All Argentina articles
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Review
Book review: Italian Violin Making in Argentina
Bharat Khandekar reviews Pablo A. Saraví’s publication on the little-known culture of lutherie among the immigrant population of South America’s second-largest country
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News
US concertmaster Rubén González dies aged 79
The veteran Chicago Symphony violinist also had success as a conductor and composer
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News
Argentine National Symphony Orchestra cancels concerts amid financial chaos
Chilean conductor Francisco Rettig calls time after months of turmoil
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Article
Guarneri 'del Gesù' violin takes centre stage in new Buenos Aires instrument gallery
A new permanent exhibition hall dedicated to stringed instruments has opened in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The gallery at the Isaac Fernández Blanco Museum of Spanish–American Art features as its centrepiece a 1732 violin by Guarneri 'del Gesù' (pictured). This instrument is displayed along with a portrait of ...
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Article
Argentina's first stringed-instrument gallery set for opening
A museum in Buenos Aires is to open a new permanent exhibition hall dedicated to stringed instruments in October. Officials at the Isaac Fernández Blanco Museum of Spanish–American Art believe that the new gallery will be the first such exhibition space in Argentina. Among the instruments to be displayed is ...