On the occasion of the first La Scala performance of Götterdämmerung, we consider it appropriate to publish an article addressing the aesthetics of this great composer, who revolutionized...

This morning, at the International School of Violin Making in Cremona, the official presentation of MIR – Musical Instrument Register took place. The new portal is dedicated to makers of...

Maestro Stefano Conia Senior, dean of the Cremonese luthiers, has turned eighty, a central figure in late twentieth-century violin making and a direct witness to an unrepeatable era of the Cremona...

“When Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony was first premiered it was branded as unlistenable music, while Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto was judged by the leading critic of the time as music...

There is a sentence that, read today, sounds like an alarm bell for the entire Italian cultural system: “Music risks becoming a job for the rich.” This is not a provocative slogan, but...

The 2026 edition of the Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition will be a special edition entirely devoted to the cello and marked by a triple anniversary: the 150th anniversary of the birth...