The documentary tells about the encounter of violinist Fabio Biondi with the 1690 "Tuscan" Stradivari preserved in the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome.
Biondi recorded with this instrument Biber's Chaconne in G minor (1676) in the Library of the Monastero di San Giovanni Evangelista, Parma.
The video also tells about the recent research coordinated by Edizioni Scrollavezza & Zanrè, which has involved a team of international researchers and institutions, and preludes to the publication of "Treasures of Violin Making" volume II.

Sound recording and engineering Luca Marazzi
Filmed and edited by Paolo Parmiggiani

Acknowledgements: Accademia nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Museo del Violino, Laboratori Arvedi di Diagnostica non invasiva, Monastero di San Giovanni Evangelista, Violin Forensic, Core Facility for Micro-Ct scanning of the University of Vienna, Jan Röhrmann, Peter Ratcliff, Brigitte Brandmair, Carlo Chiesa, Fausto Cacciatori, Alessandra Barabaschi, Charles and Peter Beare.