Giovanni Batista Guadanini ( June 23, 1711 - September 18, 1786 ) - Italian lutier , student of Stradivarius . Known as one of the best string instrument makers.
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| Date of Birth | June 23, 1711 |
| Place of Birth | Borgonovo Val Tidone , Italy |
| Date of death | September 18, 1786 (75 years old) |
| Place of death | Turin , Italy |
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Biography
Born in the municipality of Borgonovo Val Tidone . He made tools from 1729 until his death. He worked and lived in four cities of Piacenza , Milan , Parma and Turin . Tools made in the last period of his life in Turin are considered his best works. His son, Giuseppe, continued the work of his father.
He died in Turin in 1786.
Tool Theft
December 12, 2016. The violin made in 1747 by Italian violin master Giovanni Batista Guadanini was stolen from the artistic director of the International Music Festival in Sion , musician Pavel Vernikov in Switzerland , the insured value of the violin is $ 1.5 million [1] [2] .
See also
- Antonio Stradivari