Stefan-Peter Greiner (born 1966 in
Stuttgart) is a German
luthier, who builds
violin
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s.
Career
Greiner built his first violin when he was 14 years old and completed his training in
Bonn
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. His goal was to build instruments whose sounds come close to a
singing voice,
so focusing on the
range
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* Range, a term used to i ...
from 2000 to 4000 Hz.
During a longstanding partnership with the
Remagen
Remagen ( ) is a town in Germany in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, in the district of Ahrweiler. It is about a one-hour drive from Cologne, just south of Bonn, the former West German capital. It is situated on the left (western) bank of the ...
physicist Heinrich Dünnwald, who has acoustically analysed over 1300 violins, Greiner has succeeded in coming close to the sound of revered, centuries old
Guarneri
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and
Stradivari
Antonio Stradivari (, also , ; – 18 December 1737) was an Italian luthier and a craftsman of string instruments such as violins, cellos, guitars, violas and harps. The Latinized form of his surname, '' Stradivarius'', as well as the collo ...
. He received the 2003
Rheingau Musikpreis and customers include
Leonidas Kavakos,
Kim Kashkashian
Kim Kashkashian (born August 31, 1952) is an American violist. She is recognized as one of the world's top violists. She has spent her career in the US and Europe and collaborated with many major contemporary composers. In 2013 she won a Grammy ...
,
Bruno Monsaingeon Bruno Monsaingeon (; born 5 December 1943) is a French filmmaker, writer, and violinist. He has made a number of documentary films about famous twentieth-century musicians, including Glenn Gould, Sviatoslav Richter, David Oistrakh, Piotr Anderszews ...
,
Frédéric Pelassy,
Christian Tetzlaff
Christian Tetzlaff (born 29 April 1966) is a German violinist.
Biography
Tetzlaff was born in Hamburg. His parents were amateur musicians and met in a church choir. He began playing the violin and piano at the age of 6, and made his concert debu ...
,
the Keller Quartet and members of the
Hagen Quartet
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The quartet members are teach ...
and the
Alban Berg Quartet
The Alban Berg Quartett was a string quartet founded in Vienna, Austria in 1970, named after Alban Berg.
Members
Beginnings
The Berg Quartet was founded in 1970 by four young professors of the Vienna Academy of Music, and made its debut in ...
.
Currently, over 100 CDs featuring his instruments have been released.
Greiner currently resides in
Zurich, Switzerland.
Publications
* Stefan-Peter Greiner and Florian Leonhard: ''Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume'', Bocholt 1998;
* Brigitte Brandmair and Stefan-Peter Greiner: ''Stradivari Varnish - Scientific Analysis of his Finishing Technique on Selected Instruments'', 2009
References
External links
greinergeigen.destradivarivarnish.com
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1966 births
Living people
German luthiers
People from Stuttgart