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11/07/2019How is a 3 meters tall sax built?
As recently announced, Cremona Musica 2019 will also host a Guinness World Record saxophone. The Brazilian company J’Elle Stainer will bring a one-of-a-kind sax, a 3-meter-long subcontrabass. It weighs almost 30 kilos and plays an octave lower than a bass saxophone. The instrument was registered as the largest saxophone in the world. A prototype had already been made during the XIX century, but it was never realized. Now, thanks to the Brazilian ...
J & A Beare, guest of Cremona Musica 2019, has announced the opening of its new office in Germany, J & A Beare Europe GmbH. In collaboration with J & A Beare London, Beare’s Europe offers certification, valuations, consignments, and sales. The new office is in Hoyerhagen, conveniently located for Hamburg, Hannover and Bremen, and is managed by European Director, Josef Kröner.
Find out more about J & A Beare, read our interview
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It is 3 meters long and weighs almost 30 kilos, the sub-contrabass sax made by J’Elle Stainer, was certified as the largest working saxophone in the world. The story behind the Guinness World Record saxophone, that will be exhibited at the main fair for high-quality instruments.
The record saxophone will play at Cremona Musica 2019, the main fair in the world for high-quality instruments, that will be held in the City of Violins between 27 an...
A true Cremonese and a friend of Cremona Musica’s, Riccardo Bergonzi will exhibit the best of his production. Instruments that, as he said, must be memorable. We talked with him about his work, his experiences abroad, and the incentive of working in a special place like Cremona.
Mr Bergonzi, how do you combine tradition and innovation in your job?
In my workshop, there is not so much space for innovation… If you talk about the crafting of th...
Edizioni Curci just announced the acquisition of the catalog of Bèrben, historical Italian publisher specialized in music. A very important catalog, a point of reference for many music lovers, students, and musicians. Bèrben has “written the history of the repertoire for classical guitar and accordion, and published many pieces from important composers such as Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Astor Piazzolla, Nino Rota, Alexander Tansman, Leo Brouwer a...
Salvatore Accardo, Ezio Bosso, Richard Stoltzman and Paco Peña are just a few of the dozens of artists that will be at Cremona Musica 2019, the most important fair in the world for high-quality musical instruments (27-29 September).
CREMONA (ITALY), 2 July 2019 - With less than three months left before the beginning of Cremona Musica 2019 (27-29 September) the presence of many great names of International music has already been confirmed.
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