Giovanni Pradella
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Giovanni Pradella The Pradella Organ Workshop has been located in the Valtellina
province of Sondrio
since 1993. Specialized in building new organs and restoring old ones.
The Pradella Workshop has recaptured the technique used by the renaissance master. Giovanni Pradella is now internationally renowned, commissioned with prestigious restorations and new instruments. He has collaborated with other notable organ builders, among whom is the German, Gerald Wohel, on the restoration of an Italian style organ at the University of Rochester
, in the United States
.
Valtellina
Valtellina or the Valtelline valley ; is a valley in the Lombardy region of northern Italy, bordering Switzerland. Today it is known for its skiing, its hot spring spas, its cheeses and its wines...
province of Sondrio
Sondrio
Sondrio is an Italian town and comune located in the heart of the Valtellina. Sondrio counts approximately 22,000 inhabitants and it is the administrative centre for the Lombard Province of Sondrio.- History :...
since 1993. Specialized in building new organs and restoring old ones.
The Pradella Workshop has recaptured the technique used by the renaissance master. Giovanni Pradella is now internationally renowned, commissioned with prestigious restorations and new instruments. He has collaborated with other notable organ builders, among whom is the German, Gerald Wohel, on the restoration of an Italian style organ at the University of Rochester
University of Rochester
The University of Rochester is a private, nonsectarian, research university in Rochester, New York, United States. The university grants undergraduate and graduate degrees, including doctoral and professional degrees. The university has six schools and various interdisciplinary programs.The...
, in the United States
United States
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.
New Instruments
- San Rocco SondrioSondrioSondrio is an Italian town and comune located in the heart of the Valtellina. Sondrio counts approximately 22,000 inhabitants and it is the administrative centre for the Lombard Province of Sondrio.- History :...
- Mossini, SondrioSondrioSondrio is an Italian town and comune located in the heart of the Valtellina. Sondrio counts approximately 22,000 inhabitants and it is the administrative centre for the Lombard Province of Sondrio.- History :...
- Viboldone (MilanMilanMilan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
) - Somaggia (SondrioSondrioSondrio is an Italian town and comune located in the heart of the Valtellina. Sondrio counts approximately 22,000 inhabitants and it is the administrative centre for the Lombard Province of Sondrio.- History :...
) - Valle di Colorina (Sondrio, tuned to A415)
Restoration
- PeglioPeglio-Places:Italy* Peglio, Lombardy, a comune in the Province of Como* Peglio, Marche a comune in the Province of Pesaro e Urbino...
(ComoComoComo is a city and comune in Lombardy, Italy.It is the administrative capital of the Province of Como....
, Antegnati-Organ) - Caspano (Prati 1683 - ColomboColomboColombo is the largest city of Sri Lanka. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, the capital of Sri Lanka. Colombo is often referred to as the capital of the country, since Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte is a satellite city of Colombo...
1862) - ColorinaColorinaColorina is a comune in the Province of Sondrio in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 90 km northeast of Milan and about 10 km west of Sondrio...
(Rejna 1696) - Gerola (Serassi 1837)
- CavernagoCavernagoCavernago is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 50 km northeast of Milan and about 11 km southeast of Bergamo....
(Serassi 1781) - Madonna del Giglio in BergamoBergamoBergamo is a town and comune in Lombardy, Italy, about 40 km northeast of Milan. The comune is home to over 120,000 inhabitants. It is served by the Orio al Serio Airport, which also serves the Province of Bergamo, and to a lesser extent the metropolitan area of Milan...
(Annonymus 17. Jhdt.) - Vigorso di Budrio (Malamini 16. Jhdt. - Franchini 1861)
- PLZEŇ - Litice (Gebr. Müller 1833)
Articles
- Technical aspects of Carlo Prati’s work to the Academy of Smarano in Trento
- Sessantini, Gilberto: Fughe al convento. Il nuovo organo Giovanni Pradella 2004 dell'Abbazia di Viboldone (Milano). in: Arte Organaria e Organistica 13, 2006, Nr. 61, Seite 22-27.
- Der Orgelbauer aus Sondrio in Alpen-Donau-Adria Magazin am 8.7.2007 Bayerischen RundfunkBayerischer RundfunkBayerischer Rundfunk [Bavarian Broadcasting] is the public broadcasting authority for the German Freistaat of Bavaria, with its main offices located in Munich. BR is a member of ARD.- Legal foundation :...
- undertook research for the Parish of Primolo, in Sondrio, into the celebrated Valtellina artist Pietro Ligari