instrument
viola
Annelies Steinhauer
built in Hilversum in 2002
A viola, built by Annelies Steinhauer in Hilversum, 2002. Body length: 41.8 cm.
Current player
Talent
Lois Loos
plays a
viola
from Annelies Steinhauer
from Annelies Steinhauer
History of this instrument
In 2001, the Musical Instrument Fund commissioned Annelies Steinhauer to build this viola. Anna-Magdalena den Herder was the first to receive the instrument on loan. She played this Hilversum viola for eight years. Oene van Geel has also played the instrument, as has Laura Groenestein-Hendriks. Since 2014, Lois Loos has been the player of this viola.
About the builder Annelies Steinhauer
Annelies Steinhauer (1945) was born in Amsterdam. In 1965, she went to Mittenwald to study violin making. There, she met violin maker Jaap Bolink. They left Mittenwald together in 1967, married, and worked successively in the...