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Il est impossible de ne pas être absolument fasciné par le travail de Matéo Crémades (33 ans), proche de la préciosité ou de la virtuosité, et de réfléchir immédiatement à la sophistication que nous pouvons atteindre, en tant qu’espèce, dans n’importe quelle discipline à laquelle nous sommes confrontés. Je ne peux pas penser à un […]
I always had this idea about doing some art work cats and lutes for a while and, finally, I was lucky to found Nathan Nun and his awesome work at Etsy. Most of the public illustrations made by Nathan are human-characterized cats playing different roles, even some of them were already related to music. […]
D e among all the symbols that the lute has meant throughout history: pleasure, joy, eroticism, festive atmosphere, sensuality , concordia , melancholy (semper Dowland, semper dolens) … there is one, not so well known, that was perfectly reflected by the artists of the time. So, although the lute is always associated with the […]
Cover image: Printer press, s. XVI If I had to stay with just one of the most exciting moments from the birth of Cuerdas Pulsadas , it would certainly be the moment when We decided on the final version of the logo. We always had a fairly precise idea of how we wanted […]
Ten long years have passed since the constitution of the Sociedad de la Vihuela : one of the main institutions that structure, enact and promote the plucked string in Spain and, very especially, that part of that heritage that is our own: the vihuela. During this time there have been many people who have […]
Today Santa Cecilia , patron saint of music and poetry ( perhaps due to a translation error ), who was usually represented with three icons: the rose, the organ and the lute. Precisely like this it was represented by the French painter Jacques Blanchard (1600 –1638): So, congratulations to all the musicians! […]
Liamna Pestana puts on sale an 8-order Renaissance lute built in the city of Querétaro, Mexico in 2010, by Ibiza Ávalos and Jean Espino. Its most important characteristics are: Maple body Spruce top Mexican ebony fingerboard Wooden rosette The sale price is 1200 euros, and the shipping costs are paid by the buyer. In this […]
