Last October in Brescia we attended a concert by Sergey Malov. We arrived early, but a cue was already formed at the entrance. We were lucky to have reserved sits for us, because many people had to renounce, it was already full. the concert was in a library from the baroque period, the Biblioteca Queriniana, a very special venue.

We were sitting in the first row, and I recorded the video above with my iPhone. The acoustic was beautiful but dry, and Sergey didn’t employ any effects, amp, or any other trick than his musicality and practicing. No editing. This video is really like those taken from a phone on the stand of the player.

Is it poor? Do you feel the sound of the Violoncello da Spalla is not making justice of those remarkable pieces of music? do you feel it out of place?

Updates from our workshop

The four of us are hard at work these days!

We’ll be exhibiting in London again! On February the 8th, in Kings Place London, we’ll be exhibiting at the British Violin Makers Association Makers Day. We’ll probably bring there 3 da spalla cellos by Daniela, plus a violin and a cello by Alessandro, the wonderful cello that you can hear in the video below.

We are grateful to Gianluca Montaruli, principal cello of the Haydn Orchestra in Bolzano, for trying Alessandro’s cello and making this video for us.

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