– The Violinabox –
Local music – Worldwide
A Traveling Violin
The Violinabox roams the world collecting snapshots of local communities and their music. Handed from musician to musician, recordings are shared online. We are spotlighting the diversity of music and its role in our local and interconnected worlds
Making the Violin
In 2022/23, ten violinmakers across the world made a single violin. Each maker used materials grown in their own location to add a part to the violin, before passing it on to the next maker. In all 10 violin makers in 9 countries collaborated to create this unique, international instrument.
Partner Charity
Luthiers Sans Frontiers – USA
We are using our media reach to raise money for LSF-USA who train violin repairers in developing countries. Learn more
Countries Visited
KIlometers Travelled
Where in the World is the Violin?
Las Vegas, United States
In Las Vegas the Violinabox was hosted by Desert Strings, Violinshop. and went out on the […]
Denver, United States
The broadly talented staff / musicians at Denver Violins recorded some fabulous Tango and […]
Glendale, United States
Hosted by the Metzler Violin Shop, Violinabox was out and about in Los Angeles, soaking u […]
The Violinshop
Nashville, United States
The Violinshop in Nashville, Tennessee kicked off our "Old String Revival" tour of North […]
Dan Gillespie
Skokie, United States
Violinabox took a tour of the Chicago School of Violinmaking. There is a video of the to […]
Violinmakers Workshop
Oberlin, United States
In June 2023 the Violinabox returned to The Oberlin Violinmakers Workshop where it was […]
Henry Miller
Santa Rosa, United States
From Mexico the Violinabox came back to Santa Rosa, California. The local newspaper was […]
Mexico City, Mexico
In the evenings in Plaza Garibaldi, Mexico City, many Mariach, Banda, Cumbia and other b […]
Mario R. Escoto Campos, Violinist de Sinfónica Nacional, Mexico City,
Mexico City, Mexico
At the musicians entrance of the Palace de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Mario R. Escoto Ca […]
McAnna's Band
Arteaga, Mexico
Noel Quintero, Violin, Miguel Arturo Villarreal, Bouzouki and Violinabox-maker/Drummer, […]
Manuel Zogbi
Mexico
With the strings on the new violin we asked Manuel Zogbi of Saltillo, Mexico, to try it f […]
Damián Stoppani
Arteaga, Mexico
Damian is a traveling luthier from Argentina. He has driven his 1960's school bus from A […]
Joan Carlos Soto
San Jose, Costa Rica
Juan Carlos made the violins pegs, endpin, tailpiece and chinrest form Cocobolo, also kno […]
Jonathan Hai
Carmel, Israel
To have the varnish applied the violin travelled East to a Kibbutz in the North East of I […]
Julia Sarano
London, United Kingdom
Julia made the varnish for the violin from pine resin that she collected from Sherwood Fo […]