Andreas Jakob Romberg (1767, Vechta - 1821, Gotha); German violin virtuoso, composer and conductor. He came from a family of musicians, traveled a lot and met François-André Danican Philidor, Giovanni Battista Viotti, Niccolò Piccinni, Giovanni Paisiello, Joseph Haydn, among others. At the beginning of the 19th century, his compositions were placed on a par with those of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. From 1814 he succeeded Louis Spohr as concertmaster at the court in Gotha ... Romberg, who played a violin by Antonio Stradivari, was not without controversy because he did not follow the Parisian trends and was more committed to the traditional violin school.
