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ReviewBook 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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NewsHandel’s London home reopens after £3 million renovation
The museum on Brook Street, Mayfair, also pays tribute to guitarist Jimi Hendrix
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NewsUS National Music Museum begins reopening project
The institution, which has been closed for several years, will reopen in phases throughout 2023
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NewsItalian violin maker and teacher Francesco Bissolotti has died aged 89
The influential luthier was respected for his technical skill and use of Cremonese making techniques
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NewsNew York Metropolitan Museum of Art reopens its musical instrument galleries
André Mertens Galleries have been refurbished and reordered during two-year closure
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NewsVirtual musical instrument museum launches with 20,000 items from British collections
Launching today, the MINIM-UK website features photos, audio and video from 20,000 items spanning 5,000 years
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NewsNew permanent exhibition of instrument bows opens in Budapest
Almost 30 Hungarian makers past and present are represented in museum display
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ArticleGuarneri '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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ArticleArgentina'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 ...