44th International Viola Congress

Hailing from St. Petersburg, Florida, Hannah Neman is a classically-trained timpani and percussion performer, music educator, and performance scholar. In 2016, Miss Neman completed a Master of Music in Percussion Performance at the Te Kōkī New Zealand School of Music (NZSM) a... Read More →

Violin Maker

I have more than 30 years experience as luthier in London including 17 years as Resident Luthier to the Royal College of Music. Before that member of the viola section London Symphony Orchestra and professor at the RCM. Main interests are setting up instruments keeping in mind individual... Read More →

I am now a retired Luthier after 40 years making, restoring and repairing Violins, Viola's and Cello. My rural based workshop near Cambridge is now operated by my son Mark... I am here at the Viola Congress to partly represent Sebastion Lowe ( Kiwi living in Denmark )...Visual Anthropologist... Read More →

Kenneth Martinson is the owner of Gems Music Publications, a company devoted to promoting rare and previously out of  print or unpublished viola scores to help broaden the available viola repertoire. Gems Music Publications has won 4 Paul Revere Awards from the American Music Publishers... Read More →

My specialisations: * Instrument set-ups for violins and violas. * Approaches and options to improve the tone and playability of violins, violas and 'cellos. * New instrument construction approaches, particularly for violas. * Restoration and repairs for bowed string instruments... Read More →

SOUNZ, the Centre for New Zealand Music provides and promotes music by New Zealand composers.

Specialised in small-mid sized comfortable violas of 15-16inch. 15inch viola video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPgUL4CYIjs https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnk4UGCuRahEOhMLNt1D1yg My teacher is Michael Darnton in Chicago, a well respected and experienced luthier... Read More →

Full time professional maker with a special interest in viola sound. I enjoy combining traditional techniques with modern innovations to create quality instruments full of character, power and responsiveness