The Strad Calendar 2027: Anders Sveaas Charitable Foundation
Launched in 1990, the Anders Sveaas Charitable Foundation is one of the principal arts funders in Norway. The Strad Calendar 2027 celebrates its work by showcasing twelve of the finest instruments it loans out to Nordic players – including eleven by Antonio Stradivari.
The twelve instruments featured this year are:
- Antonio Stradivari c.1689 ‘Ragin’ violin
- Antonio Stradivari c.1694 ‘Ovcharov’ violin
- Antonio Stradivari 1695 ‘Sandars’ violin
- Antonio Stradivari 1705-10 ‘Maurer, van Veen, Elphinstone’ violin
- Antonio Stradivari 1707 ‘Boni-Hegar’ cello
- Antonio Stradivari 1710 violin
- Antonio Stradivari c.1720 ‘Karl Klingler’ violin
- Antonio Stradivari 1725 ‘Duke of Cambridge, Spohr, Camilla Wicks’ violin
- Antonio Stradivari c.1725 ‘Da Vinci’ violin
- Antonio Stradivari 1727 ‘Iwasaki’ cello
- Antonio Stradivari c.1736 ‘Spencer Dyke’ violin
- Brothers Amati 1616 viola
