GUARNERI

                                                                           
                                                                     
                                                                GUARNERI




-Bartolomeo Giuseppe Antonio Guarneri, of the Gesù Cremona, August 21, 1698 Cremona, 17 October 1744 was an Italian luthier, also known as Guarneri del Gesù for signing his instruments inside the soundboard with the words Nomina sacra, IHS (the monogram of Christ) and a Roman cross. Its instruments have a prestige and value comparable to those of Antonio stradivari.

-Niccolò Paganini used many violins of various authors but his most famous and beloved instrument was a Guarneri del Gesù dubbed "Il Cannone" (for his power) and revalorized the work of a luthier had until then as a secondary.Some high-profile violinists, such as David Garrett, Uto Ughi, Pinchas Zukerman, Henryk Szeryng, Jascha Heifetz, Isaac Stern, Vadim Repin, Gidon Kremer and Leila Josefowicz once used a Guarneri in their concerts