Antonio Stradivari

Antonio Stradivari

male, deceased (1737)
Antonio Stradivari (1644 - December 18, 1737) was an Italian "luthier", a crafter of stringed instruments such as violins, celli, guitars and...

Guarneri

male
Guarneri is the family name of a group of highly acclaimed violin makers (luthiers) from Cremona in Italy in the 17th and 18th centuries, whose...
Janine Jansen

Janine Jansen

female, 31 years old
Janine Jansen (born in Utrecht, 1978) is a Dutch violinist. Her father and brother are also musicians. She began to study the violin at age 6. She...

Luigi Tarisio

male, deceased (1854)
Luigi Tarisio (c. 1790 - October 1854) was an Italian violin dealer and collector. He was born at Fontaneto d'Agogna, near Novara, Piedmont, of...
Francesco Ruggieri

Francesco Ruggieri

male
Francesco Ruggieri (Also known as Rugier, Ruggeri, Ruggerius) was perhaps an apprentice of Nicolò Amati, another important luthier in Cremona I...
Matteo Goffriller

Matteo Goffriller

male
Matteo Goffriller (also Mateo Gofriller; 1659 - 1742) was a 18th century Italian luthier, who made exceptionally great cellos. He was born in...
Giovanni Grancino

Giovanni Grancino

male, deceased (1709)
Giovanni Grancino (1637-1709), son of Andrea Grancino, was one of the early Milanese luthiers, and may have worked with brother, Francesco....
Jennifer Koh

Jennifer Koh

female
Jennifer Koh is an American Violinist, born to Korean parents. She is a graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory as well as the Curtis Institute and...
Camillo Sivori

Camillo Sivori

male, deceased (1894)
Ernesto Camillo Sivori was an Italian virtuoso violinist and composer. Born in Genoa, he was the only pupil of Paganini. He also studied with...
Domenico Dragonetti

Domenico Dragonetti

male, deceased (1846)
Violin<br>"Milanollo" 1620 Amati<br>"Dragonetti" 1706 Stradivari<br>"Rivaz-Baron Gutmann" 1707 Stradivari<br>"Dragonetti-Milanollo" 1728...