Join us at the Akustika Fair at the Nuremberg Exhibition Centre from April 4-6 Meet The Strad team at stand F08 and pick up a free copy of the magazine The Strad Directory Jobs The maker won for two of his instruments at the 5th International Violin Making Competition Andreas Haensel has won both the gold and silver medals at the 5th International Violin Making Competition of the Associazione Nazionale Liuteria Artistica Italiana (ANLAI) in Pisogne The bronze medal went to Alvaro Corrochano from Spain Haensel also took part in last year’s competition, winning the bronze medal The maker began his training in the workshop of Karl Höfner in Bubenreuth and also studied at the School of Violin Making in Mittenwald He continues to work for Karl Höfner and also in the Roderich Paesold workshop The Pisogne competition is unique in its exclusive focus on antiqued instruments violas and cellos were all judged in one category Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click here Alberto Giordano reviews Claudio Amighetti’s magnum opus on the luthiers of north-west Italy  Dupuy was an accomplished violin maker and author in his own right The luthier takes over the role from the beginning of next year Site powered by Webvision Cloud Arienti’s artistic mark in the exhibition space materializes and gives life to the natural phenomenon of changing light and the artist transforms what he sees and imagines them into a shifting work of art He employs the concept of drawing with light and allows it to appear spotlighted as he painted paper strips with saturated colors taking on a more in-depth production of three-dimensionality with paper as the primary medium Meridiana invites people to step into quarters play around with the rays of light on the floor and walls and savor the light that passes through the horizontal windows the thin barrier between the lake’s reflection of the sun and Arienti’s master craft Meridiana also offers itself to the visitors and residents of Lake Iseo and Pisogne a town that has an affinity with the artist’s birthplace can be recognized as one of the artistic and architectural homes of this era Stefano Arienti’s rainbow strips explore the concept of drawing with light exhibition space: Mirad’Or AXOR presents three bathroom concepts that are not merely places of function but destinations in themselves — sanctuaries of style The contest saw a hundred instruments by luthiers from ten countries assessed with the award ceremony taking place in the historic Church of Santa Maria della Neve The annual lutherie competition of Italy’s National Association of Italian Artistic Violin Making (ANLAI) took place in Pisogne First prize in the violin category was taken by Georgi Nikolov while Italian maker Marcello Villa took first prize for viola Japan’s Akira Takahashi took the top award The competition also included a category for the best antiqued instrument which was won by Emanuil Markov of Bulgaria This was the first time in six years that the competition has been staged in its traditional home town of Pisogne In the past six years it has been held in Cremona Read: Two gold medals awarded at 2021 Cremona Triennale violin making competition Read: Winners announced at SVA Violin Makers Competition Read: Philharmonie de Paris announces lutherie competition US correspondent Thomas May speaks with Jessica Meyer about the synergy that fuels the charismatic violist’s work as a composer and collaborator First prize of PLN 15,000 (£3,000) was awarded to Polish luthier Martyna Reske as well as an honourable mention of PLN 2,000 (£400) for her other submitted instrument The funding is extended to 25 period performance projects from the UK bringing the total number of ensembles supported by the foundation since March 2021 to 51  38 violists under the age of 30 have been selected to produce a video recital for the chance to progress to the competition’s live rounds in November Anna Boysen Lauritsen takes up the role of director while founder Jacob Shaw steps aside into the role of artistic director The violinist has been appointed artistic director of Clarion Concerts which provides chamber music concerts and experiences in New York’s Hudson Valley The date set for the inauguration is April 24 it will be able to open to the public: we are talking about Mirad’Or what many are calling the first “floating museum” on Lake Iseo an exhibition space built on a pile-dwelling on the waters of the lake strongly desired by the municipality of Pisogne an advertising executive and former creative director of Lowe Italia and was designed by architect Mauro Piantelli of Studio De8 in Bergamo who was inspired by Christo’s celebrated Floating Piers The ISEO Serrature company also participated in the project as a funder.The name it will be a “belvedere” over contemporary art exhibitions since this will be the purpose of the floating gallery It will then be a belvedere over the lake and its landscape Mirad’Or’s logo recalls the ancient washhouse around which the platform will be built a village that overlooks the Brescia side of Lake Iseo,” says Piantelli "the municipal administration called us to reflect on the possibility of creating a small Belvedere palafittato on the lake; this scenario gives us the opportunity to expand the reflection on the relationship between landscape and urban art also becomes a place for art installations In his writing Sur quelques thèmes baudelaireiens Walter Benjamin defines the concept of shock that humans receive from the use of technologies in the urban environment the German philosopher emphasizes how man is equipped with barriers to protect himself from external overexcitations It is the task of consciousness to protect man against the traumatizing effect of shock which makes creation rare and innovation unaccustomed Before the material work we need to re-discover the immaterial to make full use of the other senses as well The Mirad’Or is not an artificial correction of the shock but rather the real possibility of a perception a kind of camera obscura and reassuring space from which to peer out over the rippling waves of the lake and the landscape that hybridizes in the water in that indefinite instant when earth and sky meet the 2 most significant views of this place will be privileged: the Tadini Academy on the opposite front to create a physical link between the 19th-century picture gallery and the new space for contemporary art where the lake is perfectly framed by the two promontories on opposite sides in an image of perfect transition between water-earth-sky." The artistic direction of the gallery has been entrusted to Massimo Minini owner of the gallery of the same name in Brescia who will be joined by a group of experts in modern art French artist Daniel Buren has been chosen for the first exhibition and he has thought of an intervention with four large works that will dialogue with the landscape context: strips of fabric whose colors will live thanks to the daylight that will illuminate the works while at night the latter will shine thanks to the action of moonlight They will remain on display there until Sept This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page The contest saw the assessment of 200 luthiers and bow makers from around the world  Read more news stories here The 19th International Violin Making Competition was held in Cremona and Pisogne The competition for luthiers and bow makers was organised by the Municipality of Pisogne in collaboration with the Lombradia Region and with the National Association of Italian Artistic Violin Making (ANLAI) Around 200 luthiers and bow makers from 31 countries participated at the event The international jury comprised Florian Leonhard Cremonese-based luthier Stefano Conia won the 2024 ANLAI prize The violin category was dominated by Italian luthiers Andrea Artoni taking second and Daniele Marni taking third The ‘antiqued’ violin category was won by Emanuele Curtoni and Gabriele Natai while Leo Guilbert from France won second prize Malaysian luthier Ching Seng and Chinese luthier Kin Quiwen took third prize Chinese luthiers Zhen Shab Xia and Weitong Zhang took first and second prize respectively while German luthier Darius Dshokov took third prize Leo Guilbert took first prize in the ‘antiqued’ viola category while Swiss luthier Fabien Peyruc and Bulgarian luthier Georgi Nikolov took second and third prize respectively second prize to Fabio Piagentini and third prize to Andrea Bononi Taiwanese bow maker Minseng Tai won the bow category with Polish bow maker Magdalena Sapeta winning second prize and Andrea Proietti taking third Matteo Crotti won the prize for classical guitar Special prizes were also awarded to luthiers of distinction The Floirano Nofri prize went to Wong Perkien of Malaysia and Ettore Belfiore took the San Ginesio prize The Balzarini prize went to Alessandro Fendillo while Danile Fiorentini took the Maggi prize Read: Cremona’s Museo del Violino appoints new curator Read: In Focus: A 1969 viola by Gio Batta Morassi Read more news stories here  most with actual-size photos depicting every nuance of the instrument Our posters are used by luthiers across the world as models for their own instruments thanks to the detailed outlines and measurements on the back The number one source for a range of books covering making and stringed instruments with commentaries from today’s top instrument experts Fulton amassed one of the 20th century’s finest collections of stringed instruments This year’s calendar pays tribute to some of these priceless treasures including Yehudi Menuhin’s celebrated ‘Lord Wilton’ Guarneri the Carlo Bergonzi once played by Fritz Kreisler and four instruments by Antonio Stradivari Eight violinists will progress to the semi-final rounds which will take place from 22 to 25 September 2024 Stay up to date with what you need to know about ’the Olympiad of Violin Making in Cremona’ which runs from 6 September until 13 October 2024 The composer shares how she acquired her instrument in a story of musical currency and knowledge exchange You don't always manage to do a real one holiday at Easter you can take advantage of the long weekend to discover rites and traditions There province of Brescia offers countless opportunities But also the plain green crossed by the slow flow of the Oglio river In Old Cathedral o Brescia roundabout (among the few circular churches in Italy) you can admire for a day il Treasury of the Holy Crosses The event falls on the Friday before Good Friday this year the 18 April you understand ancient masterpieces of sacred goldsmithery and is kept in a chest in the chapel of the Holy Crosses The Treasure of the Holy Crosses is usually also exhibited on another occasion during the year Here there is also an ethnographic collection that reconstructs the experience of the Camunian people Easter is also an opportunity to discover the Sanctuary of the Via Crucis which stands next to the parish church The Sanctuary (le Capele in Camunian dialect) is part of the Lombard-Piedmontese tradition of Sacred Mountains are arranged along a stepped corridor which culminates at the top with the Chapel of the Deposition They are frescoed with 198 life-size wooden and stucco statues and narrate the stages of the Passion of Christ Most of the statues were created by the Camunian sculptor Beniamino Simoni starting from 1 January 1752 The Via Crucis has recently been reported to its original splendor by an accurate and long restoration It is full of pathos Living Via Crucis of Omein Franciacorta which is held on the evening of Good Friday starting at 20.30pm and involves a hundreds of people in costume The sacred representation has ancient origins and has been rediscovered and valorised by the Alpini Group since 1986 it opens with the re-enactment of the Last Supper the flagellation and the coronation with thorns in the gardens in front of the Town Hall and ends on Colle San Michele The procession winds along a route of approximately one kilometer marked by the Stations of the Cross It is linked to Easter typical dessert of Camonica Valley is celebrated with the Fèra della Spongada in Breno an ancient town dominated by the mighty silhouette of the Castle which stands out against the backdrop of majestic peaks The choice of the day is linked to the origins of this dessert but today easily found at any time of the year In the main square stands are set up where you can first of all taste its Brenese variant with a truly interesting "sweet/not sweet" effect tours of the most evocative places in Breno The day ends with the award ceremony of the “Spongada d'oro de Bre” competition in which private and amateur pastry chefs compete The festival is an opportunity to visit the Breno Castle which can be reached with a short walk from the centre Built like a set of towers and palaces in the period of Frederick I Barbarossa and converted to a military stronghold under the Republic of Venice the castle also reveals prehistoric traces Le colored hard boiled eggs instead they are the protagonists of an original party that a Easter involves inhabitants and visitors of the splendid village of in a captivating game Pieve di Tremosine on Lake Garda which arises from an ancient popular tradition The protagonists of the party are hard-boiled eggs colored with herbal infusions or peels The game consists of holding a hard-boiled egg in your hand while your opponent hits it with another egg The winner is the one who manages to keep their own intact and break the other's: the loser must deliver the egg to the winner The game has kept the ancient and simple flavor of tradition intact and catapults the participants into a bygone context when you had fun with little and being able to put an extra egg on your table could be very important on Easter Monday the Pro Loco organizes in the square Öf the typical Easter Monday snack based on local salami a seasonal vegetable and the traditional Easter scone One of the 12 itineraries in the guide is dedicated to Pisogne “Villages in campers” attached to March issue of PleinAir Still on Lake Iseo, another traditional spring festival, the Monte Isola Salami Festival, which will take place in April in the Borgo di Cure of this beautiful island that stands out in the center of the lake. Discover dates and program the Treasure Hunt Botanical organized at Vittoriale degli Italiani a Gardone Riviera on Lake Garda (home of Gabriele D'Annunzio) is an excellent opportunity to visit the fascinating house-museum Children aged 4 to 13 can participate in this exciting game to discover the various and wonderful plant species that populate and color the botanical garden of the complex which guides them through puzzles and riddles until they reach the coveted treasure Parents who do not wish to participate in the Egg Hunt can take a guided tour of the permanent collection of the House Museum and the international Red Egyptian Empire-Perfidious and beyond from ancient Baroque e Rosso Moda – Roberto Capucci between fire and cinnabar Botanical Treasure Hunt also to the Fortress of Lonato del Garda which opens its large green spaces to those who want to have a traditional picnic on the lawn lose themselves in the splendid panorama of Garda that can be enjoyed from its walls Fairy tales in the Rock which involves them in games of the past Also worth visiting is the Ornithological Museum the exhibition dedicated to Views of Rome of the photographer Gabriele Basilico and the engraver Giambattista Piranesi and below House Museum of the Podestà (National Monument The art of metal between tradition and modernity” which puts the spotlight on the extraordinary production of objects made for the home by this great twentieth-century master of metalworking Easter Monday is the day traditionally dedicated to trips out of town. Among the many possibilities in the province of Brescia, from the mountains to the lakes, you can for example visit the Rocca d'Anfo it is divided into a set of fortifications that rise from the lake shore almost to the top of the Mount Censor with a difference in altitude ranging from 371 to 1050 metres There are two main nuclei: to the south the Venetian fortress Visiting it is a pleasant and sporty adventure and requires trekking boots You can choose between 2 itineraries of varying lengths all of which can only be done with a guide: the Napoleonic route and Route from the Serenissima to the Kingdom of Italy The Easter weekend reopens on Lake Garda on Paper Museum in the Valley of the Paper Mills of Toscolano Maderno (one of the most important industrial archeology sites in Northern Italy and a destination for beautiful walks) Housed in an ancient fifteenth-century paper mill In spring the workshops for adults and children will resume Another perfect destination for Easter Monday is Castle of Padernello a fifteenth-century manor house surrounded by water in Lower Bresciana which welcomes visitors in its ancient rooms with period furnishings and works of art (guided tours from 14.30pm to 18.30pm) To best organize Easter in Brescia and its surroundings, consult the place di Visit Brescia Search other results... Search More results... The gold medal at the 4th International Violin Making Competition of the Associazione Nazionale Liuteria Artistica Italiana (ANLAI) in Pisogne has been won by Swiss luthier Pierrick Sartre Extra medals were awarded to Italian Philip Protani who received the Suzuki prize for antiquing A hundred luthiers from eighteen different countries competed before a jury of international luthiers and musicians including Jan Špidlen The instruments will be on display in Pisogne’s St Mary of the Snow Church Romanino until 6 October 2013.