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An international exhibition of fine contemporary violin and bow making runs throughout the festival and displays instruments and bows from some of the leading makers in the field. The exhibition is comprised of both baroque and modern violin, viola, cello and double bass and baroque, transitional and modern bows for the quartet.
The makers will be present, some will be working at their benches and all will be available to meet and to discuss their work. All of the instruments and bows in the exhibition are available for trial and most are available for sale. An instrument and bow maintenance and repair service will also be available throughout the festival.
Violin Talks are held alongside the exhibition in The Old Methodist Church, Bantry. All talks are free.
Baerbel Bellinghausen is devoted to sound: string instruments have been part of her life ever since her youth. She is...
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His sensitivity to music and its instruments led him at 19 years old to Newark School of Violin Making, England,...
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John Cockburn’s passion for violin making arose from lifelong obsessions with acoustics, craftsmanship, and music of all genres. Following stints...
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We are fascinated by sound. Understanding the acoustical properties of our instruments and their materials is the driving force in...
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Bertrand was born in Metz in eastern France and trained at the Mirecourt International Violinmaking School. After five years as...
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Eero Haahti (*16.12.1961) - started studying cello playing at the age of five with Arto Noras - 1977 made his...
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Michiel de Hoog has been making violins for over forty years. Born in Holland into an artistic family, he started violin...
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Originally from the united states, Ian has been living in Ireland since 2007. Ian started out in the violin trade...
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Jeremie Legrand began studying violin making at the National School of Mirecourt, France, at the age of 15. He worked...
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Conor Russell was born in Dublin, Ireland. He played the violin, and began making instruments at Cork School of Music....
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Violin maker Jan Strick and Bowmaker Pierre Guillaume have been jointly running Maison Bernard, the oldest lutherie workshop in Europe....
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Victor Bernard was born in 1985 near Paris, France. After being graduated from the Newark School of Violin Making in...
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Born into a family of violin makers, Doriane started her apprenticeship in 1994 in Mirecourt with Gilles Duhaut, in Brussels...
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Noel Burke began his bow making career in 1989 as apprentice to Charles Espey in Seattle Washington and later to...
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Emmanuel Carlier began his bow-making apprenticeship in 2005. Two years later, he joined Pierre Guillaume in Brussels with whom he developed his...
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The son of an American ship’s captain Charles Espey was raised in Singapore and Djakarta. During his twenties he pursued...
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Klaus Grünke learned the craft of bow making from his father Richard Grünke, in Bubenreuth. In the years 1980- 1982...
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Michiel (Mick) de Hoog 1956 Michiel de Hoog has been making violins for over forty years. Born in Holland into an...
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In September 1995, at the age of sixteen, I began my apprenticeship with my brother Jean-Pascal in Marseille, where I...
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Stéphane Thomachot was born in 1959 in Bourg-la-Reine, France, and studied bow making at Mirecourt under Bernard Ouchard from 1975...
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