Program

Inside Cremona Musica International Exhibitions and Festival Cremona Fair-Italy September 23rd-24th-25th 2022 (opening hours for visitors: 10am–6pm)

Everythig will be organized following the Regulation Protocol anti Covid-19, for visitors, relators and musicians

Friday 23rd – Saturday 24th – Sunday 25th, in the Masterclass rooms:
MASTERCLASS OF LUTHERIE FOR ACOUSTIC GUITAR, teachers: Masters Claudio & Claudia Pagelli – John Monteleone – Rosalba De Bonis
John Monteleone will be awarded the Cremona Musica Award 2022 for guitar lutherie.

CLASSICAL MANDOLIN, teacher: Master Carlo Aonzo

Friday 23rd – Saturday 24th – Sunday 25th, in the ACOUSTIC GUITAR VILLAGE AREA:

EXHIBITION OF LUTHERIE, IMPORT, PUBLISHING AND ACCESSORIES FOR ACOUSTIC GUITAR, CLASSICAL AND MODERN, AND OTHER PLUCKED AND PLECTRUM INSTRUMENTS, with the presence of the best luthiers and acoustic guitar brands. Special Ukulele Village area and Charango.it desk The Acoustic Guitar Village exhibition area is located at the entrance to Pavilion 1 of Cremona Musica (Fiera di Cremona, Hall 1)

HISTORICAL EXHIBITIONS – SPECIAL EVENTS:

Historical exhibition “The Mariano De Simone Banjo Collection” by the master luthiers Leonardo Petrucci and Martina Gozzini

“Music is our life” exhibition of ethnic instruments from the world, collection of Maestro Bruno Brunetti, with the presence of instruments from the collection of Maestro Flaminio Valseriati. On display are ethnic chordophones, both plucked and bowed

– Cremona Mandolini in Mostra
Events and activities dedicated to the mandolin, little-great string instrument. Artistic direction by Master Carlo Aonzo with the cultural advice of Master luthier Lorenzo Frignani.
Event coordinated by Alessio Ambrosi and Ass.Cult.Armadillo APS 

– Area Ukulele
Exhibition area dedicated to the little Hawaiian 4-string instrument, with stage performances, coordinated by Lorenzo “Ukulollo”, with the presence and performances of Paul Moore (UK), creator in Israel of the “Ukuleles for Peace” project, orchestra and musical encounters between Israeli and Palestinian children and families

– Charango Present!
Meetings, performances, seminars, presentations starring the Charango, the small 10-string Latin American instrument. Coordination byMonique Mizrahi with the presence and activities of Vicente Atal, Fabián Durán, Achille Zoni. Desk with instrument in display and presentation of the activities of the organization charango.it.
25th on the external Live Stage, from 11am to 1pm “Concerto Dialogato” in which the public will be able to listen to the charango live, with interactions and arrangements made specifically to show the kaleidoscopic possibilities of this small and powerful instrument.

– 5th Meeting “The Guitar in Italy between ‘800 and ‘900” the Italian instrument in the European development contest, ideated and coordinated by M°Francesco Taranto

PROGRAM ON THE LIVE MUSIC STAGES:
There are 3 live stages: Open Stage (outdoor) – Live Stage (outdoor) – Classic Stage (Ponchielli Hall, inside the AGV Pavillon)

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 23rd  

OPEN STAGE
from 10am to 6pm
will be the scene of numerous performances that will see the acoustic guitar and other stringed instruments dialogue with accordions, accordions, bagpipes and wind instruments for spectacular performances of acoustic world music.
Performers: Mert Coban (Sultan Instruments), Mats Hedberg & Elena Somarè (Volontè & Co), Diatonic Folk con Matteo De Angelis e Francesca Grifoni agli organetti, Micki Piperno (Volontè & Co), Federico Maddaluno al mandolino presenta: “Costantino Bertucci – Il Ragazzino di Borgo”, Orchestra Popolare dei Mandolini (Calderara di Reno – BO), Mauro Caprile (MN Guitars), Maurizio Brunod & Mirko Borghino presentano “Trip with the Lady” …Vinile & Chitarra (Borghino Guitars), Gavino Loche (Aramini:Lakewood Guitars-Schertler), Alberto Ziliotto (Adagio Italia)

LIVE STAGE
from 10am to 6pm

“Corde & Voci d’Autore”
contest for songwriters-guitarists, Performing, at 11am: Riccardo D’Avino, Giacomo Deiana, Frey, Leonardo Gallato, Simone Presciutti, Michele Scerra (selected by Andrea Tarquini) Giuria composta da: Gianni Zuretti (Mescalina), Guido Giazzi (Buscadero / Mescalina), Andrea Carpi (Fingerpicking.net), Martina Gozzini (Miniera Acustica), Fabrizio Chiapello (Transeuropa Recording Studio), Matteo Bergamini (Taylor Guitars), Edoardo Martinez (guitarist), Alessio Ambrosi (Acoustic Guitar Village / Armadillo Club) 

“New Sounds of Acoustic Music”
contest for solo guitarists, finger stylists and flatpickers and acoustic bands Performing, at 3pm: Riccardo Ballan (Armadillo Club) – Ronaldo Hu (Fingerpicking.net) – Giovanni Azzarelli (Armadillo Club) – Marco Giovanni Ferrario (Fingerpicking.net) Acoustic Band section Federico Orlando & Paolo Rocchi – Eleonora & Gabriele Call for attendance at 2 pm Jury composed of: Andrea Carpi (Fingerpicking.net), Reno Brandoni (Fingerpicking.net), Marino Vignali (ADGPA), Martina Gozzini (Miniera Acustica), Matteo Bergamini (Taylor Guitars), Letizia Canale (Acus-sound), Edoardo Martinez (guitarist), Micki Piperno (guitarist), Alessio Ambrosi (Acoustic Guitar Village / Armadillo Club) Performances of RednakS Antonino Salamone (winner New Sounds 2021 edition) 

CLASSIC STAGE (Ponchielli Hall)
from 10am to 6pm:
– Concerts-showcases available to master luthiers
– Performance of various Ensembles and Orchestras in Pizzico. Performers: Ensemble Estudiantina (Bergamo), Gruppo Mandolinistico Torinese 
– Seminar “Treatises and Methods of the 1800s” by Maestro Francesco Taranto

PRESENTATION OF THE FILM ABOUT JOHN MONTELEONE at the Auditorium G. Arvedi – Museo del Violino – 7.30 pm – the event is open to all exhibitors and operators present at Cremona Musica 
Friday 23 September at 7.30 pm special evening by invitation for operators of Cremona Musica at the Auditorium of the Violin Museum: celebration of the American luthier John Monteleone, with the European premiere of the film made about his life, “The Chisels are Calling”, by director Trevor Laurence with the collaboration by Woody Mann, Street Singer Productions, and with interventions in the film by Mark Knopfler, Ben Harper, David Grisman, Mike Marshall. The great luthier, of clear Italian origins and very tied to the tradition of Cremonese violin making, will be awarded the Cremona Musica Award in the evening for his artistic and unique work in the construction of archtop guitars and mandolins. A brief but significant musical intervention by two great mandolin artists, Carlo Aonzo and Mike Marshall will follow and conclude the event. In the evening there will also be a memory of the late great guitarist Woody Mann in the presence of his wife Valerie Lettieri Mann

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 24th

OPEN STAGE
from 10am to 6pm 
will be the scene of numerous performances that will see the acoustic guitar and other stringed instruments dialogue with accordions, accordions, bagpipes and wind instruments for spectacular performances of acoustic world music. 
Performers: Gavino Loche (Aramini: Martinez Guitars-Schertler), Alberto Ziliotto (Adagio Italia), Alessandro Formenti (Gold-music), Ukulollo & Paul Moore (Ukulele), Mike Marshall (Usa), Mert Coban (Sultan Instruments), Fausto Beccalossi (fisarmonica Maxim’s Group), Luca Zanetti-Fabio Caucino-Paola Torsi (fisa-voce-cello, Fismen), Ensemble Le Pizziche (Roma), “Il Mandolino Blues” con Stefano Tavernese & Lino Muoio, Roberto Bettelli (Gold-music), Gianfilippo Fancello (LAG Guitars), Dario Fornara (Chatelier Freres) 

LIVE STAGE 
from 10am to 6pm

9° ITALIAN BLUEGRASS MEETING
concerts, showcases, meetings, workshops by bluegrass musicians
Performers: Pino e gli Erranti, Spaghetti Grass Trio, The Broken Trio Best Before War, Dalmasso Gang, Outcast, Across the Country, New Country Kitchen, Genny and the Throwstone Boys, Fourgrass, Bluegrass Truckers Late again, Bononia Grass, Danilo Cartia Band FINAL JAM SESSION 
special guest: MIKE MARSHALL (US)

coordination by Danilo Cartia
partners:  Martin Guitars – Deering Banjo Company 
Watch the presentation video

CLASSIC STAGE (Ponchielli Hall) 
from 10am to 6pm: 
– Concerts, showcases available to master luthiers – Showcase of M° Roberto Fabbri (Ramirez Guitars)
– Performance of various ensembles and plucked orchestras. Performing: Orchestra Amici del Mandolino (Milano), Mutinae Plectri (Modena), Orchestra Tita Marzuttini (Udine) 
– Conference “La Chitarra in Italia tra Ottocento e Novecento” curated by M° Francesco Taranto 

CONCERTS IN THE HISTORICAL CENTRE OF CREMONA 
Federico II° Courtyard, near palazzo Comunale, opposite Piazza Duomo from 9pm to 12pm 
Performing: LUCA ZANETTI & PAOLA TORSI in “Remembering Wolmer Beltrami”
– UKULOLLO & PAUL MOORE (UK)
– MICKI PIPERNO
– CHARANGO SESSION with Monique Mizrahi, Vicente Atal, Fabián Durán, Achille Zoni
– CARLO AONZO & MIKE MARSHALL (US)
– ANDREA TARQUINI

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 25th

OPEN STAGE
from 10am to 6pm 
will be the scene of numerous performances that will see the acoustic guitar and other stringed instruments dialogue with accordions, accordions, bagpipes and wind instruments for spectacular performances of acoustic world music. 
Performing: Roberto Bettelli (Gold-music), Valbonetti (Ennegi Guitars), Orchestra Mandolinistica Città di Torino, “Meditango Ensemble” (Tiziano Chiapelli fisarmonica, Lorella Baldin violino, Grazia Colombini viola, Paola Zanoni violoncello), Nicola Pastori (Volontè & Co), Gianfilippo Fancello (LAG Guitars), Ensemble chitarristico giovanile G-Rex (AL) direttore M° Roberto Margaritella, Andrea Casta violino & Antonio Cortesi violoncello (Gewa Music), Marco Baxa & Cristiano Gallian (Aramini: Martinez Guitars), Ensemble Mandolinistico Estense (MO), Alessandro Formenti (Gold-music), Roberto Fadda & Emanuele Bazzoni, organetto, canto e chitarra sardi (Organetti Castagnari) Stefano Barbati and Alessio Ambrosi remember the great guitarist Paolo Giordano

LIVE STAGE
from 10am to 1pm 
“Concerto Dialogato” in which the public will be able to listen to the charango live, with interactions and arrangements made specifically to show the kaleidoscopic possibilities of this small and powerful instrument. Coordination and performance of Monique Mizrahi, Vicente Atal, Fabián Durán, Achille Zoni 

from 1:30pm to 2pm 
Performance of MUSICA SPICCIA “Movimenti” by Baule dei Suoni 
The movement to listen to strenuous marches in the deserts, sea trips, by train in search of hope but also happy moments between rides and dances.
Watch here a video: https://youtu.be/KW4gDNr0KoM

from 2pm to 6pm

“CORDE & VOCI D’AUTORE” in memory of Stefano Rosso
Contest & performances by songwriters, solo and in ensembles 
Performers: “MECCANISMI ARMONICI”, STEVE SALUTO (Reference Cable), ANDREA TARQUINI, CHIARA RAGNINI, ANTONIO LOMBARDI TRIO, “ACOUSTIC CAGE” Coordination by Andrea Tarquini  
Partners Taylor Guitars – Acus-sound 

During the day, we will remember Eng. Ferdinando Canale, founder of Acus-sound Engineering

CLASSIC STAGE (Ponchielli Hall) 
from 10am to 6pm 
concerts-showcases available to master luthiers 
– Showcase of M° Roberto Fabbri (Ramirez Guitars)
– Performance of various Ensembles and Orchestras in Pizzico.
Performing: Conference / concert on the figure of Raffaele Calace and the plectrum and plucked instruments of the time, by Roberto Guarnieri (guitar) and Eugenio Palumbo (mandolin), Orchestra a Plettro Città di Milano, Orchestra Gino Neri (Ferrara), Orchestra Eliante (Svizzera)

“CREMONA MUSICA DOWNTOWN GIOVANI” 
Performances of soloists and young bands from 2pm to 8pm, in the courtyard of Palazzo Affaitati, Civic Museum – State Library

 

 

 

FOR INFORMATION, PHOTOS AND BIO OF ARTISTS, VISIT THE ARTISTS PAGE

Tickets for entry to the fair at a reduced cost can be purchased online at the following link: https://acousticguitarvillage.net/www.cremonamusica.com/ticket

For accommodations during your stay in Cremona visit
https://acousticguitarvillage.net/cremona-2022/accommodation-hotels/

Partners: Acus-sound Engineering, Bespeco, Fingerpicking.net, Roma Expo Guitars, MEI-Meeting Etichette Indipendenti, Vintage Authority.

Artists

Here are some of the musicians who will participate in the Acoustic Guitar Village within Cremona Musica 2021

 

MIKE MARSHALL

 

CARLO AONZO

DANILO CARTIA

 

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ANDREA TARQUINI

ROBERTO FABBRI

MICKI PIPERNO

IL MANDOLINO BLUES with Stefano Tavernese and Lino Muoio

UKULOLLO

PAUL MOORE

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Didactic Courses-Workshops-Masterclasses

inside the Acoustic Guitar Village, Cremona Musica September 2022 edition, there will be 2 didactic masterclasses: 
–Acoustic, Arch-top and Battente Guitar Lutherie Masterclass 
–Mandolin Intensive Masterclass 
below all the details with program and teachers

Masterclass of lutherie for acoustic, arch-top and battente guitar

Friday 23rd, Saturday 24th, Sunday 25th September 2022

Masterclass room 1 of the Cremona Fair offices

Teachers: Master luthiers CLAUDIO e CLAUDIA PAGELLI (CH) – JOHN MONTELEONE (US) – ROSALBA DE BONIS (IT) 

Translation and assistance by Max Monterosso, Mirko Borghino, Massimo Gatti

Program:

Master luthiers CLAUDIO and CLAUDIA PAGELLI
They are probably among the greatest contemporary luthiers. We can consider their arch-top guitars among the best in the world. Two visionaries, inventors and artists capable of giving decisive forms to a wood that bends to their will.
This is how Claudio Pagelli presents himself and his wife Claudia: Accordingly, I built my first guitar when I was 13. OK, so “guitar” is a grandiose term for the plywood thing I’d created, but it was a start. And I continued to move forward, although my progress was disrupted by periods of being a professional musician as well as a sound engineer in various studios. But in hindsight, those phases were very helpful activities for a developing luthier! I started out primarily building electric guitars, and I also repaired and restored countless instruments, including basses and flattops, that I brought home from trips to the US. Eventually, I came under the spell of the archop—the most royal of them all. To me, designing these instruments’ curves and arches, while maintaining the required strength and still maximizing their tonal potential, is a balancing act of epic beauty. However, that’s not to say that we don’t enjoy building the occasional electric, flattop, or bass! But as any business strategist knows, diversity can come at a price. In the case of guitar makers, most gain a reputation for their archtops, or their electrics, or their flattops, or their basses, but not for doing everything. But somehow, we have managed to not only be accepted, but to receive praise of the highest order, and we thank you for putting your trust into our work. Claudia has been part of Pagelli Guitars for many years.
Without her natural gift to create beauty, my guitars would still look like they came from the stone-age. But today, they’ve influenced a generation of luthiers, and we’re proud to see our ideas in instruments built by others. 
This is our 45th year, and as long as people continue to make music, we look forward to the next 45! To all our customers, and all those who are interested in our instruments, and really, all those who support us, THANK YOU from the bottom of our hearts! 
www.pagelli.com

LUTHERY BEYOND LIMITS
Friday 23^rd, from 10am to 1pm:
INTRODUCTION PAGELLI’s
– Short biographie HOW WE WORK IN THEORY WHEN DOING CUSTOM BUILDS AND PROTOTYPES
– Explanation on the difference of custom made guitars versa prototype instruments. We will explain the important process before actualy start the build of an instrument. Material, design, construction, etc.
TIME FOR QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Saturday 24^th, from 10am to 1pm:
HOW WE WORK IN PRACTICE WHEN BUILDING CUSTOM OR PROTOTYPE INSTRUMENTS
– Showing examples of custom and prototype work. Explaining the building process. For example: why does the instrument looks like it does, wood selection, different bracings, active-passive back, chasing a sound, soundholes, soundports, finishing and more
TIME FOR QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Sunday 25^th, from 10am to 1pm:
COSTRUIRE CHITARRE CON LA MENTE APERTA
OPEN MINDED GUITAR BUILDING
– Explaining our attitude regarding guitar making. Trying to motivate young builders to be brave and innovative, showing and explaining that on examples EXPERIENCES OF 45 YEARS OF GUITAR MAKING 
– Practical tips: how to start a business…or better not, what to avoid, international visibility, artist relation, finding your own style and personality, why you should treat the clients partner like a king, and much much more….
TIME FOR QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Master luthier JOHN MONTELEONE
John Monteleone was born in Manhattan in 1947 and was raised on Long Island. He had taught himself at an early age to build guitars and began professionally restoring and building stringed musical instruments in 1973 after graduating at Tarkio College with a degree to teach music.
Recognized as being one of the finest living archtop guitar and mandolin makers in the world today, John Monteleone has been at the forefront of innovative cutting-edge archtop instrument making for many years. His uniquely designed instruments are the essence of artistic expression, reflected in the subtle but challenging marriage of form and function. John Monteleone has been pushing the luthiery envelope for more than forty years with his refreshing passion for new and elegant designs. Producing instruments of great tonal expression is also one of Monteleone’s missions in life.
A dedication to the refined harmonic balances of tone and playability is always the central nucleus of structural foundation around which he often introduces the more interesting design accents and playful nature of his original and beautiful works. Great guitarists, such as Mark Knopfler, Eric Clapton, Pat Metheny, Woody Mann, Mike Marshall and many others own and play Monteleone’s guitars and mandolins.
Some of his instruments are now exhibited in the Metropolitan Museum of New York. 
https://monteleone.net/

Friday 23rd, from 2pm to 5pm
assistance by Massimo Gatti 
ARCHTOP GUITARS: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
– We will take a look at where the archtop guitar came from, where it’s been and where might it be going. Musical influences have had historic affects on the development of the archtop guitar in all its facets
LUTHIER WEARS MANY HATS
– The life of being an independent luthier cause us to be self reliant individuals in our workshops
TIME FOR QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Saturday 24th, from 2pm to 5pm
assistance by Massimo Gatti
THE MONTELEONE STYLE OF BUILDING
-The challenges of designing and building archtop guitars. We will take a look at some of Monteleone’s latest guitar designs
TIME FOR QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Master luthier ROSALBA DE BONIS
Rosalba De Bonis has been building guitars for 25 years following and innovating the method that her family has used for centuries to build stringed musical instruments and in particular guitars, a method that can be compared to that of the very famous lutherie of Cremona where the violin was born.
The De Bonis arrived in Bisignano (CS) around 1700, certainly called by the court of the Princes of Sanseverino, and during this period they became the most important luthiers in the construction of the guitar. Rosalba passionately follows her uncle Maestro Vincenzo De Bonis in the construction phases in his laboratory and later decides to pursue studies at the international school of violin making “A. Stradivari” in Cremona. At the same time as her studies she worked in a lutherie shop in the center, however, after completing her studies, she decides to return to the historic lutherie laboratory where the Bisignanese family began, a tradition handed down from father to son. The craft of these luthiers is based on the furnace; Rosalba, like her ancestors, uses a very ancient method, she bends the wood with heat, slowly. To make the body of the classical guitar or better of the battente guitar she uses fire, which since 1500 it allows the master luthier to be free to create any shape.
Today she builds classical guitars and battente guitars of great value, renewing the tradition of the battente, the true Italian guitar.
https://www.facebook.com/liuteriadebonis/

Sunday 25th, from 2pm to 5pm:
THE ANCIENT CONSTRUCTION OF THE BATTENTE GUITAR, A TYPICAL AND UNIQUE ITALIAN INSTRUMENT
– Brief autobiographical mention on the De Bonis family and their tradition as luthiers
– The construction method of the battente guitar through the De Bonis luthiers, builders of the battente guitar since its origins in Bisignano in 1700, a technique that has remained unchanged through the hands of 30 luthiers who have succeeded in the Bisignano laboratory.

Intensive masterclass for classical mandolin

Saturday 24th, Sunday 25th September 2022

Masterclass room 3 of the Cremona Fair offices

Docente: Master CARLO AONZO (IT)                                                  

M° CARLO AONZO
Carlo Aonzo is a worldwide known Italian mandolin performer, native of Savona – Italy – where he grew up immersed in music, since his home itself hosted the music school of the “Circolo Mandolinistico G. Verdi”.
Graduating with honours from the conservatory in Padua (1993), he has played for several prestigious institutions like the Philharmonic Orchestra of La Scala in Milan (Italy), The Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, the Nashville Chamber Orchestra (USA), the McGill Chamber Orchestra in Montreal (Canada), the Philharmonia of San Petersburg (Russia), the Minsk Chamber Soloist (Belarus), Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival (Germany). Among his several awards are the first prize at the Concorso Internazionale “Pitzianti” in Venice (1993) including the “Vivaldi” special mention, and first prize at the Walnut Valley National Mandolin Contest in Winfield Kansas (1997).
Carlo’s deep interest in outreach activities focused on his instrument is witnessed by his countless collaborations with mandolin orchestras around the world, namely New York, Seattle, Portland, Providence, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Denver, Milwaukee, Atlanta, Montreal, Milan, Genoa, Lugano, Kochi, Nagoya, Osaka, Sendai, Wuppertal, Berlin, London, San Petersburg. He is often invited as musical director and visiting faculty by the most important international mandolin institutions namely CMSA (Classical Mandolin Society of America), FAME (Federation of Australasian Mandolin Ensemble), EGMA (European Guitar and Mandolin Association) and called to judge in international music contests: Saigon Guitar Festival (Vietnam), Osaka Mandolin Competition (Japan), Yasuo-Kuwahara Competition Schweinfurt (Germany), Concorso Internazionale per Mandolino Solo in Modena (Italy). He teaches seminars and workshops worldwide; since 2000 he has been leading the annual Manhattan Mandolin Workshop in New York (since 2017 in Milwaukee) and in 2006 he founded the International Italian Mandolin Accademia that he is still successfully directing and constantly expanding with new activities and camps.  
Since 2020 he has been teaching at the Conservatory of Music “G. Frescobaldi” in Ferrara, Italy.
www.accademiamandolino.com
www.carloaonzo.com

Didactic material: All the necessary material will be provided in advance in digital format

Saturday 24th September, from 10am to 12am
BAROQUE SOLO CONCERTOS: TECHNIQUE
– General aspects and historical overview
– Technical solutions for the approach of specific passages
– Period music praxis: analysis and its usage
– What makes your execution interesting? Deepening on interpretation and phrasing

Sunday 25th September, from 10am to 12am
BAROQUE SOLO CONCERTOS: IMPROVISATION
– Embellishments: techniques and how to apply them. Exercises for trills, mordents, tremolos, retards, appoggiaturas
– Diminutions: improvisation techniques. Melodic and harmonic variations
– Appropriate scales learning and their application 

Both classes are based on the following pieces: 
– A major Mandolin Concerto by Carlo Cecere
– Bb major Mandolin Concerto by Giuseppe Giuliano
– C major Mandolin Concerto by Antonio Vivaldi

Conferences – Workshops – Events

PROGRAM

EVENTO SPECIALE: “CREMONA MANDOLINI IN MOSTRA”

A series of events dedicated to the mandolin, a small-large stringed instrument.

Artistic direction of Maestro Carlo Aonzo with the collaboration and cultural consultancy of Maestro luthier Lorenzo Frignani.
Coordination and organizational direction Alessio Ambrosi and Ass. Culto. Armadillo APS

• Desk dedicated to mandolin activities
• Conferences-meetings in the AGV Events Area and in the “Ponchielli” internal room
• Orchestras and plucked ensembles on the Classic Stage, internal room “Ponchielli”
• Performances on the Open Stage  outside the pavilions

EVENTO SPECIALE: “CHARANGO PRESENTE!”

Meetings, performances, seminars, presentations starring the Charango, the small 10-string Latin American instrument. Coordination by Monique Mizrahi with the presence and activities of Vicente Atal, Fabián Durán, Achille Zoni. Desk with exhibition of tools and presentation of the activities of the organization charango.it. Sunday 25 September on the external Live Stage, from 11 to 13 “Concerto Dialogato” in which the public will be able to listen to the charango live, with interactions and arrangements made specifically to show the kaleidoscopic sonic possibilities of this small and powerful instrument.

MOSTRE STORICHE (presso area espositiva Acoustic Guitar Village)

Historical exhibition “The Mariano De Simone Banjo Collection” by the master luthiers Leonardo Petrucci and Martina Gozzini Mostra “Music is our life” ethnical instruments exhibition by the collectors M° Bruno Brunetti, M° Flaminio Valseriati.
On display are necked ethnic string instruments, both plucked and bowed

“Music is our life”

CONFERENCES-WORKSHOPS-PRESENTATIONS (Events Area AGV)

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 23, from 4pm to 5pm
“The Art of the Mandolin” meeting the contemporary luthiers; moderator Lorenzo Frignani. At the table the mandolin exhibitors present in the Luthiers’ Row

SATURDAY 24 SEPTEMBER, from 11 to 11.45
“JUMPING HERE AND THERE AROUND THE UKULELE” by Davide Donelli.
aking a cue from the meaning of the word “ukulele”, that is “the leaping flea”, Davide Donelli presents an overview of the instrument from Hawaiian origins to today, telling curiosities and anecdotes with his usual radio style and playing, flanked by Giovanni Albini, the songs most representative of the history of the instrument.
“A ECO-FRIENDLY UKULELE FOR PAVIA”
Presentation of the “Minerva” ukulele born from the collaboration between the ukulele player Giovanni Albini, the luthier Marco Todeschini (Antica Ukuleleria) and the artist Iucu.

SATURDAY 24 SEPTEMBER, from 2.30pm to 3pm
Presentation of the book “IL MANDOLINO BLUES” – From Mississippi to the Mediterranean, roots, contaminations and modern styles – Ed. Fingerpicking.net – Foreword by Mike Marshall, Carlo Aonzo, Rich Del Grosso. With the participation of the authors Stefano Tavernese and Lino Muoio, the publisher Reno Brandoni and the artists Carlo Aonzo and Mike Marshall

SATURDAY 24 SEPTEMBER, from 3.15pm to 4pm
“Origins of music and history of world popular musical instruments. Illustration of about a dozen singular ethnic instruments” by the collector Flaminio Valseriati

SATURDAY 24 SEPTEMBER, from 4.15pm to 5pm
Workshop on the new HyVibe digital system mounted on LAG instruments presented by Francesco Toccaceli (Product Marketing Specialist Algam-Eko, LAG Guitars) 
A real on-board technological revolution that brings the use of the acoustic guitar to a new level of sound, use and experimentation. After presenting the structural characteristics of the instrument (woods and construction features) and of the system (piezo, actuators, processor), we will proceed to the demonstration of all the functions: Effects, Looper, Bluetooth, HyVibe App. Francesco will be supported by the use of a Power Point presentation to be projected behind him

SATURDAY 24 SEPTEMBER, from 5pm to 6pm
“The rediscovery of the true Paganini of the Mandolin, Pietro Vimercati”, speakers Alex Timmerman, Ugo Orlandi, Carlo Aonzo. Introduction by Lorenzo Frignani

SUNDAY 25 SEPTEMBER, from 11 to 11.45
“The 25 years of MEI and the Charter of Services in favor of Independent and Emerging Artists” coordinates Giordano Sangiorgi with interventions by leading figures from the independent and emerging music sector.

SUNDAY 25 SEPTEMBER, from 12 to 12.45
Faithful copy of historical mandolins: how close can we get to the original instruments?” In a path that winds through music, history and science, the results obtained in the copy of a sample of baroque mandolin by luthier Joseph Filano will be illustrated. Speakers Martino Quintavalla and Federico Gabrielli

SUNDAY 25 SEPTEMBER, from 2pm to 2.45pm
Presentation “Acoustic Guitar and Fingerstyle”, didactic, methodistic series, styles from fusion to classical by the Masters Luciano Cologgi and Salvatore Ercolano – Sinfonica Edizioni Musicali

CONFERENCES-WORKSHOPS-PRESENTATIONS (inside the Classic Stage, internal room “Ponchielli”)

FRIDAY 23 SEPTEMBER, from 3pm to 6pm
Seminar “Treatises and Methods of the 1800s”, by Maestro Francesco Taranto (teacher of guitar of the 1800s at the Gaetano Braga Conservatory in Teramo), with the presence of the study classes of the Conservatory

SATURDAY 24 SEPTEMBER, from 3pm to 6pm
5th Conference The Guitar in Italy between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries historical contextualization of the Italian instrument in European development

SUNDAY 25 SEPTEMBER, from 11 to 12
Conference / concert on the figure of Raffaele Calace and the plectrum and plucked instruments of the time, by Roberto Guarnieri on guitar and Eugenio Palumbo on mandolin

SUNDAY 25 SEPTEMBER, from 3pm to 4pm
Round table “The teaching of the mandolin: where are we?” curated by Lorenzo Frignani and Carlo Aonzo. Speakers Ugo Orlandi, Alex Timmerman and various teachers to be defined

SPECIAL PERFORMANCES (on the AGV external stages)

SATURDAY 24 SEPTEMBER, from 2.30pm to 3pm (Live Stage)
Demo Reference Cable with Roberto Dalla Vecchia. A pit stop with Angelo Tordini, founder of Reference Cable, on the role of the cable for the acoustic set. 30 minutes to share with musicians and fans on how to protect your sound.

SUNDAY 25 SEPTEMBER, from 1pm to 1.30pm (Live Stage)
Demo Reference Cable with Luca Zanetti (accordion) & Stefano Santangelo (mandolin). A pit stop with Angelo Tordini, founder of Reference Cable, on the role of the cable for the acoustic set. 30 minutes to share with musicians and fans on how to protect your sound. 

SUNDAY 25 SEPTEMBER, from 2.30pm to 3pm (Live Stage)
The artist Steve Saluto, within the review “Corde & Voci d’Autore” uses and demonstrates the cables for the Reference Cable acoustic set, with the presence of Angelo Tordini, founder of the company

SPECIAL PERFORMANCES (in the historical center of Cremona)

FRIDAY 23 SEPTEMBER, from 7.30pm
PRESENTATION OF THE FILM ABOUT JOHN MONTELEONE at the G. Arvedi Auditorium – Violin Museum –  the event is open to all exhibitors and operators present at Cremona Musica
Friday 23 September at 19.30 special invitation-only evening for Cremona Musica operators in the Auditorium of the Museo del Violino: celebration of the American luthier John Monteleone, with the European premiere screening of the film made about his life, “The Chisels are Calling” , by director Trevor Laurence with the collaboration and musical supervision of Woody Mann, Street Singer Productions, and with interventions in the film by Mark Knopfler, Ben Harper, David Grisman, Mike Marshall. The great luthier, of clear Italian origins and closely linked to the tradition of Cremonese lutherie, will be awarded the Cremona Musica Award in the evening for his artistic and unique work in the construction of archtop guitars and mandolins. The event will be followed and concluded by a brief but significant musical intervention by two great mandolin artists, Carlo Aonzo and Mike Marshall from the United States.
In the evening there will also be a memory of the late great guitarist Woody Mann in the presence of his wife Valerie Lettieri Mann

CREMONA MUSICA DOWNTOWN

Concerts in the Federico II courtyard, on the side of the Palazzo Comunale in front of Piazza Duomo, Saturday 24th from 9 pm to 12 pm

Performances by:
LUCA ZANETTI & PAOLA TORSI in “Remembering Wolmer Beltrami” – UKULOLLO & PAUL MOORE (Uk) – MICKI PIPERNO – CHARANGO SESSION with Monique Mizrahi, Vicente Atal, Fabián Durán, Achille Zoni – CARLO AONZO & MIKE MARSHALL (US) – ANDREA TARQUINI