Relators: Claudio Brizi and Guido Bizzi
Ancient keyboards performance: Claudio Brizi
The history of keyboards instruments is a fascinating journey along the evolution of mechanics and material technology. Italy was among the most advanced countries in the art and the science of musical instruments making. One of the many important contributions of Italian instrument manufacturers was the invention of the Pianoforte by Bartolomeo Cristofori at the end of the seventeenth century.
Guido Bizzi, a world class well-known manufacturer and restorer of harpsichords, clavichords and fortepianos, with the precious support on the keyboards of the artist and scholar Claudio Brizi, will introduce us to the technological characteristics and construction development of these fascinating ancient instruments.