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Pernambuco, a sensitive chord for violin makers

2022-12-26T17:43:56.922Z


THE WINNERS OF 2022 2/6 - This wood, which is essential for the manufacture of bows, was almost banned from all trade. A look back over six months of an improbable epic.


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Six months ago, his name meant nothing to anyone.

Today, pernambuco is definitely part of the cultural landscape.

At least for any music lover interested, directly or indirectly, in violin making.

Between the beginning of July and the end of November, this species endemic to the Atlantic forest of Brazil, threatened with extinction, was the subject of bitter discussions between the musical world and ardent defenders of ecology.

A debate that has risen to the highest level of the French state.

And which will have agitated, for weeks, the community of luthiers, scientists, as well as a large part of the string musicians.

It all started in June, with a seemingly innocuous proposal from Brazil.

In view of the COP19 of Cites (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora), which is being held in Panama from November 14 to 25, 2022, this country is asking for the raising…

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Source: lefigaro

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