Stefan-Peter Greiner
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Stefan-Peter Greiner is a successful German
violin maker.
He built his first violin at the age of 14. 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, 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
, 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.
Brigitte Brandmair and Stefan-Peter Greiner: Stradivari Varnish - Scientific Analysis of his Finishing Technique on Selected Instruments, 2009
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
violin maker.
He built his first violin at the age of 14. 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, 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
Guarneri
The Guarneri is the family name of a group of distinguished luthiers from Cremona in Italy in the 17th and 18th centuries, whose standing is considered comparable to those of the Amati and Stradivari families...
and Stradivari.
Stefan-Peter Greiner received the Rheingau Musikpreis of the Rheingau Musik Festival
Rheingau Musik Festival
The Rheingau Musik Festival is an international summer music festival in Germany, founded in 1987. It is mostly for classical music, but includes other genres...
in 2003 (other recipients being Gidon Kremer
Gidon Kremer
Gidon Kremer is a Latvian violinist and conductor. In 1980 he left the USSR and settled in Germany.-Biography:Kremer was born in Riga to parents of German-Jewish and Latvian-Swedish origins. He began playing the violin at the age of four, receiving instruction from his father and his grandfather,...
and Tabea Zimmermann
Tabea Zimmermann
Tabea Zimmermann, born on October 8, 1966 in Lahr, , is a German violist.She began learning to play the viola at the age of three, and commenced piano studies at age five...
).
Performers such as Christian Tetzlaff
Christian Tetzlaff
-Biography:Tetzlaff was born in Hamburg. He began playing the violin and piano at the age of 6, and made his concert debut at 14 years old. He studied with Uwe-Martin Haiberg at the Musikhochschule Lübeck and with Walter Levine at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.He is...
, Kim Kashkashian
Kim Kashkashian
Kim Kashkashian is an Armenian-American violist.-Professional career:Kim Kashkashian studied the viola with Karen Tuttle. She also studied at the Interlochen Center for the Arts. She won the 2nd prize at the 1980 Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition and the 1980 ARD International Music...
, Leonidas Kavakos
Leonidas Kavakos
Leonidas Kavakos is a Greek virtuoso violinist .-Beginnings:Born in Athens into a musical family, Kavakos began studying violin at five years old and continued his studies at the Hellenic Conservatory with Stelios Kafantaris. An Onassis Foundation scholarship enabled him to attend master classes...
, Antje Weithaas, Frans Helmersson, Bruno Monsaingeon
Bruno Monsaingeon
Bruno Monsaingeon is a French filmmaker, writer, and violinist. He has made a number of documentary films about great twentieth-century musicians, including Glenn Gould, Sviatoslav Richter, David Oistrakh, Piotr Anderszewski and Yehudi Menuhin. His interviews with Richter and with Nadia Boulanger...
, Isabelle van Keulen, the Keller Quartet and members of the Hagen Quartet
Hagen Quartet
The Hagen Quartet was founded in 1981 by four siblings, Lukas, Angelika , Veronika and Clemens, in Salzburg, Austria.Its current members are:* Lukas Hagen, violin...
and the Alban Berg Quartet
Alban Berg Quartet
The Alban Berg Quartett was a string quartet founded in Vienna, Austria in 1970, named after the famous composer Alban Berg.-Members:- Beginnings :...
are among his clientele. So far over 100 CDs featuring his instruments have been released.
External links
Publications
Stefan-Peter Greiner and Florian Leonhard: Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, Bocholt 1998; ISBN 3-00-002088-8Brigitte Brandmair and Stefan-Peter Greiner: Stradivari Varnish - Scientific Analysis of his Finishing Technique on Selected Instruments, 2009