Today, the faint memory of the battle in the Italian city is recalled in the name of Cremona House and its surrounding ...

"It's still a very local and traditional feeling, the feeling of the prairie," Stradivari says, reflecting on the unique ...

For centuries, the Italian town of Cremona has been ... laughing. The violin as we know it today — the instrument with four strings and f-shaped holes — was developed in Cremona in the 16th ...

He also was hanging around violin shops and decided he wanted to make a cello and found himself most interested in making ...

At a Sotheby's auction, a violin handcrafted in 1714 by the famous Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari ... Stradivari made the instrument during the peak of his career. He was born around 1644 ...

He also was hanging around violin shops and decided he wanted to make a cello and found himself most interested in making instruments in the Italian way, in line with the methods of Giuseppe ...

With expertise founded in the making and restoration of string instruments ... Italy, studying Italian violin-making techniques. From 1985 to 1994 he was the proprietor of his own violin shop ...

“[The Guadagnini] has a sweet sound, and it’s very reactive,” Hannah says of the prized instrument sponsored by Italian violin-maker Alfredo Primavera. The Hong Kong musician and athlete who ...