instrument
violin
Ettore Soffritti
built in Ferrara in 1927
A violin built by Ettore Soffritti in Ferrara in 1927.
Current player
Talent
Matthia Elders
plays a
violin
from Ettore Soffritti
from Ettore Soffritti
History of this instrument
In 2005, the Musical Instrument Fund purchased this Soffritti violin from a private individual at a greatly reduced price. Quirine van Hoek was the first lucky player of this Italian instrument. Tim Brackman also had the opportunity to play the violin, as did Valerie Schönen and Margot Kolodziej. Matthia Elders is currently the player.
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,...