instrument
violin
Ettore Soffritti
built in Ferrara in 1912
A violin built by Ettore Soffritti in Ferrara, 1912.
Current player
Talent
Brit Rijnen
plays a
violin
from Ettore Soffritti
from Ettore Soffritti
History of this instrument
The Musical Instrument Fund purchased this violin in 2000, following a sound test of various violins from an international selection. The violin was loaned successively to Dmitir Ivano, Corine Visser, and Ernö Lastlo Olah. It is currently played by Brit Issa Rijnen.
About the builder Ettore Soffritti
Ettore Soffritti was fifteen when he built his first violin. His father, Luigi, had been an amateur violin maker and had instilled in Ettore a curiosity and love for stringed instruments, with the result that, by the age of fifteen,...
