This video follows the week-long process of making two new violins for the Royal Northern College of Music instrument collection during its Strings Festival in March 2018.
Luthiers Kai-Thomas Roth, William Castle, Marc Soubeyran and Tibor Szemmelveisz collaborated on building two violins between 2 and 8 March, one based on a 1668 Jacob Stainer model and the other on the 1742 ‘Alard’ Guarneri ‘del Gesù’.
Video by John Milnes.
The ‘Echoes of the Ages’ festival, featuring the work of Icelandic luthier Hans Jóhannsson, concluded with a concert performance exclusively on instruments he made
Polish luthier Piotr Pielaszek demonstrates steps in the violin making process, in the company of Yu Jie
Kavakos describes his first encounter with the 1734 violin, made when Antonio Stradivari was 90 years old
The cellist performed during the reading of the names of those who died at Ground Zero on 11 September 2001
The live performance was filmed at LSO St Luke’s in 2025, celebrating the composer’s 90th anniversary
The work features on The Bridgetower Project, which aims to highlight the legacy of Afro-European violin virtuoso George Bridgetower.
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