Designed more than 500 years ago by Leonardo da Vinci, was never built in his lifetime.
The sketch and drawings, are included in the Codex Atlanticus.
Leonardo’s design is an outline of a construction concept for a bowed string instrument which at the same time is a keyboard instrument.
In 2012, after 4-years-long work, Sławomir Zubrzycki, Polish pianist and constructor, built the first concert Viola Organista and brought it to concert halls and music festivals all over the Europe, starting a new chapter of its history.
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Calendar
26
August
Da Vinci Inventions, Kalmar Castle – viola organista recital
Green Hall , Kalmar Castle, Sweden
10
October
Viola organista – realized idea of Leonardo da Vinci. Sławomir Zubrzycki – viola organista, Lilianna Stawarz – harpsichord
The Fryderyk Chopin University of Music, Warsaw, Poland
