of lymphatic cancer
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FocusStradivari’s wood: investigating the chemical composition of the master's materials
For centuries, luthiers have suspected that the spruce and maple used by Antonio Stradivari had special qualities, and a recent series of experiments has sought to confirm or deny these suspicions. Here lead researcher Hwang-Ching Tai explains the methodology and findings
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ArticleFrom the Archive: 1733 Guarneri 'del Gesù' violin, 'ex Kreisler'
This illustration of a violin by Guarneri 'del Gesù' was published in The Strad, January 1987. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs: The instrument most closely associated with Fritz Kreisler is the 1733 Guarneri 'del Gesù' now owned by the Library of ...
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ArticleBach duet on 1734 Stradivarius and Guarneri del Gesù violins
Chicago Symphony Orchestra assistant concertmaster David Taylor and his former student Clarissa Bevilacqua perform on two violins made in 1734 - the Antonio Stradivari 'Lam, ex Scotland' and the Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù 'Prince Doria' - housed at the Museo del Violino in Cremona, Italy. The performance ...
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Article'Sometimes my violin gets grouchy,' says Midori
It's very, very capricious; it's very temperamental; it gets grouchy' Midori speaks about her relationship with her 1734 Guarneri del Gesù and about her belief that the instrument is 'a living being' for Big Think. Watch: Violinist Midori on practising Watch: Violinist Midori on coping with stage ...
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ArticleJames Ehnes performs on the Guarneri 'del Gesù' 'Lord Wilton' violin
James Ehnes performs Tchaikovsky's Melody, op.42 no.3 on the Giuseppe Guarneri 'del Gesù' 'Lord Wilton' violin, 1742. The instrument was one of several great Cremonese violins associated with Yehudi Menuhin, who acquired it in 1978 from Jacques Francais in New York. On his death in 1999 it ...
