The New Violin

The Lifetime Work of Franz Thomastik

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A musical Instrument is a tool to share sound with others. How do we find the source of music? What does an Instrument need to transfer music into the realm of hearing? These questions have accompanied me since I started this work some 50 years ago. We will explore the essence of musical instruments and Franz Thomastik, Violinmaker, Vienna. (1883 – 1951). His work began an anthroposophical Group of Violinmakers in Austria.

About the Presenter

Arthur Bay is a master violin maker. Although he was born in Scotland in 1957, his workshop is in Hamburg, Germany which is now his country of residence. He attended the Rudolf Steiner School of Edinburgh . Some 50 years ago he left Scotland to do an apprenticeship in Violinmaking. As a young master violin maker, he was commissioned to build Stringed Instruments following the ideas of Thomastik. His research has been on original instruments by Thomastik and his pupil Karl Weidler.

About the Host

Aleodor Lazarescu lives in Bucharest, Romania. He is an engineer, translator, and trainer specializing in Waldorf education, anthroposophy, anthroposophical anthropology and technology. A former Waldorf student himself, he is now involved in both the management and training of the Waldorf Preschool Teacher Training Course in Bucharest, Romania.

Aleodor is a member of the Anthroposophical Society and the First Class of the School of Spiritual Science. He has extensive experience coordinating study and working groups focused on anthroposophical technology and Waldorf education and is committed to deepening the understanding and practical application of these fields. He also organizes events in Romania on various anthroposophical themes. In addition to his educational work, Aleodor manages a small publishing house dedicated to anthroposophical literature