Born in Nowy Targ, 29th April 1962. He was studing Manufacture of Stringed Musical Instruments 1978-1982 at Kener Public Secondary School of Art in Zakopane. He continued his studies attending A.Krupa class in Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań. He obtained his master of Art degree by presenting baroque viola and his written work about Decorative Art in European Manufacture of Musical Instruments as base to attribution. Since 1988 he has been working as violin maker and conservator in Great Theatre in Warsaw. He has made 79 instruments including: 54 violins, 16 violas, 2 baroque violoncellists, 1 modern lutr of renaissance, teorba, chitarrone, 3 guitars and the violin and cellist strings. He also deals with conservating instruments and strings.
The first step to his further successes was gaining the first place in University Violin Makers Competition 1983 in Poznań. Participation in succeeding Violin Makers Competitions has brought the following achievements:
1991 – VI place in VII Wieniawski International Violin Makers Competition in Poznań; 1993 – V place in violin category in II International Violin Makers Competition in Mittenwald; 1994 – Złota Plakietana from Gio Batta Morassi in I W. Kamiński Polish Violin Makers Competition in Poznań; 1996 – IX place in IX H. Wieniawski International Violin Makers Competition in Poznań; 1997 – VI place in viola category in International Violin Makers Competition, V place in Nachod in Metelky, Golden medal for the highest musical value in III International Violin Makers Competition in Mittenwald ; 1998 – I place in violin category in Czajkowski International Violin Makers Competition in Moscow; 2005 – V place in viola category in International Violin Makers Competition in Mittenwald.
He was a part of jury during the following comprtitions: 1999 – III W. Kamiński Polish Violin Makers Competition in Poznań, 2001 – IV H. Wieniawski International Violin Makers Competition in Poznań, 2004 – IV W. Kamiński Polish Violin makers Competition in Poznań.
Since 1983 he is a member of ZPAL and a former member of Komisja Rewizyjna. Since 1994 he is a member of Komisja Kwalifikacyjna Związku. Right now, he is an executive member of ZPAL.
Born in Nowy Targ, 29th April 1962. He was studing Manufacture of Stringed Musical Instruments 1978-1982 at Kener Public Secondary School of Art in Zakopane. He continued his studies attending A.Krupa class in Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań. He obtained his master of Art degree by presenting baroque viola and his written work about Decorative Art in European Manufacture of Musical Instruments as base to attribution. Since 1988 he has been worki...
Lukasz,Wojciech
