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News‘Vesuvio’ Stradivari violin goes on display in Seoul
The c.1727 instrument is the first from a public Italian collection to be exhibited in South Korea
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FocusMy experience: violist-composer Amani Sloley, Cremona International Music Academy and Festival
‘Even though we come from all these different places, we’re all just really big music nerds!’ says Sloley
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NewsCremona’s Museo del Violino to present 3D-printed violin exhibition
Str3dvari will showcase reproductions of some of the museum’s finest violins, including the 1715 Stradivari ‘Cremonese’, on Saturday 5 October
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NewsCompetition preview: Cremona’s 17th International Triennial Violin Making Competition ’Antonio Stradivari’
Stay up to date with what you need to know about ’the Olympiad of Violin Making in Cremona’, which runs from 6 September until 13 October 2024
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FocusThe Strad Podcast #104: Brescia vs Cremona with luthier Linda Lespets
What was life like for instrument makers in Brescia? What was the making style like? Why hasn’t Brescia retained the same reputation as Cremona? Linda spotlights the home of Da Salò, Maggini and Rogeri
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News‘Presidente della Repubblica’ Award for Italy’s Stauffer Foundation
The Cremona-based institution was honoured for its role in supporting higher music education, promoting musicological research and the teaching of Cremonese violin making
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NewsCellist Steven Isserlis wins 2023 Cremona Musica Award
The British musician was honoured for his ‘unceasing dedication to the art of music’
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NewsNew Stradivari exhibition to open in Cremona
’Il Mistero di Stradivari’ will show how the legend of the master luthier was created and enhanced in the 19th and early 20th centuries
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NewsAmati five-string cello bought by New York museum
The c.1610 instrument is thought to be the only surviving five-string cello made in Cremona from that era
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NewsUS violin maker Francis Kuttner has died
The San Francisco-based luthier won several awards over his five-decade career
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Premium ❘ Feature‘Makers have been working blind’ - Cremonese archings
Gareth Ballard presents a detailed method for analysing the various curves of archings
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NewsThe String Circle launches in Cremona
The initiative supports both both the art of master luthiers and the needs of young string players in search of high quality instruments
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NewsTwo gold medals awarded at 2021 Cremona Triennale violin making competition
Kazune Nemoto received the top prize in the cello section, while Guido Mariotto won for his double bass
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ReviewBook review: Lev’s Violin
Helen Michetschläger reviews Helena Attlee’s book about lutherie in Cremona, through the eyes of a non-luthier
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ReviewBook review: The Hardanger Riddle
Julian Haylock reviews the third novel in Paul Adam’s Cremona Mysteries series
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NewsStauffer Center for Strings to open in Cremona this October
The new centre will be dedicated to higher education, research, composition, production, management and innovation
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FocusHow has COVID-19 affected the Italian lutherie business?
Violin makers worldwide were hit hard by the Covid-19 outbreak as the customers dried up – nowhere more so than in Italy. Peter Somerford speaks to some of the country’s makers to find out how the industry is gradually getting back on its feet
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VideoCremonese makers launch video showcase
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic and its effect on Italian lutherie, a group of violin makers in Cremona have put together a video showcasing their working methods. The aim is to demonstrate the vibrancy and industriousness of today’s luthiers, as Antonio Stradivari wanders the streets of modern-day Cremona, viewing ...
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VideoVideo: Violin Makers – The Renaissance of Italian Lutherie
A 60-minute documentary featuring interviews with some of the greatest 20th-century Italian luthiers
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VideoCremona Mondomusica trade fair confirmed for 2020
The event for stringed instrument players, makers and dealers will take place from 25 to 27 September
