Sprenger Geigenbau is the oldest shop for stringed instruments in Switzerland. The business was established in 1917 in St. Gallen by Fritz Sprenger. Christoph Sprenger and his son Raffael Sprenger are
Imagine a family-friendly music, in a citizen’s house shortly after 1800, in Thalwil or Zurich. One sings, plays on the harp or the hammer piano, chats in between, exchanges ideas. The time is i
Born in Pozzaglio and grew up in Robecco d’Oglio.
Graduated from the violin making school of the hometown (Scuola Statale di Liuteria di Cremona I.P.I.A.L.L.).
Restoration with Gimpel Solomon (class
At the age of 10 I took the first violin lessons and played for several years enthusiastically in youth orchestras. As early as 12, I was firmly
committed : “I want to become a violinist.”
Baumgartner has been a well known name in violin making circles for more than 80 years. Fritz Baumgartner senior opened his business in Basel in 1920 and was later succeeded by his son, Fritz Baumgart
PHILLIP CRAY
Phillip Cray is an independent violin maker based in Basel
Switzerland. He attended the Newark School of violin
Making (NSVM), in Newark-on-Trent, England, where he
earned his diploma wit
ILVIOLINO, ATELIER FUR STREICHINSTRUMENTE GMBH
Pasquier and Scheurenberg met in 1992 at the violin maker Otto Karl Schenk. Philippe Pasquier absolved his apprenticeship in violin making with Schenk, a
ULRIKE DEDERER
I was born in Stuttgart in 1969. After finishing secondary school in 1989 I attended the International School of Violinmaking in Cremona, studying for four years with Vincenzo Bissolott
FRANCINE HUMBERT-DROZ
Francine Humbert-Droz was born in La-Chaux-de-Fonds in a family of watchmakers and music lovers. Very early in classical music, she studied violin at the Conservatoire of her cit
