El artículo describe una exposición temporal en el Palacio Real de Madrid con instrumentos de la Colección Cremona procedentes de Cremona, entre ellos un violín Il Cremonese 1715, el violín Vesuvius (1727), y el violonchelo Stauffer ex Cristiani, junto a un cuarteto con una viola del taller de Stradivari. Se menciona la procedencia y características de cada instrumento y su historia, así como la curatoría de Patrimonio Nacional y la colección Palatina.
The article reports on a study in Angewandte Chemie examining Stradivari instruments and varnish, concluding there is no secret ingredient. Researchers suggest Stradivari’s true secret was his artistry as an instrument maker. By Steve Mirsky.
NPR reports on the reconstruction of a harpsichord-viola designed by Leonardo da Vinci. Edoardo Zanon built and plays the first modern harpsichord-viola, based on Leonardo da Vinci's sketches, as part of the Leonardo da Vinci's Workshop exhibit at Discovery Times Square in New York.
The article discusses how violin-making is flourishing today while the oldest 450-year-old instruments remain superior. The piece is published in The Economist under Christmas Specials, with imagery from Reuters and location noted as Cremona.
A foreign musician was robbed of two violas worth around CZK 60,000 (USD 32,000) after falling asleep on a train from Ostrava to Prague. The musician discovered his viola cases were empty upon arriving home; police in Ostrava appealed for information.
Na webu Naše Praha je popsána krádež dvou vzácných viol v hodnotě 600 000 korun. Okradený byl 49letý muž, který cestoval vlakem Excelsior z Ostravy do Prahy a při výstupu zjistil, že pouzdra s nástroji chybí; později policii oznámil událost. První viola je vyrobena David Achatius Stadelmann v Londýně roku 1742 a má hodnotu 500 000 Kč, druhá viola byla vyrobena Jan Bobak v Nowy Targ v roce 2009 a má hodnotu 100 000 Kč.