Arvo Pärt: a Grand Pause. Thoughts on the work of a great figure in the contemporary musical scene

Now resoundscreation.Both north and southrain turns land to sea.The truth is tailor cut.Imperceptibly steadythe M-hand is nearing midnight. A glimpse of daylight tingesMateo’s portico.Silence is not filled.Thumbs freely turn.Close at...

The Teatro Ponchielli is enchanted by the sweet and profound song of Capuçon’s cello

A concert by the cellist Gautier Capuçon is always an event. A moment of spontaneous happiness. An immersion into sound worlds of great fascination and imagination. This is not only because of his technique—whose near-perfected mastery hardly...

This morning Stauffer acquired the Politeama Verdi in Cremona with a bid of €55,000: it will become a showcase for violin making and a concert hall

In a surprise move, the Stauffer Foundation purchased the Politeama Verdi at this morning’s ongoing auction. Stauffer’s intention is to turn it into a major hub for high-level violin making, with classrooms, exhibition spaces, and a concert hall....

“Stradivari 68”, the black-and-white film by Talamazzini that introduced people to the great Cremonese tradition of violin making

Twenty years ago, on September 27, 2006, Sandro Talamazzini passed away, “the greatest figure in Cremona television”, as he has rightly been described. There is a black-and-white film which, even today, could serve as a splendid calling card for...

Silence, Voice, Dance: Three Ways of Confronting the End with the OSN for the Opening of the Ponchielli Season

In an Italy that suddenly finds itself poorer after the recent passing of musicologist and critic Angelo Foletto — one of the noblest and most authoritative voices ever to narrate the multifaceted paths of sound — we attended this evening the...

The Best Artists of the Third Reich for the First Film on Antonio Stradivari

It was November 1936 when, in anticipation of the Stradivarian bicentennial celebrations to be held the following year, the committee that had been specifically formed, among other initiatives, proposed the idea of making a film about Antonio Stradivari,...

A Sea of Talents, with Yuki Serino and the Mediterranean Women's Orchestra

This is what Charles Burney wrote about his journey to Venice in August 1770:“The city is famous for its conservatories, or music schools, of which it has four: the Ospedale della Pietà, the Ospidaletto of San Giovanni e Paolo, the Mendicanti,...

Stauffer Academy Opens the Season at the Auditorium with “Winter Harmony” and an Internationally Inspired Program

Winter Harmony is the title of the opening concert of the Stauffer Concerts series, an artistic project by the Accademia Stauffer that brings its young musicians to the stage—at the Giovanni Arvedi Auditorium of the Museo del Violino—under the...

At Teatro Ponchielli, a Season of Music and Dance That Speaks to the Present

Teatro Ponchielli steps into 2026 with a breath of fresh air. The arrival of the young superintendent Andrea Nocerinomarks the debut of a bold and vibrant vision that, at first glance, clearly breaks with the previous administration—not only in...

In 1951, a star-studded cast featuring Silvana Pampanini for the film about Giuseppe Guarneri

A long-cherished dream that almost came true in the spring of 1951: a major film about Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù featuring the finest actors from the golden era of Italian neorealism. Then, for reasons still unknown, the project was ultimately...