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Andreja Jamšek

ANDREJA JAMšEK DICTUM NEW DESIGN AWARD 2022 Andreja Jamšek lives and work  as a restorer and conservator in Domžale, Slovenia. She graduated in 2008 from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design at the University of Ljubljana, majoring in restoration. In the beginning she  restored wall paintings for a few years, but for the last […]

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Waiwa Cheung

WAIWA CHEUNG SILVER VIOLIN & CELLO 2022 For 6 years’ training, James was under the direction of the French violin restoration expert–Vincent Gonthier. He was assisting Mr. Gonthier to restore over hundreds of instruments. James now is responsible for restoring the new and antique instruments in Violin Brothers. He has restored over 500 French and

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A K Alexander

GOLD VIOLA AND CELLO 2022 Aubrey graduated from the Violin Making School of America with honors. While still in school she began working at Moroz Violins, assisting John Moroz with instrument making, repair, and restoration. After graduating Aubrey continued working in the Moroz shop until she was asked to join the teaching staff at the VMSA,

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K S STRINGS

GOLD MEDAL VIOLIN 2022 K S STRINGS – Wong Zi Hui Wong Zi Hui started her career as a luthier since 2021 at KS Strings, a strings workshop located in Selangor, Malaysia. She has hands-on experience with instrument setups, minor repair and restoration works for both modern and antique instruments under the guidance of Wong

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Mylène Lassalle

SILVER MEDAL VIOLA 2022 Mylène Lassalle joined the National Violin making school of Mirecourt in 2008 to train as a violin maker. She then worked at Christian Charlemagne’s workshop in Lyon, where she learned for several years the rigour involved in restoration and sound adjustments. Her purpose being to specialize herself in manufacture, she deepened

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M P  Noykos

MERIT VIOLA 2021 Matthew Noykos, co-owner of Grand Rapids Violins, is an award-winning instrument builder and restorer, a member of the American Federation of Violin and Bow Makers. He has a Certificate of Lutherie from the Violin Making School of America in Salt Lake City, as well as a Bachelor’s of Music from Grand Valley State

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Carlos Portela

GOLD VIOLA 2021  Carlos Portela was born in 1984 in Viana do Castelo, Portugal. Passionate by music since very young age, he studied piano, although, from the beginning, his aim was to study violin. Being around his father’s workshop since his childhood, he started to make miniature instruments and aeromodeling. He started to study Arts

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Xiaodong Guan 

GOLD VIOLIN 2021 Xiaodong is a luthier with over 30 years of experience. He graduated from the Shenyang Conservatory of Music in 1988, after which he studied at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. Since the late 1990’s Xiaodong has been working in Ontario, Canada and currently owns the Stratford Violin Studio. Xiaodong makes

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Gregory Sapp

GOLD CELLO 2021– MERIT VIOLIN & VIOLA 2022 Gregory (Greg) Sapp provides high level restoration and repair services to musicians and shops all around the United States out of his shops in Illinois. Greg attended the Kenneth Warren & Son School of Violin Making (now the Chicago School of Violin Making), working under the guidance

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Shlomo Moyal

 GOLD OTHER MERIT VIOLIN MERIT CELLO 2021  – MERIT CELLO 2022 Shlomo Moyal graduated from the Cremona school for violin making (L.P.I.A.L.L) in 1994 and completed his training with leading luthiers in Berlin, Geneva and Cremona. Upon his return to his homeland of Israel in 1996, Mr. Moyal established his own workshop, alongside collaborating with

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