FUNDACIÓN SALVI COLOMBIA
Music is for Everyone
NOVEDADES May - June 2009
Number 5
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Lutherie, art and craft Victor Salvi spent much of his life studying the harp, to improving its mechanism and contributing to the development of this beautiful instrument. His legacy as a luthier shows us the influence and importance of this work for the music: a child who learns how to play in a low-quality instrument, rearly reachs perfection. Since it began, one of the objectives of the Fundación Salvi, was to work for the qualifications of the instruments makers and to support the new generations of luthiers so later, they can fulfill the needs of both, the musical institutions and the musicians of Colombia In October 2007, the Foundation started its program on Maintenance and Repair of wooden instruments. Since then, we have invited Italian luthiers Giancarlo Quaranta and Marcello Mittaridonna as well as Colombian wellknow luthiers Carlos Arcieri and Jose Luis España, who are over 30 years of experience in this profession. Almost 50 instrument makers
NEWS FROM THE SALVI FOUNDATION
San!a Meluk
Some"ing to remember...
3 moments of the Repair and Maintenance Workshop, last october.
THE ART OF INSTRUMENT-MAKING
A look to the development of the lutherie art.
from cities such as Bogota, Buenaventura, Cali, Leticia, Manizales, Medellin, Pereira and Villavicencio have been benefited by this opportunity that strengthens this type of work . Colombian organizations involved in this process (Ministry of Culture of Colombia, SENA -National Learning Institute, for its abbreviation in Spanish-, Batuta Foundation, the School of Arts and Crafts Santo Domingo and Salvi Foundation) have seen the importance of defining the parameters and training levels required to develop of luthería in Colombia, it is vital to guide our work in laying the groundwork to establish a career as a technique that has a better future and a greater presence in the country.
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COLOMBIAN MUSICIAN TO PERFORM AT SPOLETO FESTIVAL USA
Ana María Fonseca, will perform at the Charles Wadsworth & Friends Concert. page 3 FOR THE 2010 CARTAGENA FESTIVAL Concerts, Auctions and Friends of the Festival, the Salvi Foundation works for the IV Cartagena International Music Festival. page 4 IN CRESCENDO...
THANKS for your commitment! Audi, El Espectador, Crepes & Waffles, Elisa de Giovanelli, HSBC Premier, Ladrillera Santafé, Sociedad Aeroportuaria de la Costa, Terpel and UNE have confirmed their support to the 2010Cartagena Festival. page 4