We recorded this video ten days ago and left for our holiday by the sea. The editing took a long time because 1. My head instantly went into holiday mode, and 2. The videos were blurry because the camera was set on manual focus! 🫣😫 So I had to add some images with the instruments’ details, because we’re not at home, so we couldn’t just remake the whole thing! Ultimately, it took 3 hours and 41 minutes of editing, and we hope the result is at least a bit entertaining. Watch till the end; we have inserted the links to all our suppliers!
We have one other confession: that video is now terribly outdated, because one of the instruments has been sold in the meantime! The one with the modern setup found his home with Martin Timphus, violist in the Bamberger Symphoniker Orchestra.
Martin also plays the viola d’amore, and is now looking forward to enjoying even more music as a continuist!
Before going to Mondomusica Cremona, we will have to revisit the setup of the remaining instruments to bring a more modern configuration. Then, for Paris Canto Mundi, on the following weekend, we will change everything for super baroque!
It will be a super exciting month. We can’t wait to meet all the fabulous musicians in these two shows! Come and meet us!
If you need tickets for Cremona, write us a message with your name, email address, and the quantity of tickets required, and we will send them to you!
Read the interview to Antonino here:
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