Known for its violin makers, Cremona is launching an academy for strings. Violin maker Daniele Tonarelli is one of more than 150 luthiers based in Cremona. Although the COVID-19 pandemic hit this ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. At some point between 1560 and 1574 Catherine de’ Medici placed a very special order. It was for some 40 string ...

It's been four decades since Bernard Neumann left Montreal for Cremona, Italy, to study violin making. The now-renowned luthier, as a violin-maker is called, still draws daily inspiration from his ...

In the northern Italian city of Cremona, where the history of violin began over five centuries ago, the art of violin-making is witnessing a new renaissance. This is the place where Andrea Amati ...

A violin’s soul? Living instruments? Talking wood? There was nothing ordinary about this 60 Minutes trip to the birthplace of the violin A visit to the birthplace of the violin -- a small town in ...