![]() ![]() Luckily for the engineers, Cremona’s mayor is also the president of the Stradivarius Foundation, the municipal body that owns the Museo del Violino. “It was either shutting down the entire area or having the project not seeing the light of day,” Mr. ![]() The sound of a car engine, or a woman walking in high heels, produces vibrations that run underground and reverberate in the microphones, making the recording worthless, he explained. “The streets around the auditorium are all made of cobblestone, an auditory nightmare,” Mr. In 2017, the engineers thought their project was finally ready to get underway. Thirty-two ultrasensitive microphones set up in the museum’s auditorium will capture the sounds. Throughout January, four musicians playing two violins, a viola and a cello will work through hundreds of scales and arpeggios, using different techniques with their bows, or plucking the strings. “We are making immortal the finest instrument ever crafted.” ![]() who came up with the idea for the project. “This will allow my grandchildren to hear what a Strad sounded like,” said Leonardo Tedeschi, a former D.J. Moving Uptown: After starring in a production of “The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window,” a long-overlooked Lorraine Hansberry play at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Oscar Isaac and Rachel Brosnahan are bringing the show to Broadway for a surprise run.Taking on Performative Progressivism: The Native American playwright Larissa FastHorse is making her Broadway debut with “Thanksgiving Play,” a satire about a “culturally sensitive” show.Jodie Comer Finds Her Light: The one-woman show “Prima Facie” is the “Killing Eve” star’s first stage role.A Spiritual Performance: “Tu nombre verdadero,” a multimedia performance from the novelist and musician Rita Indiana, immerses the audience in experiences of death and illness, particularly as they relate to artists.The city is getting behind an ambitious project to digitally record the sounds of the Stradivarius instruments for posterity, as well as others by Amati and Guarneri del Gesù, two other famous Cremona craftsmen. During a recent news conference, the city’s mayor, Gianluca Galimberti, implored Cremona’s citizens to avoid any sudden and unnecessary sounds.Ĭremona is home to the workshops of some of the world’s finest instrument makers, including Antonio Stradivari, who in the 17th and 18th centuries produced some of the finest violins and cellos ever made. The police have cordoned off streets in the usually bustling city center and traffic has been diverted. The people of Cremona are unusually sensitive to noise right now. “Even a police officer popped in and asked me to keep it down. “I was like: Of all days, this one,” she said. The customers all stood still, petrified, Ms. But last Monday, as she wiped the counter at Chiave di Bacco, the cafe where she works, she knocked over a glass and it shattered loudly on the floor. As an expert barista, she had never spilled a single cup of coffee, she said. CREMONA, Italy - Florencia Rastelli was mortified. ![]()
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