Swiss Luthier wins gold in Italy
Swiss violin maker Pierrick Sartre has won the gold medal at the 4th International Violin Making Competition in Pisogne, Italy.
Silver went to the South Korean Oh Dong Hyun, bronze to the German Andreas Haensel. The Italian Philip Protani won a special prize for sound, the German Christian Lijsen the Suzuki Prize. Around one hundred violin makers from eight countries took part in the competition.
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- Photo: Robert Fux
Born in 1982, Pierrick Sartre completed his training at the international violin making school in Cremona. He currently works in the Lausanne workshop of John-Eric Traelnes, where he restores old and new instruments and makes règlage.
