Stefan-Peter Greiner
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Stefan-Peter Greiner (born 1966 in Stuttgart) is a German luthier[1][2] living in Zurich who builds violins.
Career[edit]
Greiner built his first violin at the age of fourteen. He completed his training in Bonn.
His goal was to build instruments that sounded close to a singing voice,[3] with focus on the range from 2000 to 4000 Hz. During a longstanding partnership with Remagen physicist Heinrich Dünnwald, who had acoustically analyzed over 1300 violins, Greiner felt that he had succeeded in coming close to the sound of centuries-old Guarneri and Stradivari instruments.[according to whom?]
Customers for his instruments included Leonidas Kavakos, Kim Kashkashian, Bruno Monsaingeon, Frédéric Pelassy, Christian Tetzlaff,[3][4] the Keller Quartet, and members of the Hagen Quartet and the Alban Berg Quartet.[5] He received the 2003 Rheingau Musikpreis (music prize), an award initiated in 1994 by the Rheingau Music Festival. Over 100 CDs featuring his instruments have been released.[6][7]
Greiner currently resides in Zurich, Switzerland.
Publications[edit]
- Stefan-Peter Greiner and Florian Leonhard: 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 ISBN 3-00-028537-7
References[edit]
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- ^ Dagmar Giersberg (July 2006). "In Direct Competition with Stradivari". Goethe Institute. Retrieved 2013-11-23.
- ^ Jutta Wasserrab (11 June 2007). "Acclaimed German Violin-Maker Tops Italian Masters". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
- ^ a b "Violin-making: Older and richer". The Economist. Vol. 393, no. 8662. 19 December 2009. pp. 57–60. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
- ^ "5 World Class Soloists Actively Promoting Violin Making | MyLuthier Blog". www.myluthier.co. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
- ^ "Artists & Recordings". Stefan-Peter Greiner. Archived from the original on December 7, 2010. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
- ^ "Chamber Music Recordings on Greiner instruments". Stefan-Peter Greiner. Retrieved 2010-01-29.
- ^ "Solo Recordings on Greiner instruments". Stefan-Peter Greiner. Retrieved 2010-01-29.
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