instrument
cello
Koen Padding
built in Doetinchem in 2012
A cello built by Koen Padding in Doetinchem in 2012.
Current player
Talent
Arda Naci
plays a
cello
from Koen Padding
from Koen Padding
History of this instrument
In 2012 (the year of Padding’s death), the owner loaned this cello to the Musical Instrument Fund. Theodoor Heyning was the first to play the instrument. Joshua Derwig and Lola Jurakić also played the instrument before Arda Naci began playing the cello from Doetinchem.
About the builder Koen Padding
After graduating from the Newark School of Violin Making in 1979, Koen Padding worked for eight years as a restorer for various European workshops, which allowed him to study countless examples of the great Italian luthiers’ work. At the...