David Garrett
He sold an apartment for his violin
David Garrett indulges himself.
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David Garrett treated himself to a violin for his 42nd birthday. He paid 3.5 million euros for it. For this he has to sacrifice an apartment.
David Garrett bought a violin for 3.5 million euros. As “BILD” reported, the musician treated himself to this purchase for his 42nd birthday on Sunday. The instrument is a violin from 1736. The instrument was made by Guarneri del Gesù (1698-1744), who, along with Antonio Stradivari (1644-1737), is one of the most important violin makers of all times.
According to “Bild”, Garrett has fulfilled a “lifetime dream” with the gift to himself. “The violin’s sound quality is unique – a real myth,” he said. The 3.5 million euros would be considered a bargain: Garrett, for example, played concerts in 2022 on a violin made by Gesù, which is worth twelve million euros. The instrument was made available on loan by an Italian museum.
He has to sell an apartment in New York
3.5 million euros, even a successful musician like Garrett doesn’t pay that out of petty cash. Ten percent of the price was due immediately. “For the sum, I will have to part with one of my properties and sell an apartment in New York,” said the half-American.
But Garrett says it’s worth it. “You can only compare this high feeling with love,” he says of his new violin. “It is like a marriage that I enter into with this wonderful instrument. I will always treat the violin lovingly and tenderly and will never part with it again. It will remain with me until death do us part”.