3343 STRAD CALENDAR, 2025, CANADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS Zoom

STRAD CALENDAR, 2025, CANADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS

Item Code 3343

Established in 1957, the Canada Council is Canada's public arts funder, with a mandate to foster and promote the enjoyment of the arts and help produce artistic work. One of its flagship projects is its 'Musical Instrument Bank' (MIB), which loans out priceless instruments to deserving musicians for a three-year term. The MIB was conceived in 1975 (50 years ago next year) and actually founded in 1985 (40 years ago).
Recent beneficiaries of the MIB include violinist Timothy Chooi (winner of the 2018 Joachim Competition in Hannover); Blake Pouliot (first album nominated for a Juno Award) and cellist Leland Ko (who came third in the 2024 Windsor Competition).
The Strad has been cultivating a good relationship with the Canada Council and the MIB for a while now; in the July 2023 issue we featured one of their latest acquisitions, a c.1804 violin by Georges Chanot I, in the In Focus section.

11.75"w x 17.5"h
30cm w x 44cm h

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US$39.95

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This year's Calendar includes four instruments by Antonio Stradivari (three violins and one cello) and a selection from virtually every Italian lutherie hotbed: Cremona, Venice, Rome, Naples, Bologna and Turin. In keeping with Strad tradition, there's also a violin by Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume from Paris. The Calendar spans more than three centuries of instrument making, with the earliest dating from 1689 and the latest from 1902.
Some of the highlights of this year's Calendar are:
Antonio Stradivari c.1696 'Bonjour' cello
Antonio Stradivari 1700 'Taft' violin
Antonio Stradivari 1717 'Windsor, Weinstein' violin
David Tecchler 1706 'Brott-Turner' cello
Antonio Stradivari 1689 'Baumgartner' violin
1715 Domenico Montagnana violin
1730 Giovanni Francisco Celoniato 'Newland' cello

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