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
Bernsted performs a solo work that she describes as having ‘complexity like a kaleidoscope’
Check out a string chamber version of Vaughan Williams’s beloved work for violin
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Oesi and pianist Andrea Vasi perform Bottesini’s Allegro Di Concerto ’Alla Mendelssohn,’ which was released as a single last week
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