El violín de Lev

Lev's violin melody fascinated Helena Attlee from the first time she heard it in concert; that old Italian instrument that bore the name of its former Russian owner had a rich history. Eager to discover the details of her origin and the rest of the secrets that her delicate wooden body harbored, Attlee headed for Cremona, the cradle of the Italian violin and the starting point of an extraordinary journey with an unexpected end. Through dusty workshops, alpine forests, Venetian churches, luxurious Florentine courts, and remote Russian flea markets, Lev's Violin takes us from the heart of Italian culture to its furthest reaches. An amazing story of luthiers and scientists, princes and vagabonds, instrumentalists, composers and travelers, which is at the same time a moving meditation on the power of objects, stories and music to create entire cultures and transform the lives of people.