Mozart's violin was brought to Lviv. Photo

Photo: Anna Arghirova

On Friday, July 20th, Lviv presented his first violin by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as part of the LvivMozArt International Classical Music Festival. The instrument was produced by Pietro Antonio Dalla Costa in Treviso, Italy, 1764.

"Despite the fact that we provide the instrument to play on, we are constantly watching the musician.In other words, the musician is on a stage with a violin, and we are protecting it behind the scenes, "- Gabriel Ramsauer, director of the Mozart Museum and Archives, said during the presentation of the instrument, . – "On the other hand, it is always nice for musicians that somebody wears that violin behind them" – she's joking

It's worth noting that the violin does not often leave the boundaries of the Salzburg Museum. in Japan, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Lithuania and Cuba

"We are very critical in choosing partners and where to take the instrument" notes Gabriel Ramsauer

At the same time time, the head and organizer of LvivMozArt Oksana Linin said that it is a very important event for the image of Ukraine in the world.

"I did not expect that we could bring a violin to Mozart for the second time the festival ", – she adds

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The organizer of the festival says that the intention to bring Mozart's violin to Lviv was before LvivMozArt held for the first time last year.In December 2016, the LvivMozArt delegation visited the Mozarteum foundation.According to Oksana Lyniv, for the first time, they have looked at them with suspicion and mistrust, and yet last summer LvivMozArt visited a representative of the foundation and congratulated the result.

G Abreel Ramsauer presents the original Mozart violin used by the composer during his later years in Vienna

In addition, as noted by Ramsau Ramsauer, l & # 39 advantage of LvivMozaArt in other countries and festivals that this festival is dedicated to the son of Mozart – Franz Xaver, since the events are mainly organized in the honor of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

"Every day we are invited to provide the original tools that our foundation has" . [19659007] On July 22, at the closing of the LvivMozArt Festival, Austrian violinist Frank Stadler will perform the violin of the famous classics that were performed on the same instrument over two centuries ago on the original violin of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Felix Mendelssohn's concert. The opening of the D Major Overture is the patron of the Franz Xaver Mozart Festival. Accompanied by the INSO-Lviv Orchestra.

Anna Argirov,

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