Exhibitions of the Orpheon Foundation
The Vazquez Collection of Historical String Instruments
Violins, Violas da gamba, Viola d'amore, Violoncellos, Double Basses
from 1500 to 1789
What happens during our exhibitions:
An event for people of all ages!
The Orpheon exhibitions: a photographic panorama
A future viola da gamba player, selecting his first instrument!
Press conference in the Sala dei Cavalieri of the Castello di Duino
Giorgio Tombesi (Fondazione CRTrieste), S.A.S. Il Principe Carlo Alessandro di Torre e Tasso,
Giorgio Ret, (Major of Duino), José Vázquez
Guided tour of the exhibition in the Castello di Duino, Italy
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Guided visit of the exhibition in Gijón
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School classes
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on a visit to the exhibition in Ibiza, October, 2004 |
The Visit by the Violin-making School of Mirecourt to the exhibition in Froville, France
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| Testing the violin by Carlo Testore, Milano, ca. 1700 | Luthier Roland Houël with the bass viola da gamba by Ventura Linarolo, Venice, 1585 |
One of the luthier who visited the exhibiition in Tenerife, taking
measurements of the viola d'amore by Salomon
Frederik Franke filming the full-length documentary
on the exhibition for TV - Azul, Tenerife
Working with local musicans with the instruments of the collection: Gijón!
Spontaneous chamber music with local musicians visiting the exhibitions
The solo viola player of the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra, Sviatoslav Belogonov.,
trying out some of the instruments of the collection. Mr. Belogonov has received the
viola d'amore by Matthias Fichtl, Vienna, 1711, as a life-time loan from Orpheon
Special events at the exhibitons: lectures, demonstrations, presentations
We hope that you, too, will have an interesting and exciting visit to our exhibition!
Here you can find out about our next one
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