Sun, sea, breeze. Conviviality, social relationships, warmth, folklore… This is the Neapolitan aura that I was leaving. Fog, plain, stuffiness. Privacy, closure, coldness sometimes… This is the Po
Martin Gabbani is a professional violin maker at Cremona. He works in his own workshop in the historical center of the city.
Gabbani graduated with high honors from International School of violin-mak
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
Elena Bardella was born in Cremona in 1966, in 1984, under the guidance of Master Giorgio Cè, she graduated in the Cremona International Violin Maker School.
In 1982 she who the “Youngest participa
Marcello Bellei was born in Modena, Italy, in 1976. He is a dedicated contemporary Italian violin maker who has received international recognition from musicians and collectors alike.
He was inspired
He was born in Argentina. He began his training as violin maker in 1993 attending the Violin Making School of the “Universidad Nacional de Tucuman”, founded in the ʻ40s by Alfredo Del Lungo from
A Material Engineer since 2001, in the same year I graduated as an “Operator for Violin Making” in Cremona. I then began my training in the restoration and the construction of classical and Baroqu
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
Welcome to Cremona, Capital of Violin Making!
We have many years of collaboration with world famous musicians. A connection between the player and the maker is something, which differentiates ou
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
Vittorio Villa was born in Monza in 1961. He has a Conservatory Diploma in Violin playing and has performed as a violinist with important Italian orchestras. He graduated in 1992 at the International
