Severe storms last year tore down vast swathes of spruce forest in the Italian Alps, including in the Fiemme valley where conditions favour growth suitable for tonewood.
As The Strad has reported, efforts have been ongoing to process trees suitable for tonewood before they begin to deteriorate.
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Violinist Michael Barker performs on Philip Taylor’s violin made from 5,000-year-old Bog Oak wood
Watch exclusive footage of the week-long workshop in August, the first of its kind in Europe
Scientists at Stellenbosch University in South Africa embraced the project as a way to investigate new potential tonewoods and their acoustic properties
The cellist appears alongside the Greenwich Symphony Orchestra and its music director Stuart Malina
Philharmonia musicians perform one of Finland’s most popular Christmas carols, Jean Sibelius’s Julvisa
Double bassist Théotime Voisin and pianist Maurice van Schoonhoven perform an arrangement of the popular opera overture in a tribute to the bel canto tradition
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