cello
Guust François
built in Amsterdam in 2001
A cello built by Guust François in Amsterdam in 2001. Model: Alessandro Gagliano, Naples.
Current player
Astrid Reijnders
from Guust François
History of this instrument
Thanks to a donation from the Dijkverzwaring Foundation, the Musical Instrument Fund was able to commission Guust François to build this cello in 2001. Vincent de Lange was the first to play the instrument and did so for ten years. Mireya Peñarroja Segovia succeeded him, and the Amsterdam cello is currently in the hands of Astrid Reijnders.
About the builder Guust François
Guust Francois was born in Teteringen in 1956. From 1978 to 1982, he trained as a violin maker under Francesco Bissolotti at the Scuola Internazionale di Liuteria in Cremona. Together with fellow students, he then ran a shared workshop...