Saturday, May 2, 2015

Maestro Manuele Civa visits Kota Kinabalu

28th April 2015. For the first time in history, Kota Kinabalu welcomes an Italian master violin maker to showcase his exquisite quartet of instruments, the Civa Quartet. We are most privileged to witness these beautifully hand crafted instruments of Maestro Manuele Civa all the way from Cremona, Italy.


A very special thank you to Mr Tan Chin Seng of Deciso Violin Gallery for making this possible! Mr Tan, Malaysia's fine violin maker, has been crafting beautiful violins of his own. His passion towards the art of violin making has brought many master luthiers' hand crafted instruments from around the world to Malaysia. These exquisite instruments of course can be made available for serious musicians who are interested to view by appointment only. Do contact Camerata Music School for more information and to make arrangements to view these instruments in KK. 

Not forgetting KK's very own string quartet, Mondays, as our invited guest musician to showcase the Civa Quartet for the first time ever! Maestro Manuele Civa's Quartet has never yet been performed on before, making Mondays the first in the world! It was indeed a pleasant evening at Sky Lounge, Sky Hotel, where students, parents, teachers, and fellow music enthusiast gathered together for an evening of music and art.

Besides the Civa Quartet, another violin of Maestro Civa was also on display that evening. A beautiful decorated violin named "Hellier". Mr Tan also had two of his violins on display, and a viola from Maestro Stefano Conia Junior named "il Giovane".