Cremona, reopens Casa Stradivari, home where the famous luthier lived and worked

In Cremona, Casa Stradivari will reopen on July 4, 2023: It was on July 4, 1667, that Antonio Stradivari, after being united in marriage to Francesca Ferraboschi, entered the building on Corso Garibaldi in Cremona where he set up his first violin-making workshop. Thanks to the restoration and revitalization project initiated by the Casa Stradivari Foundation, the home where he lived and worked will once again welcome visitors. It will be a center for cultural and artistic promotion and will welcome young artisans for training and specialization courses, linked to the themes of the protection of the transmission of knowledge between school and workshop and the relationship between musicians and luthiers.

The intent is to bring the ancient home back to the spirit that animated Antonio Stradivari’s work. For this reason, the workshop activities on the ground floor will be joined by those dedicated to young musicians that will take place on the second floor. The second floor, on the other hand, will be designated for the residence of an internationally renowned artist. The synergy between students, masters and established personalities will be fertile ground for the growth of new talents and the fundamental element for business start-up support for young luthiers. The House will also be open to the public for cultural initiatives and tours.

The spaces of Casa Stradivari will rediscover their ancient vocation: young luthiers will be able to attend an eighteen-month course in making stringed instruments, followed by internationally renowned masters Bruce Carlsson, Marcello Ive, Primo Pistoni, and Davide Sora. Carlo Andrea Rozzi and Alessandro Voltini will be in charge of the project of acoustic analysis of the instruments at the various stages of manufacture, and chemist Curzio Merlo of the study of varnishes. Seminars and in-depth studies also open to the entire violin-making community will be included in the framework of the program, in collaboration with other entities in the area.

“Casa Stradivari exudes creative energy. That is why we wanted to create spaces where artists can confront each other for the development of new ideas, always having the instrument as a reference. It was precisely the encounter between Stradivari and the violinist-composers of the time, in my opinion, that was one of its many ’secrets’: the plurality of musical actors involved transformed Cremonese violin-making into a universally recognized work of art, a source of inspiration for masterpieces that still amaze today,” stressed artistic director Fabrizio von Arx.

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Cremona, reopens Casa Stradivari, home where the famous luthier lived and worked

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