instrument
violin
Otto Stam
built in Utrecht in 1947
A violin built by Otto Stam in Utrecht, 1947. Opus 17.
Current player
Talent
Yolanda Kuijper
plays a
violin
from Otto Stam
from Otto Stam
History of this instrument
In 1992, the Musical Instrument Fund received this violin—built by Otto Stam in 1947—on loan from a dedicated donor. Since then, Chié Peters has been the violin’s first player, followed by Hanna Streng and Carolien Hulshof, among others. Since 2019, Yolanda Kuijper has been the lucky player of this Dutch instrument.
About the builder Otto Stam
After studying the cello for several years, Otto Stam (1913) enrolled in the painting program at the Antwerp Academy. However, the prospects that the visual arts offered during the crisis years led him to decide to pursue a different...
