Chronicle of Dutch Music: Tuesday 1 October 21:00 CET. The biography ‘The Stradivarius of the Emperor’ about the Maastricht cellist and composer Joseph Hollman (1852-1927) was recently published. That curious title is a good reason to make a programme about Joseph Hollman.
Joseph Hollman is said to have given his Stradivarius violincello as a gift to the Japanese Emperor when he played and taught at his court. Whether this is true or not is examined in the biography.
‘The Stradivarius of the Emperor’ is written by Emile Hollman and George Vogelaar.
Published by Boom, Amsterdam.
