* Amati Quartet

In 2003 the Amati Quartet was established who regularly perform on the instruments to address concerns that they should be heard.

There is another, unrelated group of string musicians known as the Amati Quartet, based in Zurich, Switzerland.

* Amati Quartet webpage

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Amati is the name of a family of Italian violin makers, who flourished at Cremona from about 1549 to 1740.

While Stradivari's first known violin states that he was a pupil of Amati, the validity of his statement is questioned.

* Patrick O ' Brian's fictional British sea captain Jack Aubrey is described as owning a " fiddle far above his station, an Amati no less ," in The Surgeon's Mate.

The oldest documented violin to have four strings, like the modern violin, is supposed to have been constructed in 1555 by Andrea Amati, but the date is very doubtful.

A tale is told that he served as an apprentice to the great violin maker Nicolò Amati, based on the appearance in a 1680 census record of a " Christofaro Bartolomei " living in Amati's house in Cremona.

The city of Cremona is especially noted for its musical history and traditions, including some of the earliest and most renowned luthiers, such as Guarneri and Stradivari and several members of the Amati family.

The purported " inventor " of the violin is Andrea Amati.

Thanks to Italian scholar Amati, Cassius Longinus is no longer assumed to be the writer of On the Sublime.

The Guarneri ( often referred to in the Latinized form Guarnerius ) is the family name of a group of distinguished luthiers from Cremona in Italy in the 17th and 18th centuries, whose standing is considered comparable to those of the Amati and Stradivari families.

Anticipating that the Amati would take over the role of formal-use vehicles ( i. e. chauffeur-driven transport for executives ) in the product line, the first Sentia is considerably geared towards private owners in its focus.

Giovanna Amati () ( born 20 July 1962 in Rome ) is a former professional race car driver from Italy.

Carlo Bergonzi ( 21 December 1683 – 9 February 1747 ) was an Italian luthier who apprenticed with Hieronymus Amati, collaborated with Joseph Guarneri, and is considered the greatest pupil of Antonio Stradivari.

The best-known violino piccolo is the Brothers Amati example in the National Music Museum, in Vermillion, South Dakota.

The earliest known example of purfling is on a violin made by Andrea Amati in 1564, now on display in the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford University.

The silicothermic reduction of dolomite was first developed by Dr. Amati in 1938 at the University of Padua, where his thesis is archived.

Other instruments associated with Paganini include the Antonio Amati 1600, the Nicolò Amati 1657, the Paganini-Desaint 1680 Stradivari, the Guarneri-filius Andrea 1706, the Le Brun 1712 Stradivari, the Vuillaume c. 1720 Bergonzi, the Hubay 1726 Stradivari, and the Comte Cozio di Salabue 1727 violins ; the Countess of Flanders 1582 da Salò-di Bertolotti, and the Mendelssohn 1731 Stradivari violas ; the Piatti 1700 Goffriller, the Stanlein 1707 Stradivari, and the Ladenburg 1736 Stradivari cellos ; and the Grobert of Mirecourt 1820 ( guitar ).

He may have been associated with the luthiers of Cremona, Italy, in particular the Amati family, and with the Klotz family of violin makers of Mittenwald, Germany, a nearby village of Absam .. His instruments were the most sought-after throughout Europe until the late 18th century, when changing performance conditions led musicians to seek a different sound.

The Millenia / Eunos 800 / Xedos 9 was assembled along with the smaller Eunos 500 / Mazda Xedos 6 in a new production line, presumably set up for Amati cars.

In the June 1992 issue, the Amati logo was displayed in green, and they mentioned that the advertising campaign was to be handled by Los Angeles based Lord, Dentsu & Partners who had an advertising campaign budget of $ 75 million, with a launch to be slated at the end of 1993.

During the early 1990s Mazda had considered introducing its own luxury brand, Amati, to compete with Lexus, Infiniti and Acura but later withdrew their plans.

Eunos ( along with its counterparts Amati and Xedos ) was meant to be Mazda's luxury brand.

The Sentia has been developed with the future Mazda flagship, the Amati 1000 in mind.

During the early 1990s Mazda had considered introducing its own luxury brand, Amati, to compete with Lexus, Infiniti and Acura but later withdrew their plans.

To increase her skills in order to prepare her for Motor Racing, Amati attended a motor racing school with her friend, Elio de Angelis.

Amati competed in F3000 for 1988 with Lola and managed to secure two 10th places at Monza and Jerez.

Amati signed with the dying Brabham team in January 1992 to partner Eric van de Poele after the team was unable to sign Japanese F3000 driver Akihiko Nakaya because he was not granted a superlicence due to the FIA not recognising the Japanese F3000 series as a stepping stone in Motor Racing.

In 1644 he went to Cremona to complete his training as a luthier, probably with Nicolò Amati ; perhaps he also went to Venice to work for a short period with Vermercati.

The ensemble performs with four instruments made by the Amati family of luthiers now owned by the university.

She has two children ( now adults ): Bill Townsend a technology entrepreneur — cofounder of the Lycos search engine, and board member at Newegg. com and Amati Foundation, and Kelly Rostic, a former anchorwoman with NBC and Fox.

Names like Amati, Guarneri, and Stradivari have become synonymous with excellence in craftsmanship and tone.

In 1928 he painted a striking watercolour portrait of violinist Alexander Chuhaldin with his Amati violin, with a copy of the Natalia Goncharova set design for Le Coq d ' Or in the background ( painting now in the Art Gallery of Hamilton ).

Andrea Amati ( ca.

Andrea Amati was succeeded by his sons Antonio Amati ( born ca.

1537-1607 ) and Girolamo Amati ( ca.

" The Brothers Amati ", as they were known, implemented far-reaching innovations in design, including the perfection of the shape of the f-holes.

Nicolò Amati ( December 3, 1596 – April 12, 1684 ) was the son of Girolamo Amati.

His pattern was unusually small, but he also made a wider model now known as the " Grand Amati ", which have become his most sought-after violins.

In the Wine-Dark Sea, book fifteen of the series, Stephen Maturin now has a Girolamo Amati and Aubrey a Guarneri.

* In the manga and anime series Gunslinger Girl, Henrietta carries an Amati violin case.

Cellos were derived from other mid-to large-sized bowed instruments in the 16th century, such as the viola da gamba, and the generally smaller and squarer viola da braccio, and such instruments made by members of the Amati family of luthiers.

Her name was Patrice Amati del Grande, and she became his companion after he separated from his wife.

Violinists and collectors particularly prize the instruments made by the Gasparo da Salò, Giovanni Paolo Maggini, Stradivari, Guarneri and Amati families from the 16th to the 18th century in Brescia and Cremona and by Jacob Stainer in Austria.

While the violins such as those of Amati achieved their classic form before the first half of the century, the viol's form would be standardized later in the century by instrument makers in England.

** Nicolò Amati, Italian violin maker ( d. 1684 )

He also had a collection of keyboard instruments in which he took great delight, especially a piano made at Florence in 1730 ( called in the will ), and violins by Stradivarius and Amati.

** Giovanna Amati the last women to appear on the entry list for a Formula One Grand Prix to date.