Most classic instruments were made by luthiers from Cremona, a town widely regarded as the world’s capital of violin-making. The modern and contemporary collection includes bowed string instruments by ...

In addition, violin making is a business. Cremona has over 160 professional liutai working all over the city ... Denis showed how stringed instrument design was based on Euclidean straightedge and ...

While Cremona’s claim to fame may be its violin-making legacy (a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage), come November, the city’s piazzas are taken over by another symbol of the city - the torrone.

Upon graduation from the Violin Making School of America he served a two ... In 1984 he spent six months in Cremona, Italy, studying Italian violin-making techniques. From 1985 to 1994 he was ...