videos
I reveal the secret of Stradivari’s success.
This is a sound test of three experimental violins and one straight one. They are all built on the same Guarnieri Del Gesu model.
Kathleen Balfe performs Omaramor by Osvaldo Golijov
This was part of a performance for the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music in Santa Cruz, California, July of 2015. The recording and photo were provided by the Festival. Photo by RR Jones www.rrjonesphoto.com.
The cello is a Ruggieri model in poplar
Jung-Hsuan Kos 柯容軒 play Piazzolla Oblivion cello duet on their 2019 Strad model cellos.
Sean Casey plays Piazzolla on his 2011 Carruthers bass.
Erik Anderson plays Bach on a 2017 maple Strad model. San Francisco. 2018
Jung-Hsuan Ko 柯容軒 plays Bach cello suite no.6 prelude on a smaller, Guadanini model cello. 2018
Violin Making: One Man’s Journey. Award-winning documentary short by my good friend Chip Curry. 2017
2016 poplar Ruggieri cello demonstrated by Marek Szpakiewicz at Tom Metzler’s “American Makers Exhibition”, Los Angeles. 2017
Paul Hyun performs C. Saint-Saens Concerto on a 2002 Maple Ruggieri model cello.
Blake Pouliot plays a 2016 Strad model violin at the Metzler Violin Shop exhibition in Los Angeles. 2018
Martin Chalifour plays a del Gesu model violin at the Metzler Violin Shop exhibition in Los Angeles. 2017
Richard O’Neill plays a 2015 viola at the Metzler Violin Shop exhibition in Los Angeles. 2017