Celebration of Ole Bull - ‘the Nordic Paganini’

Specialists on string instruments Seven of the most prominent violinmakers of today will collaborate in building a violin inspired by the “Ole Bull” del Gesù. The seven makers are: Frédéric Chaudière, Nicolas Gilles, Andreas Hellinge, Silvio Levaggi, Jacob von der Lippe, Patrick Robin and Michael Stürzenhofecker. This violin will be played in concert by Henning Kraggerud on Friday 4th of June at 14:00. The violin will be on display 26.5. - 9.6. in the workshop, and for those who want to play it, should make an appointment with violinmaker Jacob von der Lippe.In addition, Dextra Musica has commissioned two violins from renowned violinmakers Gregg T. Alf and Samuel Zygmuntowicz, asking them to make their own interpretation of the “Ole Bull” Guarneri del Gesú. Instruments by violinmakers Francis Kuttner and Thomas Meuwissen will also be included in the exhibition.All together 11 instruments from the makers involved in this project will be exhibited in a separate room in the Permanenten museum 14.4 – 9.6.

Specialists on string instruments from all over the world will gather in the city for the Festival and our exhibition will feature lectures by renowned violin experts.

The curators for the exhibition are string instrument expert, Peter Biddulph, and Øystein Birkeland, the artistic director of Dextra Musica. Dextra Musica owns a collection of prominent stringed instruments and lends them out to established and talented Norwegian musicians. Dextra Musica is a subsidiary of Sparebankstiftelsen DnB NOR.*****Check out the Bergen Public Library collection of photos, lithographs and paintings from the Ole Bull digital collection.