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GIOUS CREI/IONA SCHOOL, HAS HER OWN WORKSHOP IN THE CENTER TiGt{*:i il*i: rR*v*xÄt:t. tt*r*$n }[ s*f,i r*nlR* Alliiä*
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'':AR iNüÄNü ü:!!ä lr:AS$ÄS!* lil!-Ls!lll. 1727.:LV11 SUR LA COLLINE DE IiIASSAGNO, PNES OT LUGANO,
1727 Stradlarius that belonged to
the composer Joseph Kreutzer,
s'hile Anthony Flint preGrs his
17L2 Carlo Testore that belonged to
rütuoso August'Wilhelmj. Manrico
Padovani brings life to Paganini's
24 Caprices on a 1722 Stradivarius
Jupiter, made available to him by the
Nippon Music Foundation of
T"ky".
We know that the violin is the
s,'ork of great luthiers, especially
those of the Cremona school, such
as Andrea Guarneri and Antonio
Stradivari, who were both students
of Nicolö Amati, the only master
instrument-maker to survive the
plague at the beginning of the
17th century.The great tradition
of luthiers has always embraced a
number of people from the canton Multiple award-winner and already
of Ticino and is still alive today, internationally recognized, Daniela
thanks to youngsters such as Solcä is continually searching for
Valentino Natolini in Locarno, that special balance rhat eKists
Manuel Lardi in Lugano, and even betr,veen all 71 components that,
one lady instrument-maker, the once assembled, make up this
highly talented, Ticino-born tnagical instrument. In the end, this
Daniela Solcä, who has caught this artist-craftswoman simply has to
contagious passion. She is a disciple flnd that balance, which makes the
of the prestigious school of instrument's heart beat in unison
. Cremona, which manufactures and with those of the artist and the
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