Luthier

Claudio Cruz is music director of the Ribeirão Preto Symphony Orchestra (São Paulo). He studied violin with his father, the luthier João Cruz, and later with Erich Lehninger. As the first violin and founder of the Amazonia String Quartet, he received a Grammy Award in 2002 for an album of Astor Piazzolla music. He has been concertmaster of the Symphony Orchestra of the State of São Paulo for the past 22 years. He has played chamber music with artists including Shlomo Mintz, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Nelson Freire, Antonio Meneses, Michel Dalberto and Ingrid Haebler.In his career as a conductor, he has been music director of the Villa-Lobos Chamber Orchestra and of the Campinas Symphony Orchestra. He has conducted the principal symphony orchestras of São Paulo, Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro and Curitiba. He made a successful US debut as conductor of the Orchestra of the Americas in Florida. His discography includes Violin Music in Brazil (Dynamic) and three recordings with the Villa-Lobos Chamber Orchestra (Warner Classics). He began serving as artistic director of the Curitiba Classical Music Workshop in 2015.

CREMONA QUARTET brings together four of the world’s most valuable string instruments. Featuring phase-aligned stereo samples and performance-captured vibrato, plus extensive chromatic sampling of 20 articulations, every quirk and nuance of these historic artefacts is now available to producers via a wealth of cutting-edge parameter controls.

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CREMONA QUARTET brings together four of the world’s most valuable string instruments. Featuring phase-aligned stereo samples and performance-captured vibrato, plus extensive chromatic sampling of 20 articulations, every quirk and nuance of these historic treasures is now available to producers via a wealth of cutting-edge parameter controls.

In this beautifully illustrated book, a master luthier and a painter tell their story of the creation of a musical instrument.

A master luthier and a master slide guitar player, Seth Lee Jones is deeply dedicated to his craft and his instrument. If you don’t find him at his work bench building a custom piece of art, you will find him teaching others to build their own guitar. While his unique style of playing definitely stands out, his voice is equally powerful, evoking the memories of some of the greatest jazz/blues titans. Currently performing in a trio format, this is one red hot act that you don’t want to miss.