Click here for music, then start slide show: Music: Fantasia in F-major for 6 violas da gamba by William Lawes
Orpheon Foundation What happens during our exhibitions
 Since 2004 Orpheon has been presenting exhibitions all over Europe, accompanied by a series of concerts and courses on the instruments of the collection, which have been very favourably received. Within its programme: “Culture-2000 Mozart Call” the European Union has awarded Orpheon a substantial grant in recognition of this work. See also: EU-PROJEKT To order a CD: http://festesdethalie.org/formulaireCD.htmlhttp://web.mac.com/vazquezjose/iWeb/EU-Projecthttp://festesdethalie.org/formulaireCD.htmlshapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1
Exhibition Palais du Roi de Rome, Rambouillet, 2004

Violin by Nicolo Amati,
Cremona, 1669
Church of Froville, 2005
Froville la Romaine,
2005
Violin by Matthias
Albanus, Bozen, ca. 1680
Castello di Duino, 2005
Castello di Duino, 2005
Castello di Duino, 2005
Castello di Duino, 2005
Viola d’amore by Johann Christoph Leidollf, Vienna, 1750
Tenerife, 2006
Tenerife, 2006
Violin by Nicolo Amati, Cremona, 1669
Palace of Kremsegg, 2007
Palace of Kremsegg, 2007
Palace of Kremsegg, 2007
Violoncello by Simone Cimapane, Rome, 1692, which was played in the orchestra of Arcangello Corelli !
L’Abbaye de Noirlac, 2007
L’Abbaye de Noirlac, 2007
Viola d’amore by Salomon, Paris, ca. 1740
Sacile, Italy
2005
Viola da gamba by Joachim Tielke, Hamburg, 1683
Christian Döbereiner,
with the viola da gamba by Joachim Tielke in 1905
  1. •Eva Heinitz with the viola da gamba by Joachim Tielke, ca. 1930
Eva Heinitz with the viola da gamba by Joachim Tielke, ca. 1950
Eva Heinitz with the viola da gamba by Joachim Tielke, just before she passed away.
Head of a pardessus de viole, Paris, ca. 1740
Church of the Minorites, Vienna, 2007
Church of the Minorites, Vienna, 2007
Church of the Minorites, Vienna, 2007
Festival de Gijon, 2005
A young master selecting his future instrument.
Viola da gamba by William Turner, London, 1656
Ibiza, 2004
Mallorca, 2006
A composition with two violas da gamba by William Turner,  London, 1647 and 1656
Cossington, U.K., 2006 Course on the interpretation of the music of the French Baroque.
Kunihiro Mimura  (Japan), one of the young artists who perform on our instruments
Angelika Thomas (CH) with the Michael Albanus viola da gamba at the Château de Thoiry, France
Wolfram Bauer (A), testing his new viola da gamba.
Christa Opriessnig (A), with the viola by Sebastian Dallinger, Vienna.
Hector Castillo (E) with the Violone in G, which he has on permanent loan
Juan Carlos Higuita (Columbia) at the concert in the Castello di Duino with the Nicolò Amati violin
Kasia Brzoza (PL), with the Johann Christoph Leidolff violin of 1747
Lina Tur-Bonet (E), with the Carlo Giuseppe Testore violin
Margit Meckel (A), with the viola da gamba by Edward Lewis, London, 1687
Lúcia Krommer with the viol by Michael Albanus, Graz, 1706
Bass viola da gamba by Gianbattista Grancino, Milano, 1697
Orchestra of the National Theatre Mannheim, during a project on interpretation of Classical Opera
Orchestra of the National Theatre Mannheim, during a project on interpretation of Classical Opera
Scene from the Film, “The Pianist” by Haneke, with musical instruments of the collection.
Concert at the Castello di Duino, 2005 
Players from five countries and three continents
Orpheon Orchestra
in Freiberg Cathedral, Germany
Alain Granieri, taking measurements of the Stainer viola da gamba which he will copy..
Petr Vavrous and Jan Stejskal: Restoration of a viola da gamba by William Turner, ca. 1650
Bass viola da gamba by Gian Paolo Maggini, Brescia, ca. 1600
The Violin-making School 
Hallstatt drew the plans and made copies of the Michael Albanus viola da gamba
Violin-making School
Hallstatt, comparing the original with the copies
The Violin-making School in Hallstatt also designed and built this display on the construction of a violin and a viola da gamba.
Plans of the Michael Albanus viola da gamba realised by the Violin-Making School of Hallstatt and sold all over the world!
Violin-maker in Tenerife  copies the viola d’amore  by Salomon, Paris
Micha Beuting, dendrochronology expert, has carried out studies on our instruments to establish the date of origin.
Bass viola da gamba by Jakob Stainer, Absam, 1671
Students of the Violin-making School Mirecourt examining a Testore violin at the exhibition in Froville
Viola da gamba by Ventura Linarolo, Venice, 1585 played by the luthier, Roland Hoüel, Mirecourt
Roland Hoüel and Friedemann Hellwig, discussing the construction of a Tielke viola da gamba
Philippe Pierlot, getting acquainted with a viola da gamba by Tielke during the exhibition at Noirlac, France
A spontaneous trio: Pièces de Marin Marais at the exhibition in Noirlac
Tormod Dalen fascinated by an original French classical bow in Noirlac
Sviatoslav Belonogov,  trying out a viola at the exhibition in Tenerife
L’Abbaye de Noirlac
2007
Viola da gamba by William Turner, London, ca. 1650
Baroque Museum  Salzburg, September, 2007
Tenor viola da gamba  Gasparo da Salò, ca. 1570
Baroque Museum  Salzburg, September, 2007
Bonifazio Veronese:
A Musical Pastime
Baroque Museum  Salzburg, September, 2007
José Vázquez & Lúcia Krommer, Baroque Museum  Salzburg, September, 2007
Minoriten Church
Vienna, May, 2007
Baroque Museum  Salzburg, October, 2007
Baroque Museum  Salzburg, October, 2007