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From the land of a hundred violins: Amedeo Simonazzi

2024-09-13T09:00:00

AMEDEO SIMONAZZI 1950C.

The luthier Amedeo Simonazzi was born into a region with a strong native musical tradition – which is almost forgotten today. Stefano Pio reveals how his surroundings influenced his career

The life and career of Amedeo Simonazzi (1891–1974) is intimately bound up with the musical tradition of his native region. For around a century, a style of music prospered across Lower Reggio Emilia, a small region lying between the town of that name and Mantua and Parma. The music was based around small ensembles of stringed instruments, mainly the violin, viola and double bass – a tradition that necessitated a large number of high-quality instruments for the local townsfolk to play…

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