cello
Hippolyte Silvestre
built in Lyon in 1865
A cello built by Hippolyte Silvestre in Lyon in 1865.
History of this instrument
An exceptionally generous donation from a couple in Eindhoven enabled the Musical Instrument Fund to purchase this valuable French cello from a Dutch dealer in 1998. Since its purchase in 1998, the cello has been loaned successively to: Teije Hylkema, Emile Visser, Ephraïm van IJzerlooij, Sven Weyens, Daniëlle Buizer, and Joachim Eijlander. Since 2006, the cello has been played by Geneviève Verhage.
About the builder Hippolyte Silvestre
Hippolyte Silvestre would have had little memory of the village of Sommerviller, where he was born, because when he was two, his parents moved him and his brother Pierre—who was seven years older—to Mirecourt. He would later return there...
