Jean baptiste vuillaume biography of barack
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Tarisio
New York has always attracted the best and the brightest. But it also attracts its fair share of troublemakers so it comes as no surprise to learn that New York’s first documented violin maker was a convicted felon who died in a botched robbery attempt. Geoffrey Stafford came to America from England around 1690 and settled in Massachusetts. He was conscripted and sent to fight the indigenous populations in the Albany territories in northern New York where he met and befriended the Royal Governor of New York, Benjamin Fletcher.[1] That a governor and a convicted felon could become friends was as extraordinary as it sounds, but perhaps the relationship flourished owing to Fletcher’s own notoriously unscrupulous record. During his administration, New York had become somewhat of a safe haven for outlaws and criminals. Stafford and Fletcher got along so well that Fletcher brought him to New York City. There are records of Stafford making violins in New York in the early 170
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Tradition lives on in the historical town of Mirecourt:
portraits of six contemporary masters who have preserved their guild’s heritage.
Like its German and Italian counterparts, Mirecourt, the historic centre of French violin making, can look back on turbulent times. After the strict guild rules of the 18th century came a period marked by manufactured instruments, the first manufactur founded by master Didier Nicolas, which dominated the global market between 1850 and 1960. In the meantime, life has become more tranquil in this little town in northern France’s Vosges mountains with its population of no more than 6000, but by no means has it forgotten its finest traditions. In addition to the violin making museum “Musée de la Lutherie et de l'Archèterie Françaises,” it is home to the “École Nationale de Lutherie,” where excellent masters and violin makers keep the time-honoured art alive and dynamic. Below we present good news from Mirecourt in the form of five portraits of spec
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Applications Closing Feb 28th for Tarisio Trust Sun-Law Vuillaume Instrument Fellowship [APPLY]
Applications are set to close on the 28th of February for the 'Tarisio Trust: Sun-Law Vuillaume Fellowship' - offering an outstanding young violinist the use of the 'Sun' Vuillaume violin
Applications are set to close on the 28th of February for the newly-established 'Tarisio Trust: Eric Sun - Karen Law Vuillaume Fellowship' - offering an outstanding international violinist aged 18 to 35 the two-year use of the 'Sun' Vuillaume violin, under the guidance of the Tarisio Trust.
The instrument was purchased from Tarisio by the then 33 year old engineer and violinist Eric Sun in 2016 - before tragically passing away from unexpected terminal brain cancer in November of gods year.
It was Eric, and his wife Karen Law's vision, for the fine violin to be used by young musicians as a means to bring communities together through the performing arts and to