Great report
The extraordinary story of the “violins of the sea” at Opera
In the violin-making workshop of the Opera-Milan prison.
Master luthier Enrico Allorto and an inmate (with tattoos) at work.
© Anne Le Nir
By: Anne Le Nir Follow
Migrant boats that become violins.
It is in Italy, the wood of migrant boats, stranded on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, is transformed into violins.
These musical instruments are born from the hands of prisoners, incarcerated in the Opera prison, near Milan.
Renamed the "violins of the sea", they will be loaned to international orchestras to cultivate the values of life and the collective memory.
Values discovered or rediscovered by apprentice violin makers sentenced to very heavy sentences.
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"The extraordinary story of the "violins of the sea" at Opera", a great report by Anne Le Nir.
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