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A unique poster: ‘Paderewski, Wendling’ violin – part two

2024-12-19T21:06:00

Paderewski Wendling

Expert and conservator Balthazar Soulier has curated this month’s poster which, for the first time, features an ‘original composite’ violin: the ‘Paderewski, Wendling’, made by Montagnana and Guarneri ‘del Gesù’. Here he places this unique instrument in context and highlights complementary information to enable a better understanding of the poster ...

Following the publication of the article on the ‘Paderewski, Wendling’ violin in the September 2024 issue of The Strad, the editors asked me if I would agree to create a poster for this unique violin. At first I was quite surprised. Could a ‘composite’ violin – even one as spectacular as this – be taken as a benchmark instrument by the new generation of violin makers? On reflection, I decided that this would be a fantastic opportunity to help open up new perspectives in terms of reference criteria in contemporary violin making…

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