violin

This Sebastian Klotz violin was loaned to the Oskar Back Study Fund (SOB) in 1994 (along with a Matthieu Besseling violin) by Mrs. N. Kaan-Heywood. Throughout the loan period, she demonstrated an extraordinary level of commitment to the study fund and, in particular, to the players of both violins. After her death in 2005, her heirs decided to donate the violins to the SOB.
In 2009, the SOB decided to transfer the entire collection of violins to the Musical Instrument Fund, so that musicians would have a single point of contact. Part of the SOB collection had been loaned by private individuals. The majority of those individuals agreed to transfer management of their instruments to the Musical Instrument Fund. The remaining part of the collection was owned by the OB. Of those instruments, the OB donated eleven violins to the Musical Instrument Fund, including this Sebastiaan Kloz and the Matthieu Besseling. Anna Shophie Torn was the first to play the instrument. Maaike van Vossen and Misha Aulman also had the opportunity to play the violin from Mittenwald. Annieke Bakker is the current lucky violinist who brings the Klotz to life.