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National Violin Day 

National Violin Day 

DECK: This day is celebrated each year on December 13 within different countries 

Celebrate this year’s National Violin Day by playing, listening, or learning violin music; viewing celebrated films such as The Red Violin, The Devil’s Violinist, and Soloist; or attending or watching concerts.

Organizations from around the world are acknowledging the day: “Today we celebrate the stringed instrument we all know and love - Happy National Violin Day!” The Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) posted on Facebook.

“Today is the perfect day to recognise the vast history, skill and transcendent sound of the violin. From tree, to Luthier, the hands of our Orchestra and the concert halls around the world, we celebrate the violin today and beyond!”

 

 

According to American musicologist and violinist, David D. Boyden, the earliest type of violin emerged no later than 1530 and most of its evolution can be traced through iconography of the time. 

Rather than originating from a single instrument form, the early violin was born from a combination of the best and most sonorous components of mainly the rebec, the Renaissance fiddle, and the lira da braccio, also a 16th-century Renaissance instrument.

It is believed that the first modern violin was made by Andrea Amati of Cremona, Italy. This first four-stringed instrument by Amati was dated 1555 and is the oldest surviving violin of his collection from around 1560. 

In 1560, Andrea was also the creator of an entire ensemble of stringed instruments, including 24 violins, for King Charles IX of France.

Some of the most-prized violins to this day were crafted by the houses of Amati, Guarneri, and Stradivarius. 

upcoming events

september 2023

17sepAll Day23Besançon International Competition for Young Conductors(All Day) Kursaal, 2 Pl. du Théâtre, 25000 Besançon, FranceEvent Type :competitions Event TagsBesançon International Competition for Young ConductorsFOLLOW

21sepAll Day03octKronberg Academy Festival(All Day) Kronberg Academy, Beethovenpl. 1, 61476 Kronberg im Taunus, GermanyEvent Type :OtherFOLLOW

22sepAll Day24Cremona Musica International Exhibitions and Festivals(All Day) Cremona Exhibition Centre, Piazza Zelioli Lanzini, 1 26100 Cremona, ItalyEvent Type :conferences & tradeshowsFOLLOW

26sepAll Day30Trondheim International Piano Trio Competition(All Day) Frimurerlogen i Trondhjem Selskapslokaler, Kongens gate 3, 7011 Trondheim, NorwayEvent Type :competitions Event TagsTrondheim International Chamber Music CompetitionFOLLOW

october 2023

16octAll Day27"Premio Paganini" International Violin Competition(All Day) Teatro Carlo Felice, Passo Eugenio Montale, 4, 16121 Genova GE, ItalyEvent Type :competitions Event Tags"Premio Paganini" International Violin Competition,violin competitionFOLLOW

20oct1:00 pm5:00 pmLillian & Maurice Barbash J.S. Bach Competition1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Stony Brook University, 100 Nicolls RdEvent Type :competitions Event TagsLillian & Maurice Barbash J.S. Bach CompetitionFOLLOW

23octAll Day29Concours de Genève International Music Competition — String Quartet(All Day) Victoria Hall, Rue du Général-Dufour 14, 1204 Genève, SwitzerlandEvent Type :competitions Event TagsConcours de Genève,string quartetFOLLOW

28octAll Day05novISANGYUN International Piano Competition(All Day) Tongyeon Concert Hall, 38, Keunbalgae 1-Gil Tongyeong-si, Gyeongsangnam-do, 53079 South KoreaEvent Type :competitions Event TagsIsangYun International Piano Competition,Piano CompetitionFOLLOW

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