Bassist Roman Patkoló plays Zigeunerweisen

Bassist Roman Patkoló’s rendition of the allegro section of Pablo Sarasate’s Zigeunerweisen is truly outstanding in this video. What a bass player! Does anybody know what sort of instrument he plays?

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2 Comments

John Mahoney on May 5, 2007 at 4:58 am

Roman plays an Antonio Gagliano bass (built 1725) that was given to him by the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation in 2002.
Rumi on July 11, 2008 at 9:54 am

The bas is not Antonio’, but Nicolo Gagliano (fl. ca. 1740-1780) was an Italian violin-maker, the eldest son of Alessandro Gagliano. He made many admirable instruments; often imitated, some have been mistaken for those of Stradivari.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicol%C3%B2_Gagliano
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