
Orpheon Foundation
Exhibition of the colleciton at the splendid Castello di Duino, near Trieste, Italy. From March to end of September, 2010. The collection contains ca. 200 musical instruments, bows, paintings and engravings on music from 1560 to 1800, all restored and usable for performance of Renaissance, Baroque and Classical music.
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P...lease, join the two pages on the ORPHEON FOUNDATION on FACEBOOK. There you will have access to videos, recordings, event information! Inform your friends? Thank you!
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Orpheon Foundation
Dear friends, This treble viola da gamba, belonging to Catherine Lieberherr, Switzerland, has been missing since October, 2009. Please, help the owner find it! Send this information to all of your musican friends and instrument makers. Thank you, José Vázquez http://web.me.com/vazquezjose/Chronicle/ STOLEN-vdg.html
Source: web.me.com
This treble viola da gamba, belonging to Catherine Lieberherr, Winterthur, Switzerland, has been missing since October, 2009.

Orpheon Foundation
With (too many) strings attached:
http://www.orpheon.org/OldSite/Seiten/Do cuments/barytontrio.htm
Concert at the Utrecht Festival on August 31, 13h. Anyone care to join us?
Source: www.orpheon.org
The Vazquez Collection of Historical Musical Instruments 1550-1780, loaned to musicians, exhibition, courses for interpretation of early music, Renaissance, Baroque, Classic, performance practice

Source: www.orpheon.org
The Vazquez Collection of Historical Musical Instruments 1550-1780, loaned to musicians, exhibition, courses for interpretation of early music, Renaissance, Baroque, Classic, performance practice

Orpheon Foundation
Exhibition and concerts in Cuenca, Spain
Exhibition of the collection, 6 concerts:
http://web.mac.com/vazquezjose/iWeb/Orph eon/Gallery.html
http://web.mac.com/vazquezjose/iWeb/Orph eon/Orpheon_Exhibitions.html
http://www.orpheon.org/OldSite/Seiten/Ab ra/actuell.htm
Live-concert, Festival de Froville, France:
http://www.france-...orpheon.org/ORPHEON/ORPHEON_2009/09_frov ille.htm
http://www.orpheon.org/OldSite/Seiten/Do cuments/spanish-lux.htm
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Exhibition of the collection, 6 concerts:
http://web.mac.com/vazquezjose/iWeb/Orph
http://web.mac.com/vazquezjose/iWeb/Orph
http://www.orpheon.org/OldSite/Seiten/Ab
Live-concert, Festival de Froville, France:
http://www.france-...orpheon.org/ORPHEON/ORPHEON_2009/09_frov
http://www.orpheon.org/OldSite/Seiten/Do
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Exhibition with 6 concerts
Time:8:00PM Saturday, July 4th
Location:Parador Nacional

Orpheon Foundation, Vazquez Collection of Historical Musical Instruments 1550-1780, museum of musica
Source: www.orpheon.org
The Vazquez Collection of Historical Musical Instruments 1550-1780, loaned to musicians, exhibition, courses for interpretation of early music, Renaissance, Baroque, Classic, performance practice

The Medieval Tower of Basauri, Vizcaya (directly borders Bilbao) in Spain will be the host of an exhibition of the Orpheon Foundation. The vast majority of the instruments of the collection will be on display and may be heard during the concerts and the guided visits to the collection...

The foundation welcomes a new bass viol of rare quality. This instrument was made in 1697, in Hamburg, by Joachim Tielke, often considered as "the Stradivarius of the viola da gamba". It is the second Tielke gamba of the collection and we feel very honored to own such a masterpiece...

Orpheon Foundation
Dear ladies and gentlemen,
Since my youth I have been collecting fine string instruments of the 16th to the 18th Centuries. The collection which thus ensued has been classified by international experts as “unique in the world”. It comprises over 170 choice violins, violas, violoncellos, violas da gamba, violas d’amore, ...barytons and historical bows created from 1570 to 1780, all of which have been faithfully restored to the original measurements and are playable; they are regularly lent to professional musicians and excellent students for recordings, competitions, auditions and concerts. This is why the collection, besides being a precious patrimony for mankind, represents also a living and vital heritage for our society today, which has been classified by internationally renowned experts as “absolutely unique in the world”. The complete documentation on the collection and its activities found below include also the project of exhibitions with concerts, courses and special programmes for schools and conservatories presented in 2007 through a generous grant from the European Community in the programme Culture-2000. The commissars of the European Community in Brussels were so pleased with the results achieved that they encouraged us to submit further projects.
In case of interest, I wish to request an interview in order to investigate together with you the possibilities of a participation of the Orpheon Foundation in the realm of your cultural initiatives. We wish this to be the beginning of a lasting cooperation between us, which is the true aim of such European projects, and a prospect well worth considering.
Two possible means of cooperation:
1. Exhibitions, concerts, courses
Project of exhibitions, with concerts using the instruments of the collection and a programme for the schools and conservatories.
2. Permanent residence for the Collection of Historical Musical Instruments
Possibilities for a future permanent residence for the collection and its musical and pedagogical activities
With my best regards,
Jose Vazquez
http://www.orpheon.org
orpheon@gmx.at
+43-650-400 3731
Spain: +34-600 607515
Skype: orpheonorg
Photographic documentation:
http://web.mac.com/vazquezjose/iWeb/Orph eon/Gallery.html
http://web.mac.com/vazquezjose/iWeb/Orph eon/Orpheon_Exhibitions.html
http://www.orpheon.org/OldSite/Seiten/Ab ra/Audiovisual.htm
FILMS: Orpheon Foundation:
http://www.orpheon.org/OldSite/Film/livi ng%20museum.mpgRead More
Since my youth I have been collecting fine string instruments of the 16th to the 18th Centuries. The collection which thus ensued has been classified by international experts as “unique in the world”. It comprises over 170 choice violins, violas, violoncellos, violas da gamba, violas d’amore, ...barytons and historical bows created from 1570 to 1780, all of which have been faithfully restored to the original measurements and are playable; they are regularly lent to professional musicians and excellent students for recordings, competitions, auditions and concerts. This is why the collection, besides being a precious patrimony for mankind, represents also a living and vital heritage for our society today, which has been classified by internationally renowned experts as “absolutely unique in the world”. The complete documentation on the collection and its activities found below include also the project of exhibitions with concerts, courses and special programmes for schools and conservatories presented in 2007 through a generous grant from the European Community in the programme Culture-2000. The commissars of the European Community in Brussels were so pleased with the results achieved that they encouraged us to submit further projects.
In case of interest, I wish to request an interview in order to investigate together with you the possibilities of a participation of the Orpheon Foundation in the realm of your cultural initiatives. We wish this to be the beginning of a lasting cooperation between us, which is the true aim of such European projects, and a prospect well worth considering.
Two possible means of cooperation:
1. Exhibitions, concerts, courses
Project of exhibitions, with concerts using the instruments of the collection and a programme for the schools and conservatories.
2. Permanent residence for the Collection of Historical Musical Instruments
Possibilities for a future permanent residence for the collection and its musical and pedagogical activities
With my best regards,
Jose Vazquez
http://www.orpheon.org
orpheon@gmx.at
+43-650-400 3731
Spain: +34-600 607515
Skype: orpheonorg
Photographic documentation:
http://web.mac.com/vazquezjose/iWeb/Orph
http://web.mac.com/vazquezjose/iWeb/Orph
http://www.orpheon.org/OldSite/Seiten/Ab
FILMS: Orpheon Foundation:
http://www.orpheon.org/OldSite/Film/livi





















