instrument
violin
Wilhelm Paul Kunze
built in The Hague in 1930
A violin built by Wilhelm Paul Kunze in The Hague, 1930. Opus 183.
History of this instrument
In 1999, the Musical Instrument Fund received this Kunze violin on loan from a private individual. Following the owner’s death, the heir decided in 2024 to donate the violin to the fund. Selianthe Kallimopoulos was the first player of the Hague violin. Tim de Vries also played the violin for two years before Manon van de Kempe began playing the instrument.
About the builder Wilhelm Paul Kunze
Wilhelm Paul Kunze (Paul) was born in Markneukirchen in 1875. There, between 1889 and 1892, he learned the craft of violin making in one of the many workshops in that city. After working in Leipzig for half a year, he left for Amsterdam...