2020-12-15T10:14:00+00:00
The big reveal - a celebration of a celebrated violin
Los Angeles-based Romanian violinist Cristian Fatu has teamed up with Salt Lake City luthier Jordan Hess to create a showcase for the 1735 ‘Plowden’ Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ violin, intended to help makers and players alike improve their knowledge of the famous instrument. As well as a recording of Fatu performing music by Enescu, Kreisler, Piazzolla and Romanian composer and violinist Ion Voicu, ‘The “Plowden” Revealed’ download includes a set of more than 200 high-resolution photos of the instrument, to help makers copy its surface in detail.
‘I take part in the Violin Society of America’s workshops each year at Oberlin Conservatory, which is what whetted my appetite for getting to know as many special instruments as I can,’ says Fatu, who plays violins for acoustic testing and has served as a tone judge on the workshops’ competition jury. ‘Jordan and I met at Oberlin, wh