Background
Born in 1944, he grew up in Eugene, Oregon, playing the violin from an early age.
professor collector of Cremonese
Born in 1944, he grew up in Eugene, Oregon, playing the violin from an early age.
He studied mathematics at the University of Chicago, and was concertmaster of the University of Chicago Symphony while he was there.
Fulton performed professionally with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra as a violinist. In 1970 he founded the Department of Computer Science at Bowling Green State University serving as Professor and Chairman for ten years. While still at Bowling Green, he co-founded Fox Software, which ultimately gained international recognition for its database management application, FoxPro.
Following the sale of Fox Software to Microsoft in 1992, Doctor Fulton served as Microsoft’s Vice President for Database Products until his retirement in 1994.
Fulton has produced several documentary films about violins and music The film features violinist, James Ehnes, performing on fourteen instruments from Fulton"s collection.
The second, Violin Masters: Two Gentlemen of Cremona, (2010), narrated by Alfred Molina and featuring renowned violinists James Ehnes, Joshua Bell, Midori, Itzhak Perlman among others, examines the history and modern use of Stradivari and Guarneri del Gesù violins. The most recent film, Transcendence: A Meeting of Greats, (2014), documents the sessions at which the Miró Quartet recorded Schubert"s great String Quartet Number.
15, in G Major, Doctorate. 887.
This film was nominated for two 2014 Emmy awards in the Special Event Coverage category, winning Best Director in that category. ViolinsStradivari Louisiana Pucelle 1709Stradivari "General Kyd, Perlman" 1714Stradivari "Marsick" 1715Stradivari "Baron d"Assignies" 1713Stradivari "Alba, Herzog, Coronation" 1719Stradivari "Sassoon" 1733Stradivari "Baron Knoop, Bevan" 1715Guarneri del Gesù "King Joseph" 1737Guarneri del Gesù "Stern, Panette, Balâtre, Alard" 1737Guarneri del Gesù "Lord Wilton" 1742Guarneri del Gesù "Haddock" 1734Guarneri del Gesù "d"Egville" 1735Guarneri del Gesù "Kemp, Emperor" 1738Guarneri del Gesù "Carrodus" 1743Pietro Guarneri, of Mantua "Shapiro" 1698Carlo Bergonzi "Kreisler, Perlman" 1735(?)Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Turin 1778 ViolasAndrea Guarneri "Conte Vitale" 1676Gasparo da Salò "Krasner, Kelley" c. 1580Giuseppe Guadagnini "Wanamaker, Rolla" 1793Antonio & Girolamo Amati, Cremona 1619Girolamo Amati (Hieronymus II or Girolamo Amati (II) 1703Vincenzo Rugeri, Cremona 1697VioloncelliStradivari "Bass of Spain, Adam" 1713Pietro Guarneri, of Venice "Beatrice Harrison" 1739Montagnana "George Gudgeon" 1737Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù "Messeas" 1731.