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The Violins of Cremona

Cremona in northern Italy is a centre of violin making but can a niche industry survive in the modern world of mass production?

Cremona in northern Italy is the original home of the Stradivarius violin and now - several centuries later - master craftsmen are still producing hand-made violins and exporting around the world. But how can such a niche industry survive in the modern world of mass production?

(Photo: Violin maker in Cremona. Credit: 成人快手)

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29 minutes

Last on

Sun 6 Apr 2014 10:32GMT

Contributors to this programme

Massimo Ardoli

International Violin Making School of Cremona

Christopher Kurz

student International Violin Making School of Cremona

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

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  • Sat 5 Apr 2014 04:32GMT
  • Sun 6 Apr 2014 00:32GMT
  • Sun 6 Apr 2014 10:32GMT

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