Speaking
about Cremona means focuses on its unique aspects, on that particular and
peculiar “atmosphere” that you can breath in the town and that makes it
obviously special, magic and famous all over the world. This is all about its
violin-making tradition!
Along the centuries, in fact,
the violin-making tradition has deeply influenced the town’s characteristics
and defined its identity.
The violin-making tradition was born in Cremona in the 16th Century with
the family Amati and, then, it has better developed with Guarneri and, in the
18th century, with the great master Antonio Stradivari.
But, even today, Cremona hosts more or less 150 violin-making workshops
and it triggers a fruitful activity in this sector that is carried out by
several institutions and public bodies.
In order to complete this varied but comprehensive
context, two other initiatives will be launched to make the year 2013 special
for Cremona: the official opening, in May 2013, of the Violin’s Museum and the
accreditation in the List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage UNESCO.
The Museum, hosted in the prestigious and well-located Palazzo dell’Arte in Cremona (a great
example of the 20th century architecture), has been restored thanks
to the contribution of the Foundation Arvedi Buschini and it will get together,
for the first time in a single seat, the historic strings’ collection, the
Stradivari Museum’s collection and, then, all the instruments that have won,
since 1970, the triennial strings competition.
Thanks to this new instruments’ layout, based on innovative
technological solutions and on the use of interactive means, it will be
presented the history of Cremona’s violin-making tradition from the origins of
the important families of violin-makers to the contemporary state-of-art, in
connection with the history of the town.
In the new Violin’s Museum there is the Auditorium Giovanni Arvedi, great and unique result of a
modern and forward-looking project coordinated by the architects Giorgio Palù and Michele Bianchi
and supported by the contribution, from the acoustic point of view, of one of
the best experts of the sector, the engineer Yasuhisa Toyota. This museum helps to reaffirm and
enhance, at international level, the role played by Cremona as capital city of
music and violin-making tradition.
Speaking about the accreditation in the List of the
Intangible Cultural Heritage UNESCO, we can not forget that the intangible
heritage is made of knowledge and culture and that it has remained exactly the
same, century after century.
Cremona is part of this kind of intangible heritage as
it is the undisputed capital-city of the violin-making tradition: this
characteristic has been recognized by Unesco that decided to enter the
violin-making tradition in the List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. The
entire town, with its institutions and citizens has been involved in the
project.
On these basis, the
Muncipality has organized several events, like the 9th edition of The
European Night of Museums (18th of May - dedicated to UNESCO award)
and the exhibition “8 Variations for Stradivari – Fashion and contemporary
art celebrate Cremona violin-making tradition”, organized in Sala delle
Colonne at the Civic Museum in Cremona (from the 19th of May to
the 29th of September 2013).
“8 Variations for Stradivari” represents an original
and important tribute that 8 artistis of the fashion, design and contemporary
art world decided to pay to Cremona’s violin-making tradition and music.
These eight artists, in a very enthusiastic way, have
expressed their creativity making impressive works all inspired to strings, to
their shapes and their soul. These masterpieces are unique, unique as each
single violin and as the “voice” it can produce.
The exhibition’s opening ceremony will take place on
the 18th of May when several Italian and European museums will celebrate the
European Night of Museums. The exhibition, then, will finish in September, the
month that Cremona tradionally dedicates to its violin-making tradition through
exhibitions, concerts and seminars and that will be concluded by Cremona
Mondomusica – International exhibition of musical handcrafted instruments.
Irene
Nicoletta De Bona
Culture
and Tourism Councillor
Cremona
Municipality
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