Liuteria Calace

Between the 18th and 19th centuries, Naples was consid- ered to be one of the European capitals of music. The roots of the Calace luthier’s workshop are firmly plant- ed in this prestigious tradition. It has been making plectrum instruments – mandolins, mandolas, mand- aloncellos and the liuto cantabile, known and popular all over the world – since 1825. The heir to this legend- ary dynasty is Raffaele Calace, the great-grandson of the founder, Nicola Calace, and nephew and namesake of the composer, musician and luthier known as the ‘Paganini of the Mandolin’. Master Raffaele Calace has received many recognitions, including the prestigious acknowledgement MAM-Maestro d’Arte e Mestiere by Fondazione Cologni.

Liuteria Calace

Monday through Friday from 9 am to 1 pm and from 2 pm to 6 pm
Vico San Domenico Maggiore, 9, Napoli, NA, Italia - +39 081 5515983 - http://www.calace.it

  • ...

Discover more

Music and Theatre
Musical Instruments

Riccardo Guaraldi Liutaio a Venezia

Born and raised in Venice, Riccardo Guaraldi trained as a luthier at the Civic School of Violin Making in Milan, where he learned the first principles of the restoration and building of stringed instruments. He then worked with great professionals in the field, by restoring precious Italian 18th-century violins and building his own instruments for […]

Venezia

Music and Theatre
Musical Instruments

Fabro Violins

A young luthier from Cremona, the land of the art of making stringed instruments, Lucas Fabro soon developed a passion for this art, in particular, for the physics of instruments and its importance in acoustics. At his workshop, he makes violins, violas and cellos, both modern and baroque-style, from scratch taking personally care of every […]

Cremona

Music and Theatre
Musical Instruments

Liuteria Quintavalla

The activity of luthier Martino Quintavalla originates from a passion for music and manual work but draws on the technological and scientific approach matured during his previous work as a researcher in materials engineering and the experience in the workshop with luthier Federico Gabrielli with whom he carried out a research project on mandolins, funded […]

Bianzone (SO)

Music and Theatre
Musical Instruments

Claudio Arezio

Claudio Arezio began working as a luthier in 1979, under the guidance of the masters Igino Sderci and Roberto Ignesti. In his Florentine workshop he builds violins, violas and cellos, both modern and baroque, starting from the internal form as in the tradition of classical Italian luthiery. In 2001, on commission from the Accademia Gallery […]

Firenze