Why does the "Stradivarius" violin have high value?

There are a number of violins that are regarded as a good instrumentStradivariusEven if it is cheap, it is said that it is worth more than tens of millions of yen per one, if it is high, it is worth one hundred billion yen. However, it is difficult for people who are not professional to distinguish between the difference between modern violin and Stradivarius, so few people can be convinced why it will be evaluated. Overseas MediaVoxThere is a reason why the value of the Stradivarius violin is high in the movie published on YouTube, and why it is reason.

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In 2008, violinist Philippe Quinto said,DallasI came to the US to play the violin with the concert.


Mr. Quint will take a taxi from Newark airport and move to Manhattan. At this time, Mr. Quint is said to have left a violin in a taxi.


Quinto said at that time, "This is the most terrible and miserable experience in my life."


Later, after several hours the violin came back, but Mr. Quint was left with a little trauma.


That is because the violin left behind in a taxi was a Stradivarius violin worth more than $ 4 million (about 440 million yen), not an ordinary one.


Quinto tells us the size of the shock at the time, "It was as if I had lost a part of myself."


Even people who are not musicians, the name of the violin called Stradivarius, there are a lot of people who have heard it at one time.


There are some of the most famous Stradivarius in this world, and some musicians who love them often declare love to Stradivarius.


Yo-Yo MaMr. said, "This instrument has a soul and has imagination ..."


Violinist'sPincus / Zuccerman"Stradivarius is not a tool or something, it's part of me," he says.


It is Stradivarius, which has been appreciated by many musicians, but it is unbelievably worth the extra cost of up to $ 16 million (about 1.8 billion yen).


But is it really worth it?New York PhilharmonicAssistant atConcert MasterMr. Michelle Kim, who actually played the Stradivarius violin, was taught the difference with the usual violin.


Mr. Kim talks about the characteristics of Stradivarius, "It has a clear tone and can give incredibly sweet sounds." Besides this, I heard that they can produce sounds that can not be produced with strong sounds or ordinary violins.


I realized the brilliant sound of StradivariusAntonio StradivariMr. was a stringed instrument maker living in Cremona, Italy, who was active during the latter part of the 17th century to the early 18th century.


Mr. Stradivari spends most of his life in making stringed instruments, making 1100 instruments in his lifetime.


However, as of 2018 there are only about 650 available ... ...


Very rare value is high. From the height of this scarcity value, there is a tradition that Stradivarius musical instruments are given unique names.


For example, Stradivarius violin used by Mr. Quint is called "Ruby".


Quinto said, "When I looked at the jewelry ruby ​​in the past, I found that ruby ​​is" passion and a mysterious stone. " I quickly decided to apply these properties to my violin. Today, I feel that the nature of ruby ​​is the characteristic of my Stradivarius ", and the nature that was initially examined and learned by continuing to play the violin, in 2018 It seems that now it seems to be real.


For many generations, many musicians claim that Stradivarius has better sound than modern violin, can we really be able to distinguish it?


Researchers in Paris to a professional violinistDouble blindI conducted an experiment to test whether I can distinguish the difference between old Italian violin and new violin sound like Stradivarius.


Then, even professional violinist resulted in being unable to reliably distinguish the sound of old violin and new violin.


And more surprisingly, it turns out that many of the subjects' violinists prefer new violin sounds than Stradivarius.


Mr. Joseph Curin who is also a violin producer who engaged in the research said about the reason why the violinist likes Stradivarius despite being unable to distinguish the sound, "As a standard, the influence of the producer has this influence In that respect, nobody could win Mr. Stradivari ", he says that the standards for which Stradivarius is chosen also exist other than sound.


Actually, Mr. Kim's violin has been handed down from the Duke of Cambridge to German composer Louis Schupouer and Mr. Eurelli Corelli, founder of New York Philharmonic, for about 300 years.


It is literally a connection with the past.


Kim said, "Stradivarius is part of history, I feel like it is New York Philharmonic itself because this violin is with the history of the New York Philharmonic," concluding the movie.