An important discussion between Stefano Cardo and Elisa Marchetti on history of the bass clarinet and the absence of an homogeneous and coherent list of the repertoire of the bass clarinet on early summer 2010 gave the initial impetus to the foundation of the International Bass Clarinet Research Center - C.I.R.C.B.

The site have been rebuilt on "Drupal" open source framework, opening an important way for future developments. The library of repertoire approached 4400 compositions, and the connection with the world of social networks like Facebook or Twitter was established. The social media Flikr improve the project on the side of the virtual tour on private collections. The new web environment was released in its first version in April 2012.

For phase 2, C.I.R.C.B. entered into collaboration with new researchers. It is during this phase that important players begun to consider the project worthy of attention.

To permit to C.I.R.C.B. To live more indipendently, to increase its sustainability and to find a real chance to become a Promoter of studies on the instrument in all its meanings and Publisher of research works and compositions for bass clarinet, we begun some side-projects. The unvaluable resources carried by Prof. Claudia Tacchino, professor at SDA Bocconi School of Management is giving a new power and vision to the entire project.