Scott Shu-Kun Cao is one of the most famous violin makers in the world. His
instruments are renowned for their superior tone, great sound projection, ande-
legance. In the past 15 years, he has won quite a few international violin-making com-
petition awards. Five out of six times, Scott’s instruments were awarded "tone pr-
ize" by theInternational Competition Committee of Violin Society of America.
For the past ten years,Scott has been devoting himself not only to the study of
world famous violin models but to making copies of them. As an experienced lu-
thier, Scott can tailor his instruments to meet the tonal preference and requirem-
ents of special players.
In recent years, more and more internationally renowned string players and coll-
ectors have set high values on Mr. Scott Cao’s instruments. Many of them own and
collect Scott’sviolins. Itzhak Perlman, one of the greatest violinist in the world,
highly praisedScottas “one of the best makers I have met.” Moreover, Gidon Kremer,
Nigel Kennedy, Misha Misky,Yaoji Lin, Zhongguo Sheng, Lina Yu, Bin Huang, and
Nan Xie own and use Scott’s violins for their concerts.