Music lovers and musicians gathered at the Metzler Violin Shop on Sunday to listen to the sound of more than 40 modern Italian violins during the Tenth Annual Traveling Cremona Exhibition and Sale.

Creating an instrument with such depth of character relies on centuries of tradition - most of which belongs to the small town of Cremona in northern Italy. And on the shelf is stored an exotic ...

The great luthiers of the Italian town of Cremona were the masters of musical "string theory" - no one has done better in the art of making violins. Dean Reynolds reports on their craft, and the ...

Antonio Stradivari's house in the heart of Cremona is a disgrace. The street-level floor has been turned over to a kitchenware shop plastered with discount signs. The three upper floors look abandoned ...

Working in the shadow of the great masters, the violin-makers of Italy's Cremona are valiantly fighting a shrinking market and foreign competition as they seek perfection, one violin at a time. The ...

Cremona has long been known for its fine stringed instruments. But now, after the Italian city became a virus hotspot, its craftsmen face tough times. Sergio Colombo reports. In Pablo Farias’ workshop ...

In the northern Italian city of Cremona, where the history of violin began over five centuries ago, the art of violin-making is witnessing a new renaissance. This is the place where Andrea Amati ...

CREMONA, Italy (AP) — The northern Italian town where Antonio Stradivari and other master violin-makers worked will open a new museum celebrating the instrument. Cremona will inaugurate the Museum of ...