Giovanni Battista Guadagnini (or G. B. Guadagnini; Giambattista Guadagnini); (June 23, 1711 – September 18, 1786) was an emiliano

Emilia-Romagna

Emilia–Romagna is an administrative region of Northern Italy comprising the two historic regions of Emilia and Romagna. The capital is Bologna; it has an area of and about 4.4 million inhabitants....

 luthier

Luthier

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, regarded as one of the finest craftsmen of string instruments in history.

Biography

Guadagnini was born in Bilegno in Val Tidone near Piacenza

Piacenza

Piacenza is a city and comune in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Piacenza...

, now in Emilia-Romagna

Emilia-Romagna

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, Italy

Italy

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. He practiced his craft from about 1729 until his death, and his work is divided into four main periods corresponding to and named after, Piacenza, Milan

Milan

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, Parma

Parma

Parma is a city in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna famous for its ham, its cheese, its architecture and the fine countryside around it. This is the home of the University of Parma, one of the oldest universities in the world....

 and Turin

Turin

Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...

, the four cities in Italy where he lived and worked. The instruments of the latter period, Turin, are generally considered to be his best work, and tend toward higher valuations.

Guadagnini's father, Lorenzo, his son, Giuseppe, and some other members of the Guadagnini family continued in the line of violin making through several generations.

He died in Turin in 1786.

Performers who have used or are using Guadagnini instruments

Violinists

Violinist	Date & place of manufacture	Instrument name	Comments	Reference
Riccardo Brengola Riccardo Brengola Riccardo Brengola was an Italian violinist.Brengola was born in Naples. A child prodigy, he made his first studies with his father, and got his violin diploma in the Casablanca Conservatory at the early age of 11. returning to Italy, he studied violin with Arrigo Serato and orchestral conducting...	1747, Piacenza	"Contessa Crespi"		http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=2796
Goran Končar	1753, Milan			http://croatiantimes.at/news/Panorama/2008-10-08/1415/
Michał Kowalkowski	1753	"Gucio"
Adolf Brodsky	1751, Milan	ex-Brodsky		http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=1029
Amaury Coeytaux	1773			http://sites.radiofrance.fr/chaines/orchestres/journal/portrait/index.php?port=270000058
Roman Simovic	1752		on loan from Jonathan Moulds	http://www.romansimovic.com
	1752	ex-Kneisel		Zakhar Bron Zakhar Bron Zakhar Bron is a Russian violinist of jewish descent and violin pedagogue. He is considered one of the best.His students have included Vadim Repin, Gwendolyn Masin, Daniel Hope, Maxim Vengerov, Denis Goldfeld, Daishin Kashimoto, Tamaki Kawakubo, Mayuko Kamio, Mayu Kishima, Sayaka Shoji and Nikolai...	1757, Milan			http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=1997
Andrew Dawes Andrew Dawes Andrew Dawes is a Canadian violinist born February 7, 1940 in High River, Alberta.He was first violinist of the Orford String Quartet from 1965 until 1995 and plays a J.B.Guadagnini violin crafted in Parma in 1770...	1770, Parma			http://www.dalphin-luthier.com/e/references_citations.php
Julia Fischer Julia Fischer Julia Fischer is a German classical violinist and pianist.-Biography:Julia Fischer, born in Munich, Germany, is of German-Slovakian parentage. Her mother, Viera Fischer , came from the German minority in Slovakia and immigrated from Košice, Slovakia to the Federal Republic of Germany in 1972...	1750			http://www.stringsmagazine.com/article/139/139,3628,Feature-3.asp
Felix Ayo Felix Ayo Felix Ayo, , is an internationally renowned violinist, who is often a soloist, and is a performer of chamber music, a teacher and recording artist with a career that has spanned more than fifty years.-Early career:...	1744			http://www.felixayo.it/homepage.html
David Halen	1753			http://www2.mercer.edu/music/davidhalen.htm
Carl Flesch Carl Flesch Carl Flesch was a violinist and teacher.Carl Flesch was born in Moson in Hungary in 1873. He began playing the violin at seven years of age. At 10, he was taken to Vienna, and began to study with Jakob Grün. At 17, he left for Paris, and joined the Paris Conservatoire...		ex-Henri Vieuxtemps		http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=1015
David Garrett David Garrett (violinist) David Garrett is a record breaking German/American classical violinist and recording artist.-Personal life:...	1772		In December 2007, Garrett fell after a performance and smashed his Guadagnini, which he had purchased four years earlier for US$ United States dollar The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies.... 1 million.
David Greed	1757		Owned by the Yorkshire Guadagini 1757 Syndicate.	http://homepage.ntlworld.com/tykepenguin/sol/David.html
Arthur Grumiaux Arthur Grumiaux Arthur Grumiaux was a Belgian violinist who was also proficient in piano.-Youth:Grumiaux was born in Villers-Perwin, Belgium to a working-class family, and it was his grandfather who urged him to begin music studies at the age of only 4...		ex-Grumiaux		http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=2726
Willy Hess Willy Hess (violinist) Willy Hess was a German violin virtuoso and violin teacher.-Biography:Will Hess was born in Mannheim in 1859. He was a student of Joseph Joachim and he also studied with his father, who was a pupil of Louis Spohr....	1740s			http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=1006
Joseph Joachim Joseph Joachim Joseph Joachim was a Hungarian violinist, conductor, composer and teacher. A close collaborator of Johannes Brahms, he is widely regarded as one of the most significant violinists of the 19th century.-Origins:...	1767, Parma	ex-Joachim		http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=2736
Ida Kavafian Ida Kavafian Ida Kavafian is a classical violinist and violist.Kavafian was born in Turkey to Armenian parents. She moved with her family to America in 1956, and began studying violin in Detroit at age six...	1751			http://www.chambermusicsociety.org/artistDetail/44/artistID=4	David Kim David Kim David Kim is a violinist born in Carbondale, Illinois and was the only American to win a prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1986, where he got sixth prize. Since 1999, he has been the concertmaster of the Philadelphia Orchestra...	1757		on loan from The Philadelphia Orchestra Philadelphia Orchestra The Philadelphia Orchestra is a symphony orchestra based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. One of the "Big Five" American orchestras, it was founded in 1900...	http://www.davidkimviolin.com/biography.html
	1752	ex-Kneisel
Mikhail Kopelman Mikhail Kopelman Mikhail Kopelman is a Ukrainian violinist.He was born in 1947 in the Transkarpathian city of Mikhail Kopelman is a [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] [[violin]]ist.He was born in 1947 in the Transkarpathian city of...	1773			http://www.andersmanagement.com/ensembles/kopelman.php
Jan Kubelik Jan Kubelík Jan Kubelík was a Czech violinist and composer.-Biography:He was born in Michle . His father, a gardener by occupation, was an amateur violinist. He taught his two sons the violin and after discovering the talent of Jan, who was aged five at the time, arranged for him to study with Karel Weber and...	1750	ex-Kubelik		http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=1736
Pekka Kuusisto Pekka Kuusisto Pekka Kuusisto is a Finnish classical and jazz violinist.Pekka Kuusisto began studying the violin at the age of three. His first violin teacher was Geza Szilvay at the East Helsinki Music Institute. In 1983 he enrolled in the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. He began to study there with Tuomas...	1752			http://www.ondine.net/index.php?lid=en&cid=3.2&oid=517
Tasmin Little Tasmin Little Tasmin Little is an English violinist.She studied under Pauline Scott at the Yehudi Menuhin School and later at the Guildhall School of Music, coming to prominence as a string section finalist in the 1982 BBC Young Musician of the Year competition...	1757			http://www.musicomh.com/music/features/proms-violin_0706.htm
Haldon Martinson	1750		Being used in the Boston Symphony Orchestra Boston Symphony Orchestra The Boston Symphony Orchestra is an orchestra based in Boston, Massachusetts. It is one of the five American orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five". Founded in 1881, the BSO plays most of its concerts at Boston's Symphony Hall and in the summer performs at the Tanglewood Music Center...	http://www.bso.org/bso/mods/bios_detail.jsp?id=1700055
Viktoria Mullova Viktoria Mullova Viktoria Yurievna Mullova is a Russian violinist. She is best known for her performances and recordings of a number of violin concerti, compositions by J.S. Bach, and her innovative interpretations of popular and jazz compositions by Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, The Beatles, and...	1750			http://www.viktoriamullova.com/biog.asp
Linda Rosenthal	1772, Turin			http://www.linda-rosenthal.com/biography.php
Leon Sametini		ex-Sametini		http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=2409
Yvonne Smeulers	1785			http://www.yvonnesmeulers.com
Lara St. John Lara St. John Lara St. John is a Canadian violinist known for her performances as soloist with orchestra and in recital.-Childhood:Lara St. John spent her early childhood in the City of London, Ontario...	1779	Salabue	called "the Resurrection" by St. John	http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=617
Stephanie Sant’Ambrogio Stephanie Sant’Ambrogio Stephanie Sant'Ambrogio is an American violinist. Currently assistant professor of violin and viola at the University of Nevada, Reno, she served as concertmaster of the San Antonio Symphony from 1994 until 2007, during which time she appeared annually as soloist with the orchestra...	1757			http://www.cpmf.us/pages/artisticdirector.htm
Lyndon Johnston Taylor	1777			http://www.nzso.co.nz/about_us/meet_the_nzso/the_orchestra/strings/first_violins#lyndon
Vanessa-Mae Vanessa-Mae Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson , known professionally as Vanessa-Mae , is an internationally known British violinist. Her music style is self-described as "violin techno-acoustic fusion", as several of her albums prominently feature the techno style...	1761	"Gizmo"		http://vanessa-mae.com
Henri Vieuxtemps Henri Vieuxtemps Henri François Joseph Vieuxtemps was a Belgian composer and violinist. He occupies an important place in the history of the violin as a prominent exponent of the Franco-Belgian violin school during the mid-19th century....		ex-Henri Vieuxtemps		http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=1015
Henryk Wieniawski Henryk Wieniawski Henryk Wieniawski was a Polish violinist and composer.-Biography:Henryk Wieniawski was born in Lublin, Congress Poland, Russian Empire. His father, Tobiasz Pietruszka, had converted to Catholicism. His talent for playing the violin was recognized early, and in 1843 he entered the Paris...	1750	ex-Wieniawski		http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=1017
Eugène Ysaÿe Eugène Ysaÿe Eugène Ysaÿe was a Belgian violinist, composer and conductor born in Liège. He was regarded as "The King of the Violin", or, as Nathan Milstein put it, the "tzar"...	1754	ex-Eugène Ysaÿe		http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=2430
Sini-Maaria Simonen	1760		on loan from the Finnish Cultural Foundation	http://www.skr.fi/default.asp?docId=13213
Jack Liebeck Jack Liebeck Jack Liebeck is a British violinist. In 2010, he won a Classical Brit in the young British classical performer category.-Film Scores:...	1785	ex-Wilhelmj		http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=2750

Cellists

• Natalie Clein
  Natalie Clein
  Natalie Clein is a British cellist. Her mother is a professional violinist. Her sister is the actress Louisa Clein....
  
   plays the "Simpson" Guadagnini cello (1777)
• David Geringas
  David Geringas
  David Geringas is a world-renowned cellist and conductor who studied under Mstislav Rostropovich. In 1970 he won the Gold Medal at the International Tchaikovsky Competition...
  
   plays a G. B. Guadagnini cello made in Turin in 1761
• Maxine Neuman plays a 1772 Guadagnini
• Han-na Chang
  Han-na Chang
  Han-Na Chang is a South Korean cellist and conductor.-Childhood:She was born in Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea to Korean parents. Chang began studying piano at age 3, and began her study in cello three years later at age 6...
  
   plays the Guadagnini cello (1757)
• Gilberto Munguia plays a G.B. Guadagnini cello (1748).

External links

• Images of the ex-Joachim G.B. Guadagnini Turin 1775