{"id":3975,"date":"2022-01-17T10:24:05","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T15:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/?p=3975"},"modified":"2022-01-17T10:24:09","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T15:24:09","slug":"canadian-violin-maker-makes-his-mark-in-the-italian-town-where-the-instrument-was-invented","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/17\/canadian-violin-maker-makes-his-mark-in-the-italian-town-where-the-instrument-was-invented\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian violin maker makes his mark in the Italian town where the instrument was invented"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bernard Neumann is considered one of the world&#8217;s top violin makers and restorers<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/neumann-violin-examples-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/neumann-violin-examples-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/neumann-violin-examples-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/neumann-violin-examples-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/neumann-violin-examples-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/neumann-violin-examples-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/neumann-violin-examples-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/neumann-violin-examples-135x90.jpg 135w, https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/neumann-violin-examples.jpg 1180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><p>It&#8217;s been four decades since Bernard Neumann left Montreal for Cremona, Italy, to study violin making. The now-renowned luthier, as a violin-maker is called, still draws daily inspiration from his walks along the northern Italian town&#8217;s patterned cobblestone streets and curved Romanesque doorways and porticos.<\/p><p>&#8220;Just look at the beauty of that,&#8221; he said, pausing to marvel at the Corinthian capital of one of the columns supporting the loggia running along the front of Cremona&#8217;s soaring brick and marble cathedral.&nbsp;<\/p><p>&#8220;There&#8217;s a repeated motif, but the decorative element was made by a different stonemason, so each one has its uniqueness. It leaves a mark on you.&#8221;<\/p><p>Neumann could just as well be talking about the string instruments created by master luthiers in Cremona over the centuries \u2014\u00a0instruments he&#8217;s spent the better part of a lifetime restoring and conserving.<\/p><div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/world\/bernard-neumann-violin-maker-1.6291998\">Read more here<\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bernard Neumann is considered one of the world&#8217;s top violin makers and restorers It&#8217;s been four decades since Bernard Neumann left Montreal for Cremona, Italy, to study violin making. 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