lunes, 24 de noviembre de 2014

A presentation about the luthier's job

Irene (2º D) has made an excellent job with this presentation about the luthier's job.

A luthier is the person who makes or repais STRING instruments.
She also brought some wood pieces and tools to the classroom to support the explanation about the fabrication process:







Baroque and modern brigdes





martes, 18 de noviembre de 2014

domingo, 16 de noviembre de 2014

Palatino quartet - Stradivarius in Spain

A LUTHIER is the person who makes and repairs string instruments.

These days we are talking about the luthier's job in our days and also remembering the most popular luthier of all times: Antonio Stradivari

In the Royal Palace in Madrid you can visit one of the only complete surviving collections of Stradivarius in the world: "Colección Palatina" or "Colección decorada"

It consists of five instruments:  two violins, one viola and two cellos (one of them is not decorated) and they were made in 1696.












Check the following video about the luthier who is in charge of keeping the collection in a good condition.




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domingo, 9 de noviembre de 2014

The tenor Javier Camarena made history at the Royal Theatre

Recently, the tenor Javier Camarena made history at the Royal Theatre in Madrid singing the second "bis" in the history of the theatre.

Check the press and discover the difficulty of the passage that he sang:

ABC

EL PAÍS



viernes, 7 de noviembre de 2014