Teaches
classes in the technique of making stringed instruments, varnishing
and restoration.
He
gives yearly pictures about radiography and on the lamp
of wood for the analysis of varnish, and on the tecnique
of endoscopy.
Curriculum
Born
in Cremona 5th March 1959.
As
a boy, had the opportunity to learn about wood-working starting
in his fatherĠs workshop and later with wood carvers and
cabinet-makers.
After
junior school he enrolled at the "A.Stradivari"Institute
of International Violin-Making in Cremona, attaining his
diploma in 1978 under the guidance of Maestro Gio-Batta
Morassi and verified by Maestro Sesto Rocchi.
His
violins are inspired by the great masters of the past and
include Stradivarius, Guarnerius and personal models.
A
balanced and harmonious style, with the use of mixed or
oil varnish coloured red-orange or amber, characterise his
work. Since 1981 he has taught at the "A.Stradivari"
Institute of International Violin-Making in Cremona.
Has
attended the course in violin restoration set up by the
National Committee for the Safeguards and Standards in violin-making,
under the discipline of Maestro Diepper of London.
As
an authority in the world of violin-making, he has been
an advisor at conservatories and music schools both in Italy
and abroad (United States, Mexico, Turkey, Spain, France
and Switzerland), and has worked in conjunction with importante
National and International Orchestras.
Always
open to exchanges in a cultural and professional sense,
he founded ALI (Associazione Liutai Italiani) and the Consorzio
Liutai e Archettai "A.Stradivari"in Cremona. From
1985 to 1988 collaborated with Prof. Ciro Moschella in the
publication of the book "Liuteria Moderna dall'Ottocento
al Novecento".
His
workshop in Corso Pietro Vacchelli no. 7, stands
in one of the places artistic interest in Cremona.
Musicians come to him from all over the world.
