1757 Guadagnini Violin on Long-Term Loan to Sydney Symphony Orchestra
The Sydney Symphony Orchestra is delighted to announce that long-term supporter, Vicki Olsson, has purchased a 1757 Guadagnini violin which is on long-term loan to the SSO and will be played by Concertmaster Andrew Haveron.
The 258-year-old violin, made by Italian luthier Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, was selected by Mr Haveron over an intense three-week period, during which time he travelled throughout the UK to meet with multiple dealers and makers. After trialling over 30 instruments, Mr Haveron returned to select the very first violin he had tried.
"I arrived at the showroom of the first dealer I'd contacted and he had six instruments on the table for me to try. I picked up the first one, played one note and just thought: Wow!" Mr Haveron said.
"Finding out the histories of all these instruments, where they'd been, who'd played them in the past, was an incredibly interesting process. But in the end I just kept coming back to that first instrument. I had started to develop a real connection with this violin in the sense that it felt as if I already knew it and it already knew me, and it revealed things in my playing of which I didn't know I was capable."
You can watch a video of Andrew Haveron playing the 1757 Guadagnini instrument here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E9_1Gskpp0
Audiences can hear Andrew Haveron perform on the 1757 Guadagnini violin at the upcoming SSO concerts:
SIBELIUS 2: ROBERTSON CONDUCTS
Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House
Thu 8 Oct, 1.30pm
Fri 9 Oct, 8pm
Sat 10 Oct, 2pm
SCULTHORPE Memento mori
WALTON Violin Concerto
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2
David Robertson conductor
Andrew Haveron violin
Tickets: $39-$126
MOZART AND THE BRITS
City Recital Hall, Angel Place
Thu 5 Nov, 7pm
MOZART Adagio and Fugue
BRITTEN Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge
ARNOLD Concerto for two violins
Andrew Haveron violin-director
With soloists from the SSO
Tickets: $39-$78
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