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Four bows
purchased thanks to
a donation from Delden Klassiek

The Delden Klassiek Foundation celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2020. Through its anniversary campaign, the foundation raised 10,000 euros for the Musical Instrument Fund. Following a delay due to the coronavirus pandemic, the donation was officially presented last April during a musical gathering at the Oude Blasiuskerk in Delden. The fund has now purchased four cello bows with the donated funds.

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28 May 2023 by Manon Veenendaal

Anniversary Promotion

Since 1970, the Delden Klassiek Foundation has been organizing chamber music concerts at the Oude Blasiuskerk, Twickel Castle, and Hoeve De Haar. Many of the musicians performing at these concerts play instruments from the collection of the Musical Instrument Fund. This inspired the foundation to organize a fundraiser for the Musical Instrument Fund during its 50th anniversary in 2020. The fund was delighted to receive 10,000 euros!

Manon Veenendaal (NMF) ontvangt een cheque van voorzitter Peter Scheerder (Delden Klassiek).

Four new bows

The Musical Instrument Fund had long wanted to add Baroque cello bows to its collection. Thanks to a donation from Delden Klassiek, that dream became a reality: The Musical Instrument Fund commissioned four Baroque bows from bow makers Luis Emilio Rodriguez Carrington and Kees van Hemert, both based in The Hague.

Louis Emilio Rodriguez Carrington in zijn atelier in Den Haag.

Green silk with 21-karat gold

Rodriguez Carrington’s two bows are made of letterwood. Van Hemert’s two are made of two types of Swartzia wood. One is a “Luigi Boccherini model,” inspired by a bow depicted in a painting, featuring French green silk and 21-karat gold thread.

One of the Rodriguez Carrington bows is currently on loan to cellist Evan Buttar. He says: “The bow has a clear, brilliant tone with sharp articulation and a singing legato. I’ve only had it for a short time, but it’s very inspiring to play with, and it gives me new technical possibilities and fresh ideas about ways to express the music.”