Standing at a workbench in his studio in Kuala Lumpur, Tan Chin Seng tunes a violin he has just finished making. The 45-year-old is Malaysia’s first professional violin maker. For Tan, creating the ...

Working in the shadow of the great masters, the violin-makers of Italy's Cremona are valiantly fighting a shrinking market and foreign competition as they seek perfection, one violin at a time. The ...

Cremona, birthplace of Stradivarius, is today a veritable laboratory for luthiers from all over the world, and violin making workshops are everywhere AFP / Miguel MEDINA Working in the shadow of the ...