Talents & Violon’celles launches its ‘early music’ department with a unique commission for six instruments of the highest quality
- Communication T&V
- Jun 28, 2024
- 2 min read
Talents & Violon’celles, an endowment fund that has been a key supporter of string quartet instrument making and young musicians for nearly 15 years, is launching the manufacture of three violas da gamba and three Baroque string instruments (a cello, a violin and a bass violin). This extraordinary commission has been entrusted to internationally renowned instrument makers specialising in this specific field, who will work together as a pool of instrument makers.
A Baroque cello by Joël Klépal
A baroque violin by Charles Coquet
A bass violin (the ‘ancestor’ of the cello) by Roland Houël
A 7-string bass viol by Judith Kraft
A tre viol by François Denis
A tenor viola da gamba by Agathe Bejerano Calderon
Talents & Violon’celles is thus broadening its scope and setting itself new and varied goals
To assist final-year students and young professionals specialising in early music performance by lending them instruments suited to their talent and style of playing;
To enable them to launch their careers;
Support the restoration of early instruments and the manufacture of new instruments inspired by early ones;
Support a musical field, early music, including the Baroque period, which is enjoying growing popularity with the public and a new generation of performers.
Two generous patron couples have decided to support the project to ensure it gets off to a strong start. They are each funding three instruments.
Talents & Violon'celles has set itself the goal of building up a complementary ‘early music’ collection of 20 to 30 instruments over four years and is calling on all patrons who are passionate about either the heritage and historical aspects of the project, its social aspects, or who simply wish to invest in a meaningful asset that will increase in value over the centuries.
Read the rest of the press kit (French version):
Talents & Violon’celles: Ensuring Every Talented Musician Can Play an Instrument Equal to Their Potential
Based on the observation that acquiring a quality instrument can be an inaccessible investment for a musician, the Talents & Violon’celles endowment fund supports talent by loaning instruments that allow them to fully develop their potential: pursuing studies under the best conditions, passing international competitions, and launching or developing a career.
Through its actions, Talents & Violon’celles highlights instrumental and musical heritage and builds a collection of instruments representing the excellence of lutherie. Thanks to the support of private and institutional patrons, Talents & Violon’celles currently manages a fleet of over 120 string instruments (violins, violas, and cellos), including 36 commissioned by the fund, with 6 more currently being crafted—including some Baroque-era instruments like the tenor viol, bass violin, bass viol, and treble viol. The project’s originality lies in its three converging ambitions: heritage, social, and cultural, which, shared between talented musicians, craftspeople, and donors, are a source of excellence.
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