Italian Luthier Carlo Bergonzi Was Born On This Day in 1683 [ON-THIS-DAY]

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Italian Luthier Carlo Bergonzi Was Born On This Day in 1683 [ON-THIS-DAY]

By The Violin Channel

December 21, 2018

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Italian luthier Carlo Bergonzi was born on this day in 1683

Italian luthier Carlo Bergonzi was born on this day in 1683.

He is remembered as one of Antonio Stradivari's greatest pupils – later inheriting Stradivari's repair business.

The famous Kreisler Bergonzi, named after violinist Fritz Kreisler, was at one time owned and played by virtuoso Itzhak Perlman.

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Bergonzi, Fritz Kreisler, Itzhak Perlman, Stradivari