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Violin Making as Research: The Legacy of Giobatta Morassi between Art, Science, and Tradition

The third section, which reproduces verbatim the Lectio Magistralis of Dr. Maestro Giobatta Morassi, focuses primarily on the legacy of the great violin-making tradition of Cremona, concluding with a critical reflection: violin making must be a field of...

di Anna Lucia Maramotti Politi
13 Nov 2025

Preserving the Past and Seeking in the Present: Reflections on Violin Making with M. Giordano

A multifaceted figure in the landscape of contemporary violin making, Alberto Giordano combines artisanal mastery with profound historical and artistic culture. Trained at the International School of Violin Making in Cremona under the guidance of masters such...

di Filippo Generali
05 Nov 2025
Giobatta Morassi

Cremona, Udine, and Venice: the crossroads of Maestro Giobatta Morassi's violin making

The reference to the forests of Tarvisio and Paneveggio introduces Dr. Master Giobatta Morassi’s Lectio Magistralis for the conferral of the Honorary Master’s Degree. As has already been mentioned, this is merely a preamble. We must, however,...

di Anna Lucia Maramotti Politi
22 Oct 2025

The Lectio Magistralis on Wood: The Art of Violin Making According to Maestro Giobatta Morassi

It was June 2015 when Maestro Giobatta Morassi was awarded an Honorary Master’s Degree. The mention has been purposely delayed: only the online magazine Il Suono e l’Arte could give the appropriate reach to the text of the inaugural lecture...

di Anna Lucia Maramotti Politi
13 Oct 2025
Liuteria

When sound becomes culture: "The sound and the art" is born

Il suono e l’arte (The sound and the art) is the online magazine that today begins its publications in these early days of autumn. One more magazine, or is it an informational tool for reflection? When information fulfills its role, it relies on...

di Anna Lucia Maramotti Politi
26 Sep 2025

Paper violin making: Cremona’s documentary heritage as a key to luthier “Know-how”

Cremona, a symbol of the violin making tradition, stands out on the world stage not only for the quality and excellence of its musical instruments but also for a historical and documentary heritage of inestimable value, which constitutes a cultural and...

di Raffaella Barbierato
26 Sep 2025

World Tourism Event 2025: Cremona Opens the International Showcase and Promotes Its UNESCO Heritage

Cremona was a key player at the sixteenth edition of the World Tourism Event (WTE), held on Thursday 25 and Friday 26 September at the Monumental Complex of Santo Spirito in Sassia in Rome.The event, dedicated to the promotion of UNESCO World Heritage Sites,...

di Redazione
26 Sep 2025
Il Suono e l'Arte

Magazine of the ALI (Italian Violin Making Association), supplement to the online newspaper www.cremonasera.it. Authorized by the Cremona Court no. 1/2021

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