The Würth Philharmoniker are an orchestra of the Reinhold Würth Musikstiftung gGmbH, whose mission is to promote music in all its diversity. It is guided by the conviction of its founder, Prof. Dr. h.c. mult. Reinhold Würth, that fostering the public’s knowledge of all forms of music from the Middle Ages to the present day makes an important contribution to enhancing social competence and international understanding, especially among young people. Furthermore, outstanding achievements and artistic commitment, through which musically highly gifted individuals dedicate their lives to the service of music in order to preserve music as the core of our culture, should receive the highest recognition and be supported through first-class education and access to high-quality instruments.
In order to achieve these goals, the core activities of the Reinhold Würth Musikstiftung gGmbH focus on organizing musical events and concert tours, acquiring and preserving historically significant musical instruments and making them available free of charge to highly gifted musicians, as well as supporting musical projects, for example concert events, workshops and competitions for young musicians.
The Reinhold Würth Musikstiftung gGmbH is represented by Sylvia Weber and Prof. Dr. Lars Rehfeld.
Instruments of the Reinhold Würth Musikstiftung gGmbH
The “Stradivari Ex Ries 1693” by the Italian violin maker Antonio Stradivari was placed on loan with Veronika Eberle in October 2020. The violin has been in the possession of the Reinhold Würth Musikstiftung gGmbH since 2008. The Reinhold Würth Musikstiftung gGmbH has made it its mission to acquire and preserve a small number of historically significant musical instruments and to make them available free of charge to highly gifted musicians.
Veronika Eberle has received numerous awards and has already performed on many international stages with orchestras such as the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra under Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam with Heinz Holliger, and the New York Philharmonic under the direction of Alan Gilbert.
“The particularly deep and warm sound of this violin is unique, and it is a gift and a great honour to be allowed to play it. At the same time, the somewhat longer fingerboard, typical of the period in which it was made, presents a new challenge,” Veronika Eberle says (unofficial translation), describing her first experiences with the new instrument. Previously, she had also been playing a Stradivarius from the year 1700, likewise on loan.
Also in the possession of the Reinhold Würth Musikstiftung gGmbH is a violin by the violin maker Giovanni Battista Gabrielli dating from 1770, which is currently on loan to the Russian violinist Ksenia Dubrovskaya, as well as a violin by Tommaso Balestrieri, Mantua, ca. 1783–85, which is played by the concertmaster of the Würth Philharmoniker, Catalin Desaga.
