My History
A lifetime
in the making.
A short story of an atelier — told quietly, through the instruments and places that have shaped it.
- 1984
First instrument
I built my first violin in 1984. It was the beginning of something I did not yet have words for — the quiet pull of wood, glue and patience that has shaped my life ever since.
- 1990s
Violin Making School, Leksand
Years of formal training in Sweden taught me the discipline of the classical tradition: hand-graduated plates, hot hide glue, and the long geometry of the f-hole. The bench became a teacher of its own.
- Apprenticeships
New York & Prague
Time spent restoring fine instruments in two great cities, listening to soloists describe what they hear. The hands learn slowly what the ear already knows.
A note
“Every violin I build carries a small part of the people, places and silences that taught me how to listen.”