A life for Stradivari – Simone Fernando Sacconi

EXTENDED UNTIL  OCTOBER 15

• S.F. SACCONI
• INSTRUMENTS
• STUDY DAY
• SPECIAL RECITAL
• BOOK
• GALLERY

• A LIFE FOR STRADIVARI
  Simone Fernando Sacconi
  in collaboration with the Committee for the 50th anniversary of Simone Fernando Sacconi’s death

  curated by Fausto Cacciatori

   
  With an exhibition, a study day, recitals and meetings, the Museo del Violino, in collaboration with a Committee promoted by Wanna Zambelli and Marco Vinicio Bissolotti, recalls, on the fiftieth anniversary of his death, the figure and work of Simone Fernando Sacconi (May 30, 1895 Rome – June 26, 1973 Point Lookout, New York). Trained very young with the luthier Giuseppe Rossi, then in Palermo for military service in 1918-20, he worked with Giuseppe Sgarbi and, back in Rome, he attended Giuseppe Fiorini’s workshop. In 1931 he began working for Emil Herrmann in New York.
  From that moment he returned frequently to Italy and above all to Cremona, consolidating a relationship with the city that began in 1937.
  On the occasion of the celebrations for the 200th anniversary of Stradivari’s death, Sacconi was one of the members of the commission examining historical instruments and deserved a gold medal in the Modern Violin Making Competition. He was also offered the direction of the School of Violin Making, an invitation which he declined, preferring to continue working in New York.
  From 1951, he worked in New York with Rembert Wurlitzer, owner of the most important antique instruments restoration and appraisal house in the United States: he repaired and restored a very large number of Italian violin making masterpieces, collaborating above all with great musicians of his time.
  From the end of the 1950s he spent long periods in Cremona. From 1966-68 he taught restoration and construction techniques at the School of Violin Making, as an expert. In 1972, after long years of research, he published The “secrets” of Stradivari, reconstructing the construction method of the great Cremonese luthier. The publication includes the inventory of the Stradivarian artefacts, the result of the work of reorganizing this rich heritage, which formed the basis for the layout of the Stradivarian Museum. The bond with Cremona was officially sanctioned in 1972 when he was awarded honorary citizenship.
  “It is a happy day, this one, because it brought maestro Sacconi even closer to Stradivari.” This was the final speech by the then director of the Civic Museum, Alfredo Puerari

   

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  Simone Fernando Sacconi at his workbench in his workshop at Point Lookout, Long Island, NY, 1948 © Archivio Zambelli

• INSTRUMENTS

  Decorated violin
  Stradivari copy, 1941
  (Civic Violin making Collections of the Municipality of Cremona)

  violin
  Guarneri violin, 1930
  (Beare Violins Ltd – London collection)

  violin
  Stradivari Cessole copy, 1935c.
  (Beare Violins Ltd – London collection)

  violin
  Stradivari copy, 1915
  (Beare Violins Ltd – London collection)

• STUDY DAY

  SIMONE FERNANDO SACCONI, UNA VITA PER STRADIVARI (A Life for Stradivari)

  Museo del Violino, Saturday 24 June

  promoted by the Fondazione Museo del Violino and the Committee for the 50th anniversary of Simone Fernando Sacconi’s death

   

   
  Simone Fernando Sacconi, una vita per Stradivari – session I

  Auditorium Giovanni Arvedi, 10am to 11:30am

   

  introductory greetings
  Fausto Cacciatori – Simone Fernando Sacconi and the rebirth of Cremonese violin making
  Bruce Carlson – The restorer’s work: research and application
  Wanna Zambelli – Simone Fernando Sacconi, adoptive father of young violin makers
  Marco Vinicio Bissolotti – Francesco Bissolotti and the teachings of Sacconi
  testimonials by Salvatore Accardo, Peter Beare, Carlos Arcieri

  free entrance subject to availability of seats

   

  SPECIAL RECITAL “Una vita per Stradivari”

  Auditorium Giovanni Arvedi, 12,00 pm

  violin Simone Fernando Sacconi 1941
  Gian Andrea Guerra

  buy the tickets online:
  saturday June 24 – sunday June 25
  tickets also available at the Museo del Violino box office

   
  Simone Fernando Sacconi, una vita per Stradivari –  session II

  Auditorium Giovanni Arvedi – 2:30pm to 5:30pm

  Claudio Rampini –  The “secrets” of  Stradivari

  round table discussion

  coordinated by Cacciatori

  contributions by Claudio Rampini, Bruce Carlson, Davide Sora, Marco Vinicio Bissolotti, Wanna Zambelli 

  free entrance subject to availability of seats 

   

• Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 June 12pm
  Auditorium Giovanni Arvedi
  

  SPECIAL RECITAL “Una vita per Stradivari”
  violin Simone Fernando Sacconi 1941
  Gian Andrea Guerra

  Gian Andrea Guerra, , a pupil of Carlo Feige in Milan, graduated in violin at the Giuseppe Nicolini Conservatory in Piacenza where he also obtained a 2nd level degree in chamber music with full marks and honors in the classes of A. Sorrento and M. Tenth. He won the Guadagnini competition in 2011. Having approached Baroque performance practice, he began his own personal study path under the guidance of Claudia Combs. He attended and completed the Baroque Violin Biennium under the guidance of Maestros Enrico Gatti and Luca Giardini. He has participated in masterclasses with S.Kuijken, A.Schumann, A.Bernardini, L.Mangiocavallo, A.De Marchi, A.Beyer. F. Bonizzoni, L. Coppola. He has collaborated with important orchestras and chamber ensembles, often covering the role of first part. He plays regularly in the Vanvitelli Quartet and in the Ensemble Symposium. He has recorded for Arcana, Hyperion, Universal, Sony Italia, Sony Switzerland, VDE Gallo, Decca, Naive, Universal, Brilliant Classics Tactus, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi and Amadeus. He is the creator of the Bibiena Art Festival in Piacenza and Artistic Director of the Antichi Organi music festival.

  buy the tickets online:
  saturday June 24 – sunday June 25
  tickets also available at the Museo del Violino box office

• Presentation of the book

  Simone Fernando Sacconi
  liutaio, restauratore ed esperto tra i massime del Novecento

  edit by Wanna Zambelli e Marco Vinicio Bissolotti
  

  the presentation is moderated by Fausto Cacciatori

  the presentation is moderated by Fausto Cacciatori

   

   Sunday 25 June 10am
  sala Fiorini – Museo del Violino
  free entrance

  promoted by the Fondazione Museo del Violino and the Committee for the 50th anniversary of Simone Fernando Sacconi’s death 

   

  Sunday 25 June, 12pm
  Auditorium Giovanni Arvedi
  

  SPECIAL RECITAL “Una vita per Stradivari”
  violin Simone Fernando Sacconi 1941
  Gian Andrea Guerra

  buy the tickets online:
  saturday June 24 – sunday June 25
  tickets also available at the Museo del Violino box office

   

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