Guadagnini Violin, 1773

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I love Guadagninis.  I have a very soft spot for them, for their power and their indomitable temperaments.  They are musician's instruments, with compelling personalities of their own- and that's the thing with violins: you have to fight for them.  It's not that you master the instrument and bend it to your will, you have to coax it out of it's shell, place trust in it, and learn how to work with it.  A violin is a living, breathing individual, simply because you- the violinist- give this part of yourself into the instrument.  It's a beautiful thing.

And I'm waxing ridiculously poetic about this violin because it is gorgeous.  The tone is butter, and it just tweaks the corners of your mouth upward because it is delicious to play, a wicked thrill.  It also happens to be my former teacher, Lewis Kaplan's, violin- so there are countless premieres that happened on this instrument- to make it even more interesting!

Pieces played:

Ysaye, Sonata No. 2 "Obsession" Mvmnts 1 and 4
Stravinsky, Suite Italienne Mvmnts 1 and 2
Vaughan Williams, "The Lark Ascending"
Piazzolla, "Le Grand Tango"

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