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Accademia Stauffer, the exception that reveals the problem: music is a luxury, talent alone is no longer enough. Reflections on an investigation by L’Espresso

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 bitter summary of what emerges from an investigation by L’Espresso devoted to the Accademia Stauffer in Cremona, one of the few “happy islands” in an increasingly elitist sea. A...

Art, Faith, and Lutherie: A Cremonese Symbol in the Nativity Scene

Anna Lucia Maramotti Politi

It is customary, after the feast of Holy Christmas, whether one is a believer or not, to go “from church to church” to admire the Nativity scenes on display. Each year, those who set out to recreate the setting of the Grotto of Bethlehem introduce new figurines. At times, as happens in San Gregorio Armeno,...

“Stradivari” by Battiato with Anthony Quinn, Kaprisky and Sandrelli: 16 weeks of filming between Cremona, Stagno Lombardo and Cinecittà

Fabrizio Loffi

The film Stradivari, directed by Giacomo Battiato and starring Anthony Quinn as the great violin maker, was an iconic event. The crew filmed in Cremona from September 6 to 20, 1987, involving the...

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Lutherie, stricter restrictions from March 2026 for Pernambuco, essential for wood for bows

The Luthier’s Purpose in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Reflections on the Value of Craftsmanship

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

Stauffer Concert Season 2025/2026: Roman Simovic and the String Ensemble

The Voice of Stradivari: new CD by Gnocchi and Stella presented at the Museo del Violino

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

The Antonio Carlo Monzino Foundation presents the 2025 edition of Talenti al Castello

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

Simeone Morassi: the continuity of a historic school and the shaping of a new aesthetic in contemporary Italian violin making

How the Bagpipe Journeyed from Cremona to Scotland: New Documents Bring the Legend to Life

Accademia Stauffer, the exception that reveals the problem: music is a luxury, talent alone is no longer enough. Reflections on an investigation by L’Espresso

Art, Faith, and Lutherie: A Cremonese Symbol in the Nativity Scene

The 1733 Goffriller cello once owned by Casals to be awarded to the winner of the Queen Elisabeth Competition 2026

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

The Cremonese Sound Put to the Test on Stage: the workshop's final concert

Between Tradition, Myth, and Market: Lights and Shadows of Italian Luthiery Told by Maestro Alessandro Voltini

The World of Luthiery Mourns Andrew Fairfax, Scholar, Restorer, and Man of Great Integrity

“Stradivari” by Battiato with Anthony Quinn, Kaprisky and Sandrelli: 16 weeks of filming between Cremona, Stagno Lombardo and Cinecittà

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