Take a Bow
Peter Day visits Cremona in northern Italy to see how a centuries-old centre of violin making can survive in a fast-changing musical world.
Thanks to great craftsmen such as the Amati family and Antonio Stradivari, the city of Cremona in northern Italy has been a global centre of violins for five centuries. Peter Day finds out how tradition, marketing and years of training enable Cremonese instrument makers to survive in a fast changing musical world.
Producer: Caroline Bayley.
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Contributors to this programme
Massimo Ardoli
International Violin Making School of Cremona
Christopher Kurz
student International Violin Making School of Cremona
Philip Ihle
Ihle Violins, London
Stefano Trabucchi
Master Violin Maker, Cremona
Giorgio Grisales
Master Violin Maker, Cremona and business director, Antonio Stradivari Consortium of Cremona Violin Makers
Edgar Russ
Master Violin Maker, Cremona
Mathijs Heyligers
Master Violin Maker, Cremona
Paulo Bodini
Chairman, Museum of the Violin Cremona
Broadcasts
- Thu 28 Aug 201420:30BBC Radio 4
- Sun 31 Aug 201421:30BBC Radio 4
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