Cremona, birthplace of Stradivarius, is today a veritable laboratory for luthiers from all over the world, and violin making workshops are everywhere AFP / Miguel MEDINA Working in the shadow of the ...
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 ...
As a teenager in South Korea, Ayoung An decided to become a violin maker. Her journey eventually took her to Cremona, Italy, a famed hub for masters like Antonio Stradivari. Credit... Supported by ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. At some point between 1560 and 1574 Catherine de’ Medici placed a very special order. It was for some 40 string ...
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 ...
FIVE HUNDRED years ago, give or take a year or two (nobody knows the exact date), Andrea Amati, the founding father of what would become the world's greatest school of violin-makers, was born in ...
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 ...