Sau-Wing Lam Collection
dal 17/12/2012 al 29/6/2013
Segnalato da
17/12/2012
Sau-Wing Lam Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art - MET, New York
Rare Italian Stringed Instruments. The instruments on view - nine violins and one viola - will include such masterpieces as the Baltic violin by Giuseppe Guarneri "del Gesu'", and the Scotland University and Bavarian violins by Antonio Stradivari.
A spectacular musical instrument collection assembled by Sau-Wing Lam (1923-1988) will go on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art beginning December 18.
This is the first time that works from the renowned Lam Collection will be on public display in the United States. The instruments on view—nine violins and one viola—will include such masterpieces as the Baltic violin by Giuseppe Guarneri “del Gesù” (1698-1744), and the Scotland University and Bavarian violins by Antonio Stradivari (1644-1737). The opening date of The Sau-Wing Lam Collection of Rare Italian Stringed Instruments coincides with the 275th anniversary of the death of Antonio Stradivari.
The exhibition is made possible by The Amati, Friends of the Department of Musical Instruments.
In conjunction with the installation, four concerts will be presented in the Metropolitan Museum’s Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium.
The first of these programs will feature two guest violinists, Daniel Hope and Karen Gomyo, with The Salomé Chamber Orchestra in an all-Bach program on December 22. Hope will perform on the Baltic Guarneri “del Gesù” of 1731 from the Lam collection. Additional events featuring the collection will be held on February 2, April 12 (featuring Philippe Quint), and May 4.
These concerts are generously supported by the Brodsky Family Foundation.
About Sau-Wing Lam and His Collection
The Sau-Wing Lam collection of violin family instruments is one of the most important private collections of bowed Italian stringed instruments ever to be assembled by a private individual.
Sau-Wing Lam was born in Shanghai, China, where he graduated with a degree in economics from St. John’s University. In 1948, he moved to New York City and eventually became president of the Dah Chong Hong Trading Corporation, Inc., an import-export business that established some of the most successful automobile dealerships in the United States.
An amateur violinist and violist, Lam bought his first important violin in the 1960s and over the 25 years assembled his impressive collection of stringed instruments and bows.
The Sau-Wing Lam Collection of Rare Italian Stringed Instruments is organized by Jayson Kerr Dobney, Associate Curator in the Department of Musical Instruments at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
A Sunday at the Met afternoon program will take place in conjunction with the exhibition on April 21, 2013.
The installation and related programs will be featured on the Museum’s website at www.metmuseum.org.
Opening: December 18, 2012
Metropolitan Museum of Art MET - The André Mertens Galleries for Musical Instruments, 2nd floor
1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street, New York
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Fridays and Saturdays
9:30 a.m.-9:00 p.m.
Sundays, Tuesdays-Thursdays
9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
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March-October:
Tuesdays-Sundays
9:30 a.m.-5:15 p.m.
November-February:
Tuesdays-Sundays
9.30 a.m.-4:45 p.m.
Met Holiday Mondays in the Main Building and The Cloisters:
Dec. 24 and Dec. 31, 2012; Jan. 21, Feb. 18, March 25, April 1, and May 27, 2013
9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
All other Mondays closed; Jan. 1, Thanksgiving, and Dec. 25 closed
Note: Closing time for Met Holiday Mondays on December 24 and 31 will be 5:00 p.m
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(Includes Main Building and The Cloisters Museum and Gardens on the Same Day)
Adults $25.00, seniors (65 and over) $17.00, students $12.00
Members and children under 12 accompanied by adult free
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