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ICH in Italy, Cremona violin making school and some after-diploma impressions

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This session presentation is focusing on the Violin Making education system in Cremona. Cremona violin making technique dates back to 16th century, Amati, Stradivari and Guarneri families are considered between the most influential violin makers families who have considerably contributed to the transformation of arched instruments, especially cellos, violins, violas, and contrabasses. In 2012, UNESCO inscribed the traditional violin craftsmanship technique of the city on the intangible cultural heritage list. In the old times, the transmission process was carried out inside the familial circle from father to son, but nowadays the transmission context has strongly changed. The international violin making school was established in 1938, during fascism period, and has since kept on educating and transmitting the Cremonese violin making technique engaging with violin making masters set in the city. In this way the Maestro to pupil transmission system has been kept alive even if beyond the family entourage. After the diploma many students keep on working with the previously met Maestros, and they are invited to their teacher's workshop to start an apprenticeship. The relationship between the two is so close that it can be considered like the one between father-and-son. The young Korean violin maker Jung Gawang testify, in a short interview (2 minutes), how his experience in and out of school was. Concluding remarks on the transmission process and on the challenges in managing living cultural heritage will be drawn.