violin
Bas Maas
built in Amsterdam in 2025
A violin built by Bas Maas in Amsterdam in 2025. Model loosely based on Stradivari’s “Long Pattern.”
Current player
Alicia De Keulenaer
from Bas Maas
History of this instrument
We ordered this violin from Bas Maas when the player of one of his earlier violins in our collection asked if she could purchase it from us. We were willing to consider it, but only on the condition that Bas would build a new violin for the collection of Het Muziekinstrumentenfonds. Within two days of the violin arriving at our office, Alicia de Keulenaar came by to try out bows on a violin she had just selected. When she also tried Bas’s violin for a moment, she was immediately convinced that this was the violin for her!
About the builder Bas Maas
Bas Maas focuses primarily on building new violins, violas, and cellos. In 2003, he won the “Benslow Music Trust Award” for his graduation project. Bas regularly participates in international violin-making competitions, such as the one...