I’ve been working for years with Peter Sheppard-Skaerved at the Royal Academy of Music on numerous projects about understanding and interpreting the history of the violin. As part of Knowledge Exchage, a Research England funded project, I was invited to film something about the craft of violin making. I thought I could either do it […]
Barak Norman (1651-1724) is one of the most distinctive and interesting makers of the violoncello, and this...
The first thing that I would like to do is to wholeheartedly commend the brilliant work of Marie Radepone...
The Voller Brothers are famous as forgers and copyists, but their work takes many forms including some...
Edward Pamphillon is one of the most prolific makers of 17th century England, but his instruments fall...
Some instruments keep recurring in Violins and Violinists and my favourite small viola is one of them...
