Newly built instruments with Giovanni Gnocchi

Gudrun Kremeier trained at the violin-making school in Mittenwald and subsequently worked for Vincent Loerakker and the firm Max Möller. She has been working at Andreas Post Amsterdam since 1995. In 2001, she passed her ‘Meisterprüfung’. She regularly takes part in workshops, including the Oberlin Violin Makers workshop in Ohio. Website Gudrun Kremeier

Guust François (1956) trained as a violin maker under Francesco Bissolotti at the Scuola Internazionale di Liuteria in Cremona from 1978 to 1982. Together with fellow students, he subsequently ran a shared workshop in Campo Corto, Tuscany, where he also spent two seasons as a cellist in the Bagni di Lucca festival orchestra. After working for McGhee and Keene in New York, he opened his own workshop in Amsterdam in 1993. He builds (viola) violins and cellos, both Baroque and modern; he also restores and deals in instruments.

Cello maker

Anne Diana Grohman lives in the central Pyrenees, surrounded by welcoming and generous nature. Her workspace is dedicated to share and exchange with musicians and integrate them in the making process of hand made instruments. Through diverse training in France (Nice), Belgium (Antwerp), Italy (Milan) and Germany (Berlin) she got a modern perspective of violin making. It is rooted in the Italian tradition though, which for me is born out of the simplicity and purity of a complex work following the rhythms of nature. As an instrument maker she wants to create something real, meaning it has to bear a very special energy appropriate to the musician. Grohmann: '' I think that we’re told of universal beauty by nature: it’s only through our senses that we can perceive it! I feel connected to the change and evolution of our time, which requires a search for new resources and a reasonable use of techniques and materials.Using traditional tone wood with best performances and experimenting with regional woods from the french pyrenees such as cherry, apple, willow, walnut or pear wood makes me happy.''

Theo Marks studied violinmaking at the Scuola di Liuteria di Parma under Renato Scrollavezza and has now been professionally active for over 20 years. His instruments are played internationally by quartet musicians and in major orchestras including the Concertgebouworkest.  He regularly attends the Oberlin Violinmaking Workshop.