instrument
violin
Marten Cornelissen
built in Northampton in 1986
A violin built by Marten Cornelissen in Northampton (U.S.), 1986. Opus 340. Stradivarius model.
History of this instrument
In 1995, the Musical Instrument Fund purchased this Cornelissen violin from the maker. Willemien Derksen was the first to play the violin, followed by Marianne van den Heuvel, Stephan Nieuwesteeg, Diana Fakour, and Per Benjamin de Koster. Currently, the North American violin is in the possession of Diego de la Cruz Tortoza.
About the builder Marten Cornelissen
During one of his annual visits to his hometown of Apeldoorn, Gerrit Marten Cornelissen received a phone call from the Amstel Hotel in Amsterdam. They asked if he would be willing to build a viola for Yehudi Menuhin. Marten had already...
