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Giovanni Battista Guadagnini (or "G. B. Guadagnini"); (23 June 1711 – 18 September 1786) was an Italian ''luthier'', regarded as one of the finest craftsmen of string instruments in history.〔Ernest N. Doring. ''The Guadagnini Family of Violin Makers'' Lewis and Sons, Chicago, 1949. Reprint with new introduction by Stewart Pollins, Dover, 2012. ISBN 978048649796-9〕 He is widely considered the third greatest maker after Antonio Stradivari and Giuseppe Guarneri "Del Gesù". ==Biography== Guadagnini was born in Bilegno in Val Tidone near Piacenza, now in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He practiced his craft from about 1729 until his death, and his work is divided into four main periods corresponding to and named after, Piacenza, Milan, Parma and Turin, the four cities in Italy where he lived and worked. The instruments of the Milan and Turin periods are generally considered to represent his best work, and tend toward higher valuations. The world-record price for a Guadagnini violin was set by the ‘Dorothy DeLay’ of 1778 when it auctioned for $1.39 million USD in 2013 by Tarisio Auctions. However, private sales for his finest examples have approached $2 million USD. Guadagnini's father, Lorenzo, his son, Giuseppe, and some other members of the Guadagnini family continued in the line of violin making through several generations. He died in Turin in 1786. ==Performers who have used or are using Guadagnini instruments== ;Violinists ; Violists * Li-Kuo Chang plays the 'ex-Vieuxtemps' G.B. Guadagnini viola, Parma c.1768〔()〕〔()〕 * Geraldine Walther plays a G.B. Guadagnini viola, Turin 1774〔()〕 ; Cellists * Natalie Clein plays the "Simpson" Guadagnini cello (1777)〔(Natalie Clein )〕 * David Geringas plays a G.B. Guadagnini cello made in 1761〔(Aitchison Mnatzaganian cello makers, restorers and dealers )〕 * Maxine Neuman plays a 1772 Guadagnini〔(Maxine Neuman's biography )〕 * Han-na Chang plays the G.B. Guadagnini cello made in Milan in 1757 * Gilberto Munguia plays a G.B. Guadagnini cello (1748) * Saša Večtomov played a G.B. Guadagnini cello made in Milan in 1754 * Sol Gabetta plays a G.B. Guadagnini cello (1759) * Carter Brey, principal cellist of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, plays a Guadagnini made in Milan in 1745〔()〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Giovanni Battista Guadagnini」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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