violin
Andrea Postacchini
built in Fermo in ± 1810
A violin built by Andrea Postacchini in Fermo, ca. 1810.
Current player
Maria Gîlicel
from Andrea Postacchini
History of this instrument
In 2002, the Musical Instrument Fund received a large sum of money to purchase a number of high-quality string instruments. This violin is one of the instruments that the Musical Instrument Fund was able to add to its collection using that budget. The violin was purchased from a Dutch dealer. Johan Christian van Eggelen (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra) played the violin from 2002 to 2014. Currently, the violin from Fermo is in the possession of Maria Gîlicel.
About the builder Andrea Postacchini
In the eighteenth century, just about every Italian region or city had its own “Stradivari”—a violin maker who stood head and shoulders above the other makers. Andrea Postacchini was the Stradivari of the Marche, a region on Italy’s east...
