The Strad is proud to present a selection of twelve featured Violins; capturing the connection between some of today’s top players and the finest violins by Stradivari and Guarneri del Gesù.
Featured among the selection of violins and their current players are as follows:
Antonio Stradivari ‘Arditi’ violin 1689 played by Elise Båtnes
Antonio Stradivari ‘Lord Dunn-Raven’ violin 1710 played by Anne-Sophie Mutter
Antonio Stradivari ‘Lipiński’ violin 1715 played by Frank Almond
Antonio Stradivari ‘Gariel’ violin 1717 played by Nicola Benedetti
Antonio Stradivari ‘Kochanski’ violin 1717 played by Pierre Amoyal
Antonio Stradivari ‘Macmillan’ violin 1721 played by Ning Feng
Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù ‘Lafont’ violin c.1736 played by Vadim Repin
Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù ‘Panette’ violin 1737 played by Renaud Capuçon
Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù ‘Lipiński’ violin 1737 played by Daniel Hope
Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù ‘Vieuxtemps’ violin c.1741 played by Anne Akiko Meyers
Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù ‘Soldat’ violin 1742 played by Rachel Barton Pine
Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù ‘Carrodus’ violin 1743 played by Richard Tognetti
