First time I met the Bowmaking in 1997 when, already passionate about Luthery since several years, Master Claudio Righetti introduced us in his workshop in Verona.
Since that day the passion between m
Patrizio Orippi was born in Fidenza, in the province of Parma, on June 17th, 1970. 15 years later he decided to join the International School of Strings of Cremona, where he attended the courses of th
Diploma di Maestro Liutaio nel 1982 presso la Scuola di Liuteria di Cremona, sotto la guida triennale di M° Francesco Bissolotti.
Lo stesso anno si trasferisce, assieme ad altri liutai, in Toscana �
Anqi Ni, born in Shandong, China, is a violinmaker based in Cremona, Italy. In 2019 she established her workshop “Laboratorio Violintecture” at the historical center of Cremona. She concentrates o
Everyone says they are the best, the best, etc. Instead of asking you to believe us, we turn the word to our customers. The following messages are among our normal correspondence and therefore the v
Igor Moroder
Son of an artistic family and direct descendant of the famous painter Josef Moroder Lusenberg (Ortisei 1846-1939), he was born in Bolzano in 1961 and grew up in Ortisei in Val Gardena and
In 1977 he started as an apprentice luthier in the Monzino firm where the Antoniazzi brothers, Erminio Farina, Gennaro Marino, Severino Riva, Ambrogio Sironi, Piero Parravicini and Luigi Galimbert
Graduated at the International School A. Stradivari in Cremona after a long-term competence restoration of ancient wood artworks, Giulio Maisenti is now passionately dedicated to lutherie with a deep
Maestro Giovanni Lucchi, our father, has always put the search for high quality materials at the basis of the construction of his bows, and he taught us this. Our production is in fact appreciated a
At the age of eight, Lorenzo Lazzarato began his studies with the violin and then went on to the double bass obtaining his diploma in 1993 at the “ G. Frescobaldi” Conservatory of Music in Ferrara
Author’s violins
The core idea of this project is that our violins are created to make music, then become art and finally return to making music.
At the heart of “Violino d’autore” are th
How I came to be a violin maker
As a child I learned to love the simple life of the past. I spent several months a year in an old farmhouse in the countryside of lower Austria.
The well in the
