Florian Leonhard
Florian Leonhard (born in Düsseldorf 1963) is a London-based violin dealer and restorer.[1]
His firm, Florian Leonhard Fine Violins, has restored and supplied instruments by Stradivarius and the Guarnerius family for a number of renowned players including Leonidas Kavakos, Daniel Hope, Julian Lloyd Webber and Alina Ibragimova[citation needed] as well as to competition winners.[2]
Florian Leonhard has appeared on BBC,[3] CNBC,[4] and in the Economist,[5] on subjects relating to investment in instruments[6][7][8] and their preservation. He was a jury member at the Benjamin Britten, Karol Lipinski, Henryk Wieniawsky and George Enescu violin competitions.[citation needed]. He was on the jury of the 2012 Israeli Music Competition & Ernest Bloch Music Competition.[9]
Publications
- Makers of Central Italy - Marche and Umbria, Fantigrafica 2011; ISBN 978-88-906383-1-2[10]
- Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, Bocholt 1998; ISBN 3-00-002088-8 (with Stefan-Peter Greiner)
References
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- ↑ The world of violin maker Florian Leonhard By Ellie Pithers 04 Apr 2014 in The Telegraph
- ↑ Your Menuhin Winners: Fukuda, Waarts take first in young violinist competition - Arts - The Austin Chronicle
- ↑ Florian Leonhard speaks on BBC News on YouTube
- ↑ Alternative Investing - Violins 07 DEC 2010
- ↑ From tree to concert hall: The sweet sound of nightingales | The Economist
- ↑ Trader sees profit in violinists playing beyond their means, Business section of The Guardian, Simon Bowers, 25 March 2008
- ↑ Campbell, R. A. J. "Fine violins as an alternative investment: Strings attached?." Pensions: An International Journal 13.1 (2008): 89-96.
- ↑ The Stradivarius Hedge: Investors Look to High-End Violins - TIME
- ↑ 2012 Jury of Israeli Music Competition & Ernest Bloch Music Competition
- ↑ The Makers of Central Italy: A new book by a noted violin maker and dealer covers an under-appreciated region of Italy. By Greg Olwell posted March 2012
