violin
Romeo Antoniazzi
built in Milan in 1916
A violin built by Romeo Antoniazzi in Milan in 1916.
History of this instrument
In late 2023, The Netherlands Musical Instrument Foundation received this exceptionally beautiful violin as a gift from a private individual. The violin came into the donor’s possession in 1963, and he played it for many years as an amateur violinist. In 2015, he decided to loan the violin through the Haren en Snaren Foundation, and it thus came into the hands of the talented Catalan violinist Judit Bardolet, a member of the successful Gerhard String Quartet. When she was able to purchase her own instrument in 2023, the owner decided to donate it to the Netherlands Musical Instrument Foundation.
About the builder Romeo Antoniazzi
Romeo Antoniazzi led an exceptionally unsettled life. By the time he was born, his parents had already lived at twelve different addresses, and his mother had already given birth to nine children. Romeo would not be their last child, and...
