violin
Willibrord Crijnen
built in Marseille in 2006
A violin built by Willibrord Crijnen in Marseille in 2006. A copy of Guarnerius’s “Le Duc.”
Current player
Sanne Lam
History of this instrument
Thanks to the Louisa van der Velden Foundation, the Musical Instrument Fund was able to commission Willibrord Crijnen in Marseille to build this violin in 2006. Lianne van den Berg was the first to play the violin; she was later followed by Svenja Staats, Coraline Groen, and Zohra Jongerius, among others. Sanne Lam currently plays this French violin.
About the builder Willibrord Crijnen
As early as age 4, Willibrord Crijnen was drawn to the violin and began building small instruments out of materials such as cardboard and plywood. When he was ten, he built his first real violin, which he showed to Hendrick Zick, a...
