Accardo played Paganini's Cannone for a recording of the label Dynamic. [46]

Teachers:

• Ambrosio, Luigi d`
• Austruc, Yvonne - Accademia Musicale Chigiana, Siena

Dedicated works:

• Piston, Walter:Fantasia for Violin
• Xenakis, Iannis:Dikhtas

Frank Almond has been given this instrument on loan through the Stradivari Society, Chicago.

[119] p 16

Teachers:

• Morawec, Ernst - Vienna
• DeLay, Dorothy - Julliard School of Music in New York

Julian Altman was a café violinist who is said to have stolen Hubermann this instrument from his dressing room at Carnegie Hall while Hubermann was performing on his Guarneri del Gesú. After his death in a correctional facility in Connecticut his widow gave in court contradictory versions of the theft. Altman, who played on the Gibson for nearly 50 years, was in prision not due to the theft but due to sexual abuse of his wife's grandchild. [150]

The ex Kochanski was stolen 1987. It reappeared 1991 in Torino. Meanwhile Amoyal had bought 1990 the Minaloto from Christian Ferras. [118]

Jelly d'Arányi was a grand-niece of Joseph Joachim and a sister of Adila Fachiri. Holst's Double Concerto is dedicated to both sisters.
[122] and [119] p 27

Teachers:

• Hubay, Jenó - Royal Academy Budapest

Dedicated works:

• Bartok, Bela:Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1
• Bartok, Bela:Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2
• Holst, Gustav:Double Concerto
• Ravel, Maurice:Tzigane
• Somervell, Arthur:Konzertstück
• Williams, Ralph Vaughan:Concerto Accademico

Leopold Auer, as a teacher and player, is considered to have been a successor of Joseph Joachim . [119] 35

Teachers:

• Kohne, Ridley - Budapest
• Dont, Jacob (until 1858)
• Hellmesberger, Joseph - Vienna
• Joachim, Joseph - Hannover (1863 - 1864)

Pupils:

• Dushkin, Samuel
• Elman, Mischa
• Hansen, Cecilia
• Heifetz, Jascha
• Menges, Isolde
• Milstein, Nathan
• Parlow, Kathleen
• Seidel, Toscha
• Zimbalist, Efrem

Dedicated works:

• Glazunov, Alexander:Violin Concerto Opus 82 in A minor
• Glazunov, Alexander:String Quartett no. 5
• Tchaikovsky, Peter I.:Concerto for Violin and Orch. in D major
• Tchaikovsky, Peter I.:Melancholische Serenade

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Ms. Barton played upon the ex Lobkowicz on loan from the Stradivari Society of Chicago through Bein & Fushi, Inc. She plays the ex-Lord Coke on loan of the Fazenda Ipiranga, Guaranesia/MG, Brasil.

[163]; [5]

Teachers:

• Vamos, Roland
• Vamos, Almita
• Gonzalez, Ruben
• Scholz, Werner
• Darvarova, Elmira

Becker was Robert Hausmann's successor at the Hochschule für Musik Berlin. [119] p 59

Teachers:

• Becker, Jean
• Kündinger, Kanu - Mannheim
• Grützmacher, Friedrich - Dresden
• Heß, Karl - Dresden
• Piatti, Alfredo

Pupils:

• Grummer
• Harrison, Beatrice
• Mainardi, Enrico
• Hoelscher, Ludwig
• Walenn, Herbert

Becker-Bender talks about her Guarneri del Gesú: 'The warmth of tone touched me instantly and the darkness in sound I love so much in violins. I felt at once that it's a very personal sound, a very colourful sound. A relationship started right from the beginning and one knows one can get out colours and really have many ways of expression with this sound, and this is really a continously improving process.'
: (OV in German)

[148]; [10]; [67]

Teachers:

• Zehetmair, Helmut - Mozarteum, Salzburg
• Marschner, Wolfgang - Freiburg
• Melcher, Wilhelm (1992 - 1996) - University of Music, Stuttgart
• Takeno, David - Guildhall School, London
• Pichler, Günter (1997 - 2000) - University of Music, Vienna
• Mann, Robert (2000-2002) - Juilliard School, New York
• Brainin, Norbert
• DeLay, Dorothy
• Mintz, Shlomo
• Gulli, Franco
• Krebbers, Herman
• Ozim, Igor
• Ricci, Ruggiero

On the Tom Taylor he says: '...It's a little more robust, maybe a tiny bit less refined than the 1720s Golden Period instruments. I find it somewhere between a Strad and Guarneri in sound quality, which is ideal for me, so I really fell in love with it. I sold my previous instrument which was a very unusual guitar shaped Strad. Even after five years I feel I'm getting more out of this one each year' [45]
He played on the Tom Taylor on loan through the Stradivari Society until he purchased it. [163]
In 2001 Bell sold the Tom Taylor in order to purchase the Gibson, ex Hubermann. 'I instantaneously fell in love with the instrument like I never have before with a violin ... This is like a dream come true', he said. Bell, who played the soundtrack of the movie "The Red Violin" with the Tom Taylor, added 'It's ironic for me that I'm ending up with the red violin.' [189]

Dedicated works:

• Maw, Nicholas: Violin Concerto

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[119] p 79

Teachers:

• DeLay, Dorothy - Julliard School
• Shevelov, Ramy - Julliard School
• Végh, Sándor

[20] p 48 - 54

Teachers:

• Vanucchi (Abbé) - maestro di capella of the cathedral of San Martino
• Constanzi, G. B. - Rome

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Teachers:

• Szeryng, Henryk - Paris

Dedicated works:

• Blake, David: Violin Concerto

His complete name was Ole Bornemann Bull. [64] p 208

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Dedicated works:

• Drummond Bliss, Arthur: Violin Concerto

Cappelletti about his Holroyd Strad: "As soon as I played the Holroyd I knew it was my violin. When you play it, there's something very special about it, and some of the tones you produce are quite unexpected". [28]

The Tuscan is property of the italian goverment. [118] It was made for the Grand Duke of Tuscany, Cosimo III de Medici. [73]

Cartier was a pupil of Viotti, on whose recommendation he had attained the post of accompanist of Marie-Antoinette. From 1791 until 1821 he was assistent leader of the Paris Opéra Orchestra and from 1804 until 1830 member of the Court Orchestra. He gave the name Cathédrale to his instrument. [154] Lot No. 21

Teachers:

• Viotti, Giovani Battista

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Chee-Yun uses Thomastik Dominat strings. [94]

Chevillard was one of Delphin Alard's quartet partners. [175] [80]

[119] p 150

Teachers:

• Galamian, Ivan - Julliard School of Music in New York (1960 - 67)

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[20] p 200; [41] p 109

Dedicated works:

• Mendelssohn B: "Song Without Words" Op. 109