Too bad they are not coming to Vancouver.If you can't go to the farewell concert,take a good look at the 4 amazing string instruments before they go back to the museum,the instrument Paganini and Mendelssohn used to own and play.
Here's for classical music buff about these 4 precious instruments:
The four superb Strads were among the most cherished possessions of the famed virtuoso Niccolo Paganini. After their purchase by Mrs. Clark, further adjustments were made to the instruments by the great craftsman Simone Fernando Sacconi. The provenance of the instruments is as follows .[3]
The first violin, the "Comte Cozio di Salabue," was made by Stradivari in 1727 and was played by Paganini himself, after he acquired it from Count Cozio de Salabue in 1817. It is currently played by Martin Beaver. The second violin, the "Desaint," was made by Stradivari in 1680. It is an example of Stradivari’s early Amatise style, and is profiled in the book Stradivari’s Genius by Toby Faber.[4] It is currently played by Kikuei Ikeda.
The viola, the "Mendelssohn," was made in 1731, when Stradivari was 86 years old. It is one of fewer than a dozen surviving Strad violas, and was the instrument that inspired Paganini to commission Hector Berlioz to write his symphonic poem “Harold in Italy”. It is now played by Kazuhide Isomura. The cello is the “Ladenburg” of 1736. It was owned by the Mendelssohn family before coming into Paganini’s possession. It is currently played by Clive Greensmith.
When the Paganini Quartet disbanded in 1966, the four Strads reverted to the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. In accordance with Mrs. Clark's will, they were never to be separated. Beginning in 1992 they were loaned to the Cleveland String Quartet. Since 1994 they have been owned by the Nippon Music Foundation, and continue to be played by the Tokyo String Quartet.
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