Ornella Ceci violinmaker

I was born in Bari, south Italy, in 1980. I started my training in stringed instrument making and repair in 2005, after a Degree in Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bari. My first teacher was my father Arturo Ceci, a very well known luthier, piano tuner, and restorer in Bari. After a few years of work in my home town as an instrument maker, repairer, and bow rehairer,  I decided to improve my knowledge in 2014 in North Italy following stages in Turin and Milan.
In 2015 I had the opportunity of an internship in the workshop of maker and restorer Master GUUST FRANCOIS in Amsterdam. Here I made my  first “dutch” instrument, a viola.  In April 2017 I took a course in the restoration of String Instruments at WEST DEAN COLLEGE in Chirchester (England). My tutors were Master WARREN BEALY (a maker and restorer in Canada), Master GUDRUN KREMEIER (a restorer in Amsterdam ) and Master IRIS CARR (restorer in London an expert in retouching techniques and treaning).