Javier Martínez presents his novel about the luthier Mateo Arratia at the Teruel Museum

Javier Martínez presents his novel about the luthier Mateo Arratia at the Teruel Museum 791 1024 delyramus

Diario de Teruel, CULTURA

“Violeros build joy, because the musical instrument is its best vehicle”

Today, Thursday, he will appear in the assembly hall of the Teruel Museum from 7:00 p.m., where Mateo Arratia will present. The viol player who confessed to the trees (Sibirana Ediciones). It is a historical novel that deals with the figure of an exciting character who cried out to be fictionalized, one of the most important instrument makers in 16th century Spain and whose dissipated life led him to be judged by the Holy Inquisition. A book, moreover, where ancient music and the history of the violería is the protagonist, from the deepest scientific knowledge.

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