08/12/2025
The sound and the art
Winter Harmony is the title of the opening concert of the Stauffer Concerts series, an artistic project by the Accademia Stauffer that brings its young musicians to the stage—at the Giovanni Arvedi Auditorium of the Museo del Violino—under the direction and guidance of master artists. The season begins on December 13 (8:30 PM) with the Stauffer String Ensemble, conducted by Roman...
Simeone Morassi is today one of the most authoritative voices in Italian violin making, able to combine a deep respect for tradition with a personal and recognizable vision. Raised in his father Giobatta’s workshop, a key figure in 20th-century Cremonese violin making, he absorbed its founding principles —...
This is what Charles Burney wrote about his journey to Venice in August 1770:“The city is famous for its conservatories, or music schools, of which it has four: the Ospedale della Pietà,...
The first event of I Concerti della Stauffer will take place on Saturday, December 13. The series is curated by the Stauffer Academy of Cremona. Roman Simovic will lead the Stauffer String Ensemble...
The Giovanni Arvedi Auditorium of the Museo del Violino in Cremona hosted the presentation of The Voice of Stradivari, the new CD dedicated to the 1700 Stauffer ex Cristiani cello, one of the most...
The Antonio Carlo Monzino Foundation is pleased to announce the 2025 edition of Talenti al Castello, a unique musical experience to be held in the prestigious Sala della Balla of the Castello...
Teatro Ponchielli steps into 2026 with a breath of fresh air. The arrival of the young superintendent Andrea Nocerinomarks the debut of a bold and vibrant vision that, at first glance, clearly breaks...
The bagpipe, the musical instrument symbolic of Scotland and also known as the “Great Highland Bagpipe,” arrived there from Cremona 500 years ago. What until the mid-20th century was...
Violin Making as Research: The Legacy of Giobatta Morassi between Art, Science, and Tradition
Preserving the Past and Seeking in the Present: Reflections on Violin Making with M. Giordano
The Sound of the “Vesuvio” Violin, ca. 1727 by Antonio Stradivari, Enchants Seoul
Krylov and Say: A Concert that Reconciled Intellect and Instinct, Technique and Poetry
Cremona celebrates the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of violin making in Seoul
Cremona, Udine, and Venice: the crossroads of Maestro Giobatta Morassi's violin making
In 1951, a star-studded cast featuring Silvana Pampanini for the film about Giuseppe Guarneri
The Art and the Music: Bernardino Gatti, Assumption of the Vergin into Heaven
The Lectio Magistralis on Wood: The Art of Violin Making According to Maestro Giobatta Morassi
