Stefan-Peter Greiner
Stefan-Peter Greiner (born 1966 in Stuttgart) is a successful German violin maker.[1]
He built his first violin at the age of 14.[2] He did his training in Bonn, where his workshop is today.
Greiner's goal is to build instruments which come close to the singing voice,[2] which means focusing on the range from 2000 to 4000 Hz.
During a longstanding partnership with the Remagner physicist Heinrich Dünnwald, who has acoustically analysed over 1300 violins, Greiner has succeeded in coming closer and closer to the antique sound of Guarneri and Stradivari.
Stefan-Peter Greiner received the Rheingau Musikpreis of the Rheingau Musik Festival in 2003 (other recipients being Gidon Kremer and Tabea Zimmermann).
Performers such as Christian Tetzlaff,[2] Kim Kashkashian, Leonidas Kavakos, Antje Weithaas, Frans Helmersson, Bruno Monsaingeon, Isabelle van Keulen, the Keller Quartet and members of the Hagen Quartet and the Alban Berg Quartet are among his clientele. So far over 100 CDs featuring his instruments have been released. [3] [4]
[edit] External links
[edit] Publications
Jost Thöne and Stefan-Peter Greiner: Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, Bocholt 1998; ISBN 3-00-002088-8
Brigitte Brandmair and Stefan-Peter Greiner: Stradivari Varnish - Scientific Analysis of his Finishing Technique on Selected Instruments, 2009
[edit] References
- ^ Dagmar Giersberg. "In Direct Competition with Stradivari". Goethe Institute. http://www.goethe.de/kue/mus/kla/ten/en1605366.htm. Retrieved 2007-07-15.[dead link]
- ^ a b c "Violin-making: Older and richer". The Economist 393 (8662): 57–60. 19 December 2009. http://www.economist.com/businessfinance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15108669. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
- ^ "Chamber Music Recordings on Greiner instruments". http://www.greinergeigen.de/htm/kammer_e.htm. Retrieved 2010-01-29.
- ^ "Solo Recordings on Greiner instruments". http://www.greinergeigen.de/htm/solo_e.htm. Retrieved 2010-01-29.
