Born in Ireland, Robert Pierce played for 12 years with the Radio Symphony Orchestra in Dublin until 1984 when his fascination with bow making superseded his career as a cellist. Winning the Californi
Born in Louvain in 1966, Thomas Meuwissen grew up into a family of eminent engineers, architects, scholars and entrepreneurs. Fascinated by sculpture and architecture, Meuwissen initially studied fine
CATHERINE JANSSENS GRADUATED AT THE NEWARK SCHOOL OF VIOLIN MAKING IN 2004. SHE OPENED HER WORKSHOP IN 2005 IN BRUSSELS WHILE CONTINUING HER TRAINING DURING INTERNSHIPS AND SEMINARS.
IN 2009, SHE PART
In his Brussels workshop, Pierre Guillaume makes bows for violins, violas and cellos. With instrument-maker Jan Strick he runs the Maison Bernard, which they took over in 1986.
Pierre Guillaume is a m
Music was and is a constant in the life of Ann. From childhood she played on violin and piano, she went to concerts. During high school in Sint-Lukas Brussels she chose the direction of Visual Arts. S
The non-profit Center for musical construction (Comb) is a training and documentation center
that aims to knowledge and wealth of the craft ‘ tool building ‘ to disseminate and promote.
Th
Victor BERNARD was born in 1985 in Compiègne.
He studied at the Ecole Internationale de Lutherie in Newark, England, where he graduated in 2008.
Passionate about the archery he joined t
Installed in Belgium since 1985, the workshop of lutherie of François Louant has been implanted in Sart d’Avril since 1993.
The workshop of lutherie François Louant is dedicated to the instrum
The violin maker Thomas Bertrand creates violins, violas, and cellos of the highest quality, in the tradition of the 17th and 18th century Italian masters of Cremona and Venice.
He is also a master of
Welcome, on this site you can find an overview of my work, recent realisations, pictures of my work and plans for the future.
Throughout my training as a violinmaker I have had the honour to study und
La Maison Bernard was founded by Nicolas Bernard and his brother Victor in Liège in 1868, and initially specialised in the manufacture and selling of pianos. The Bernards worked in Liège, Paris and
