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Wiesbadener Kurier: Kronberg Academy Festival Popup

Popup showroom at Kronberg Academy Festival. Explore fine violins & hidden treasures. Full article in Wiesbadener Kurier.

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Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: Amati Cello Sold to Met Museum, NY

The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung’s September 2023 edition covered our sale of the Amaryllis Fleming Amati cello to the Met Museum in New York.

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Kronberg 2023: Pop-up Showroom

Join us in Kronberg for our exciting pop-up showroom event, from the 20th September until the 4th October 2023.

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Royal College of Music role for Florian Leonhard Fine Violins

Florian Leonhard Fine Violins has been appointed as the Royal College of Music’s official Expert and Luthier for Stringed Instruments.

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Florian Leonhard teams up with International Classical Artists

Florian Leonhard Fine Violins is proud to be part of International Classical Artists. Below is an article by Andrew Green about the new relationship.

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Florian Leonhard helps Leonidas Kavakos secure the 1734 ‘Willemotte’ Stradivarius

We are delighted to have helped secure the 1734 ‘Willemotte’ Antonio Stradivari violin for our friend and world-renowned soloist Leonidas Kavakos.

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Florian helps reunite Sheku Kanneh-Mason with rare Amati cello

We were delighted to help permanently reunite Sheku Kanneh-Mason with the 1610 Amati cello he played to win the 2016 BBC Young Musician of the Year, with the help of a generous anonymous sponsor based in London.

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Florian Fine Violins features on BBC Four Sheku Kanneh-Mason documentary

Our very own sales manager Thomas Wei featured on a BBC Four documentary following Sheku Kanneh-Mason.

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Florian appears on Chinese TV Knews24

Florian was featured on Chinese TV during a recent trip to Shanghai. He talked to reporter Chen Xuan about violin making and may have found a new apprentice!

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The Guardian: “Young Musician winner Sheku Kanneh-Mason is just what classical music needs”

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The Menuhin Competition 2016: “The Last Rose of Summer” Opening Played by Maxim Vengerov

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Lark Music ‘Notes from the Heart’: “Florian Thinks With His Hands”

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Florian on Bloomberg TV

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The Peak Magazine (Hong Kong) – “Sound Investments”

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Florian on TGR Italian News

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Tarisio: “Antonio Gragnani and the Tuscan School”

Recent archival research has uncovered much new information about the violin makers of Tuscany, including the prolific and characterful Antonio Gragnani

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Newsweek: “Stradivariuses, the Latest Financial Fiddle”

“According to research by London instrument dealer Florian Leonhard, for the past decade the average Stradivarius has seen its annual price increase by 10.9 percent, and some instruments have recorded up to 20 percent.”

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Mondomusica New York 2014 – The Exhibitors: Florian Leonhard

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The Telegraph: “The World of the Violin Maker Florian Leonhard”

“The Telegraph”‘s Ellie Pithers talks with Florian Leonhard about music, his childhood, and matchmaking. Read the full article here…

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Strings Magazine: Philharmonia Orchestra – Board of Trustees

Florian Leonhard is now a member of the Board of Trustees of UK’s Philharmonia Orchestra (“Strings” magazine, 1/2014) “[Leonhard’s] in-depth expertise and experience in the world of classical music in general and fine stringed instruments in particular will prove an invaluable contribution to our board,” Read the full article here…

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Mail on Sunday: “Violin Prices are Rising”

Florian Leonhard in the Mail on Sunday, 2nd March 2014. Read the full article here…

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ARCHI magazine n.44 11-12/2013: “Violino Antonio Gragnani, Livorgno 1775”

Florian Leonhard published his article “Violino Antonio Gragnani, Livorgno 1775” in italian ARCHI magazine, n.44 Novembre – Dicembre 2013 in the rubric “Grandi Strumenti”.

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