Watch the trailer for a documentary that follows luthier Gaspar Borchardt on his journey to find the perfect tonewood to build a violin for Janine Jansen
Gaspar Borchardt has spent his whole adult life as violin maker in Cremona. Follow his lengthy and sometimes perilous journey to source a specific type of tonewood fit for a Stradivari, to fulfil his dream of crafting a violin for Janine Jansen.
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