STEWART POLLENS
46 Riverside Drive, Apt. 2N
New York, NY 10024, USA
mail@stewartpollens.com
www.stewartpollens.com
Trained as a harpsichord, organ, and violin maker, Stewart Pollens worked as the conservator of musical instruments at the Metropolitan Museum of Art between 1976 and 2006, where his duties included the general maintenance of the museum’s encyclopedic collection of over 5000 instruments as well as the preparation of instruments for display in the permanent galleries, special exhibitions, loan, and use in concerts and recordings. In 2007 Mr. Pollens retired from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and formed Violin Advisor, LLC, a consulting firm that assists musicians, orchestras, conservatories, and investors acquire fine violins.
Mr. Pollens is the author of over fifty scholarly articles and five books, including The Violin Forms of Antonio Stradivari (London, 1992), The Early Pianoforte (Cambridge, 1995), Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù (London, 1998), François-Xavier Tourte: Bow Maker (New York, 2001), and Stradivari (Cambridge, 2010). In 1997, he was the recipient of the American Musical Instrument Society’s Nicholas Bessaraboff Prize for The Early Pianoforte, a study of the invention and early history of the pianoforte. This book was reprinted by Cambridge University Press in 2009. Stewart Pollens is a contributor to The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, and writes frequently for The Strad
In 1999, Mr. Pollens made a number of discoveries that led him to challenge the authenticity of the “Messiah” violin, which for over 150 years has been considered to be the best preserved example of Stradivari’s work. His revelations about this instrument led to a storm of controversy that is still raging today.
Among his more recent activities is his analysis of Stradivari’s violin varnish (published in the May 2009 issue of The Strad), and research into the legal proceedings involving the dissolution and bankruptcy of Casino Paganini, an ill-fated investment of the noted violin virtuoso.
ANA SOFIA MOREIRA DA SILVA
Rua S. Pedro, N6, 2A
2840-509 Seixal, Portugal
anasfsilva@gmail.com
Ana Sofia Moreira da Silva was born in Lisbon, in 1983.
In 2006 she finished her degree in Conservation and Restoration (pre-Bologna) at the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of The New University of Lisbon.
Her connection to music since she began her musical studies with 12 years playing clarinet in a philharmonic band – activity she still maintain as an amateur – contributed to her choice in specializing in conservation and restoration of musical instruments.
As part of her academic course, she has realized small training periods, one of which took place at the Museu da Música (Music Museum), in Lisbon, under the guidance of musical instruments conservator Catarina Torres.
Her final graduation training period had two slopes, one of which was held in the Ecomuseu Municipal do Seixal, where she worked with a collection of musical instruments of its custody. The second one, took place in D. Caeiro, Lda., a workshop of repairing musical wind instruments in Lisbon. After finishing her training, the luthier Domingos Caeiro, owner of workshop, invited her to work with him.
Between September 2006 and August 2009, she remained in the company D. Caeiro, working in the repair, maintenance and restoration of musical wind instruments.
She began her studies in musical sciences by frequency of some disciplines of the Musical Sciences degree of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of The New University of Lisbon, where she could rely on the guidance of Professor Gerhard Doderer.
From October 1st to December 15 of 2009, she held an internship at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York, where she had the opportunity to work with the orientation of the present musical instruments conservator Susana Caldeira.
She has two articles published online at www.dcaeiro.pt on the restoration of instruments.
PATRÍCIA LOPES BASTOS
plopesbastos@gmail.com
Patrícia Lopes Bastos completed the General Courses of Music from the ‘Instituto Gregoriano de Lisboa’ and the ‘Conservatório Nacional de Lisboa’, specialising in Piano and Singing. She has, as academic degrees, the Superior Course of Piano from the ‘Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa’, the Docerend Musicus (DM) Diploma in Piano from the Faculty of Music of the Superior School of Arts of Utrecht, in The Netherlands, a Master of Music in Piano Performance from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, in the United States of America, and a Doctorate in Music (PhD) from the University of Aveiro, from which there resulted a thesis on performance analysis about ‘The sonatas and sonatinas for piano solo by Fernando Lopes-Graça’, a CD-ROM (with analytical charts, texts and recordings by the author) and the publication of the revised edition of the eight studied works (in four volumes, published by the University of Aveiro in 2006). She has attended diversified courses, including Performance Practice on clavichord, harpsichord, organ and fortepiano. She has given lectures and recitals in Portugal and abroad, and has a number of published works. She has promoted and participated in cultural events and organisations. Her main research is on Portuguese Keyboard Music from the 18th-century onwards (works, composers and performers), Historical Evolution of Keyboard Instruments (construction, usage and influence), Organology and Museology. At present she is elaborating a Guide to the Descriptive and Analytical Cataloguing of Musical Instruments, and directing a Database of Musical Instruments held in Portuguese collections. At the same time she is involved in a post-doctoral project in Organology and Museology, while continuing her interest on early keyboard instruments and modern piano performance. She is the President of the first organological society in Portugal, the ANIMUSIC – Associação Nacional de Instrumentos Musicais.
PANAGIOTIS POULOPOULOS
20, Spottiswoode Road, 3F1
Edinburgh, EH9 1BQ, U.K.
ph +44-1314471688 (home)
ph +44-7960137966 (mobile)
p.poulopoulos@sms.ed.ac.uk
Panagiotis Poulopoulos studied conservation of archaeological and historical artefacts in Athens. He has also completed a MMus in Musical Instrument Research at Edinburgh University and is currently a PhD candidate in Organology researching the guittar and its makers in the British Isles during the late 18th century. Since 2007 he has been working as a conservator in various projects mainly involving brass instruments in the Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments, and as a volunteer curatorial assistant for the documentation of the Jean Jenkins collection of musical instruments and sound archives in the National Museum of Scotland
ARNOLD MYERS
A.Myers@ed.ac.uk
Arnold Myers completed his doctorate at the University of Edinburgh with research into the application of acoustical techniques in the study of brass instrument history. He is the Chairman of the Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments, and teaches as a professor in the University of Edinburgh. He was the recipient of the 2007 Curt Sachs Award of the American Musical Instrument Society.
ROBERT L. BARCLAY
613-737-3397
bbarclay@rogers.com
Robert L. Barclay was born in London, England in 1946. He received a Certificate in Science Laboratory Technology from the City and Guilds of London Institute (1968). After graduating from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts (1975), he went on to earn an interdisciplinary PhD at the Open University in England (1999). He joined the Canadian Conservation Institute in 1975 and retired after 32 years of service in 2007. He specialized in the care and preservation of wooden objects, historical and technical artifacts, and musical instruments. He has given courses and lectured extensively on the care and preservation of museum objects both in Canada and overseas, and has travelled to several African countries to give courses on the care of collections. He was editor of The Care of Historic Musical Instruments (Ottawa: CCI, London: MGC, and Edinburgh: CIMCIM, 1997) and published The Preservation and Use of Historic Musical Instruments (London and Sterling, Virginia: Earthscan, 2004). Among the awards he has received are the Nicholas Bessaraboff Prize of the American Musical Instrument Society for his book The Art of the Trumpet-maker (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992), the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal for services to conservation and the care of collections (2002), and for contributions to organology the Anthony Baines Memorial Prize of the Galpin Society (2003) and the Christopher Monk Award from the Historic Brass Society (2006). He continues his historic musical instrument activities by teaching courses at the International Trumpet-making Workshop at venues in Europe and the USA.
FRANCO ZANINI
Sincrotrone Trieste
Strada Statale 14 - km 163,5
34149 Basovizza – Trieste, Italy
ph. +39 040 3758558
zanini@elettra.trieste.it
After receiving a Laurea in Solid State Physics at the University of Trieste, Franco Zanini worked as a research scientist at the Synchrotron Radiation Center of the University of Wisconsin at Madison (USA), before joining Sincrotrone Trieste. Here he continued his research program in Surface Science as well as designing innovative optical systems for X-rays. After a specialization in Molecular Biology at the Birbeck College (UK) he started a new research program in Material Science, with special attention to the applications of X-ray imaging in cultural
heritage.
He has been professor of Archaeometry at the Laurea Course of Science of Cultural Heritage at the University of Trieste, and is now professor of Applied Physics at the postgraduate course in Restoration and Conservation at the Villa Manin Centre.
He has presented results of his research at more than 120 conferences and seminars, has published more than 50 articles on the most important international journals, and has received international awards for his works in X-ray microscopy. He has been working for more than thirty years for the cultural pages of newspapers and magazines in Italy and Switzerland.
CLAUDIO CANEVARI
Civica Scuola di Liuteria
via Noto 4, 20141 Milano - Italia
ph. +39 02 57409945 fax +39 02 57402838
canevari@civicascuoladiliuteria.it
home +39 0382 587309
mob. +39 333 5654751
Claudio Canevari is in charge of the scientific-technological educational area in the Civica Scuola di Liuteria in Milan, where he has been working since 1978. He took part in several workgroups for restoration, conservation and cataloguing in museums and private collections, among which the conservative restoration of a 17th century liuto piccolo attributed to Wendelio Venere, kept at the Museo Teatrale della Scala, with a team led by Marco Tiella (1985) - one the first examples in Italy of scientific and conservative approach to the restoration of a musical instrument - and the coordination and carrying out of photographic and X-ray data collection for the catalogue of the Civico Museo degli Strumenti Musicali in Milan. Claudio Canevari shares his research activities between two main threads: surface cleaning methods applied to musical instruments and history of technologies and materials in the art and in the lutherie. In addition to deal with conservation of musical instruments, he is devoted to the practice of early music as non-professional performer of cornetto and recorder.
KLAUS MARTIUS
Germanisches Nationalmuseum
Kartäusergasse 1, 90402 Nürnberg
k.martius@gnm.de
Klaus Martius is a conservator of musical instruments. He studied with Friedemann Hellwig. He has to his credit several publications on the technology of historical instruments, particulary on string instruments and conservation of musical instruments and documentation techniques.
MARKUS RAQUET
Germanisches Nationalmuseum
Kartäusergasse 1, 90402 Nürnberg
m.raquet@gnm.de
Markus Raquet is a conservator of metal objects and musical instruments at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg. He has published articles on conservation techniques and technical studies of historical instruments. He is also maker of historical brass instruments.
LORENZO MORETTI
ENEA - The Italian Agency for new technologies, energy and sustainable economic development
via Martiri di Monte Sole 4 – 40129 – Bologna (Italy)
ph. + 39 051 6098086
www.enea.it
lorenzo.moretti@enea.it
Lorenzo Moretti works in the Information Technology in Bologna (Italy) at ENEA, the Italian Agency for new technologies, energy and sustainable economic development.
He is a developer and programmer in many areas like Geographics Information System, Web, and Database. He creates software, web site and graphic user interface for computer and smartphone.
He is an Hardware, System, Web Server, Server e Database administrator. He is a Unix expert.
STEFANIA BRUNI
ENEA - The Italian Agency for new technologies, energy and sustainable economic development
via Martiri di Monte Sole 4 – 40129 – Bologna (Italy)
ph. + 39 051 6098204
www.enea.it
stefania.bruni@enea.it
Stefania Bruni, biologist, specialized in Scanning Electron Microscopy at the Institute of Electron Microscopy in Bologna.
She works as a researcher in Bologna (Italy) at ENEA, the Italian Agency for new technologies, energy and sustainable economic development.
She attended a master on diagnostic art by scanning electron microscopy at the scientific laboratories of the National Gallery in London, gaining skills that allowed the trainig of specialists in diagnostic art by scanning electron microscopy and microanalys.
She is a tutor of graduation thesis at the University of Bologna, Faculty of Preservation of Cultural Heritage and University of Ferrara, Department of Science of Earth.
She is a tutor of masters, stages, and PhD applied to diagnostic tecnology of cultural heritage.
She is a responsible for SEM laboratory, where she works on the analysis and characterization of materials for cultural heritage and restoration of historical buildings.
The laboratory has carried out numerous projects in the cultural heritage domain applying the SEM for restoration and conservation of artworks and historical buildings.
She produced a numerous scientific works in national and international projects.
MARINO DELFINO
TAI s.a.s.
via Orombelli 11, 20131 Milano
ph. +39 02 26681997
tai.sas@tiscali.it
Marino Delfino is a technical specialist in systems for cataloguing of cultural heritage. In 1989 he received his degree in Computer Science at University of Milan with a thesis on the image processing. After several years where he worked in the development of CAD systems applied to industrial production, he turned his interest to the cataloguing of cultural heritage, gaining extensive experience both as an expert in systems software and as a disciplinary expert. In particular TAI, the company he works for, has developed “Artview” and “SIRBeC” cataloguing systems, that constitute the reference cataloguing software for all entities engaged in Lombardy. In the years 2007 to 2010 he taught at the master course on cataloguing at the Catholic University of Milan. He is currently working with the Lombardy Region in a project of international cooperation that involves the use of the French version of SIRBeC for the cataloguing of archaeological sites in the regions of northern Africa and is continuing the collaboration in the development of SIRBeC system.
EMANUELE MARCONI
mob. +39 339 7896125
emanuele_marconi@hotmail.com
www.conservazionestrumentimusicali.com
Emanuele Marconi is a conservator-restorer. After receiving a diploma at the Liceo Classico, he attended the Civic School of Lutherie of Milan, where he received diplomas, with full marks, in 2003 (plucked instruments construction) and in 2004 (restoration).
He has a Bachelor’s degree cum laude in Conservation of Historical and Musical heritage from the University of Bologna.
He has participated in workshops and seminars concerning the planning of catalogue files and conducted research on restoring intervention and conservation activities.
Since 2005, he has been a consultant, as diagnostic and conservation expert, at the Civic Museum of Musical Instruments - Milan, for which he has edited an electronic conservation schedule, where he participated on projects of preventive conservation, planned maintenance and consolidation treatment.
Consultant for the project and development of the conservation report of SIRBeC (Computer-based system for Cultural Heritage of Region Lombardia), on behalf of Regione Lombardia.
Consultant Conservator for the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities, Soprintendenza Regionale Lombarda.
Collaboration with ENEA (Italian Agency for new technologies, energy and sustainable economic development), studies on imaging applied to musical instruments.
He is a member of the Italian Society of Musicology (SIdM) and the International Council of Museum (ICOM), for CIMCIM committee (International Committee of Musical Instrument Museums and Collections) and ICOM_CC committee (Committee for Conservation).
GIUSEPPE MAINO
He was born in Bologna, Italy, on December 28, 1953. After classical studies, he graduated in physics at the University of Bologna, magna cum laude (June 1977). Therefore, he won a grant to carry out research activities at the ENEA - Italian National Agency for New Technology, Energy and Environment - Centre in Bologna, where he filled a permanent position in 1984 by open competition. From 1990, he co-ordinated a research group on nonlinear dynamics and, since 1994, has been appointed as Assistant (Deputy) Director of the ENEA Applied Physics Division. He was scientific director of many international research projects, supported by EU, on complex systems and preservation of the cultural heritage.
In the past, he was awarded by NATO and EPS grants in order to work with prof. F. Iachello, at the Rijksuniversiteit of Groningen (The Netherlands) and then Gibbs professor at Yale University (USA). In 1986 he won a permanent position at the EU research institutes.
Since 1986, he has been professor with a renewable appointment at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Bologna. From 1997, he is professor of Computer Science at the Faculty of Preservation of the Cultural Heritage of the Bologna University in Ravenna. In 1990/91, he was charged with a course at Ph.D. level at the Department of Physics of the University of Florence. Since 1992, he was member of the Faculty Board for the Ph.D. course on applied mathematics of the Padua University. He gave courses at the Universities of Roma III, Messina, Modena and Reggio Emilia, Technical University of Turin, Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil and Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow. He has been thesis advisor for 80 students in physics, mathematics, engineering and preservation of the cultural heritage.
He sat on the working group 1.1 on structural materials in the frame of NEACRP/NEANDC international co-operation on evaluated data for scientific applications and on the international committee of the IAEA Coordinated Research Programme of Measurements and Calculations of Activation Cross Sections for Long-Lived Radionuclides important for Radioactive Waste Estimates in Fusion Reactor Technology. Moreover, he was the ENEA scientific coordinator of the CEE Network on the Thermodynamics of Complex Systems.
He participated in the applied mathematics committee of CNR (Italian National Research Council) and contributed to the writing of the feasibility study for a five-year national program on the applications of mathematics to society and industry.
He is member of the International Radiation Physics Society since the foundation, of the American Physical Society, of the Italian Physical Society, of the CNR (National Research Council) group on mathematical physics, of the ESF (European Science Foundation) Committees for the Study Centres on Nonlinear Systems and on Free Boundary Problems and the New York Academy of Sciences. He joined in the executive board of the Italian Society for Nonlinear Dynamics. Since 1990, he is associated with INFN (Italian Institute of Nuclear Physics).
He organized 28 international conferences and workshops on physics and applied mathematics as well as preservation of the cultural heritage ; on this subject he published three books, moreover he edited 16 books of proceedings and is author of more than 350 scientific papers on international referred journals and conference proceedings. He is also author of 20 CDRom and DVD on diagnostics and computer science applications to the cultural heritage. He gave more than 250 invited talks and seminars in Italy and abroad and is referee for many international journals of physics and mathematics.
His main research activities are in the fields of theoretical physics and applied mathematics. He developed statistical and algebraic models for nuclear structure and photon- and hadron-induced reactions, in collaboration with researchers of Yale and Saratov Universities, JINR in Dubna, Russian Academy of Sciences, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Universities of Bologna, Florence, Messina and Milan. He also carried out evaluations of neutron and photon-production cross sections and spectra for applied purposes (reactor physics, shieldings, etc.). In collaboration with the University of Padua and Messina, he investigated features of quantum chaos in many-body systems.
PAUL MARCON
Conservation Research Division, Canadian Conservation Institute
Department of Canadian Heritage, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
paul_marcon@pch.gc.ca
www.cci-icc.gc.ca
Paul Marcon is a Mechanical Engineer with the Conservation Research Division of the Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI). His main areas of specialization are protective packaging for the safe shipment of cultural property, and design aspects of cultural facilities related to earthquake protection and environmental control. Research activities include the assessment of the vulnerability of art objects to physical forces and environmental effects in collaboration with Canadian and International organizations. Client service activities include providing advice and
training to museums art galleries cultural organizations and individuals in Canada and abroad on the packaging and transport of artwork. His projects have included providing advice for major exhibitions of fragile artwork, coordinating the move of monumental items, such as the Queen Victoria sculpture in the Canadian Library of Parliament and providing advice to number of museum clients and artists on the shipment of highly fragile artwork.
