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In Focus: A 1937 violin by Giuseppe Castagnino

2024-12-19T21:04:00

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Alberto Giordano examines a 20th-century violin by the Chiavari-based luthier

Giuseppe Castagnino was born on 4 May 1883 in Cogorno, a village near Chiavari, a small town in the eastern Genoese riviera. His father Pietro, a woodworker and barrel maker as well as an amateur violin maker, taught him the basics of lutherie; from the evidence of Castagnino’s early work it seems very likely that he also received advice from the Candi brothers in Genoa…

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