Kerry DuWors
Canadian Violinist
The Violin
1747 Palmason Januarius Gagliano violin
This fine violin was made by Januarius Gagliano in Naples in 1747. In 1895, W.E. Hill & Sons of London sold the violin to John A. Brown, Esq. In 1938, it was sold by Pierre Vidoudez to Jean Klein of Geneva. Pearl Palmason of Toronto purchased the instrument in 1960 when she was a member of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and loaned it to the Canada Council in 2003. It is valued at an estimated $240,000.
Created in 1985, the Canada Council For The Arts Musical Instrument Bank acquires through donations
and loans fine stringed instruments to be loaned to gifted young
Canadian musicians to help further their international solo or chamber
music careers. Winners of the 2006 competition were awarded the use
of their instruments for a three-year period.
