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


Froville, France, April - May, 2005

Exhibition historical musical instruments Orpheon Foundation

1. The Exhibition

Exhibition historical musical instruments Orpheon Foundation



Exhibition historical musical instruments Orpheon Foundation


Exhibition historical musical instruments Orpheon Foundation viola d'amore
French viols: Pardessus by Louis Guersan and Anon. Flemish
Bass viola da gamba by Claude Boivin, Paris, ca. 1740
Violas d'amore by Salomon, J. Ch. Leidolff,
Hulinsky and Hentschl



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violin Amati Testore violin viola Leidolff
Violins by Nicolo Amati, Carlo Testore
and School of Goffriller
Two violins and one viola by Johann Christoph Leidolff
Vienna, 18th C.




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Three violoncelli: Michael Ignaz Stadlmann (ca. 1780), Nikolas Leidolff (1690), Anon. French ca. 1800



Viola da gamba Leidolff Stainer

Viola da gamba by Nikolas Leidolff, Vienna, 1695
Michael Albanus, Bolzano, 1706





viola da gamba Germany

The viola da gamba in Germany
Maussiell (left) and 17th Century Munich (right)
Painting by Caspar Netscher




viola da gamba consort: 5 english instruments of the 17th C.

A viola da gamba consort of English instruments of the 17th Century
Two treble violas da gamba by William Turner, London, 1647 & 1656
Bass viola da gamba by Edward Lewis, London, 1687


viola da gamba consort Italy

Renaissance violas da gamba, painting School of Bonifacio Veronese


viola da gamba Italy Brescia, ca. 1600

Treble viola da gamba, Veneto, 16th C.

Baryton viola da gamba Leidolff
Baryton after Simon Schodler Schodler
Violone in D, Veneto, 17thC
Viola da gamba by Nikolas Leidolff
Vienna, 1695



violone violin viola Johann Georg Thir


Baryton violoncello viola

Large violoncello by Anton Posch, Vienna, ca. 1700
Viola by Joseph Antonius Laske, Prague, 1787
Baryton after Simon Schodler (1782) built by
Ferdinand Wilhelm Jaura, Munich, 1934



Exhibition historical musical instruments Orpheon Foundation


Exhibition historical musical instruments Orpheon Foundation


2. The Inaugural Concert

Orpheon Consort

Orpheon Consort: inaugural concert
Annie Laflamme - Traverso, Florian Heyerick - harpsichord, Irena Troupova - soprano
Lucia Krommer and Jose Vazquez - viola da gamba



Orpheon Consort Irena Troupova

Inaugural concert: Irena Troupova, Florian Heyerick

Neck of a viola da gamba by Nikolas Leidolff, Vienna, 1695 Orpheon Consort Annie Laflamme Florian Heyerick


Orpheon Consort Annie Laflamme Florian Heyerick Irena Troupova


Orpheon Consort Jose Vazquez Lucia Krommer Florian Heyerick


Viola da gamba by Guersan

3. The Visit by the Violin-making School of Mirecourt

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Testing the violin by Carlo Testore, Milano, ca. 1700


Exhibition historical musical instruments Orpheon Foundation


Viola da gamba Linarolo with Roland Houël

Luthier Roland Houël with the bass viola da gamba
by Ventura Linarolo, Venice, 1585



Rambouillet: violoncello, Milano, 1780

Critic from May 17, 2005

MAGAZINE ARTICLE: L‘Est Republicain



updated 20.11.2007