Petr Rácz is a native of Luby, a small town in West Bohemia with its rich tradition of violin making. It was an interest in the construction of musical instruments that brought him after finishing elementary school to the violin school in Luby. Here in 1993 under the leadership of Charles Zadražil and Emil Lupač - master violin makers – Petr Rácz successfully completed and became the best student of a four-year graduate study of Fine Arts and crafts of musical instruments – violin making.
Since 1994, he has been building on its own behalf master instruments and has been cooperating with the studio Akord Kvint. His art of violin making has improved due to the contribution of master violin makers Jan Poetzl, Arpad Sivak, Michael van Berkuma and Edward Schwena. He has participated in violin making competitions in Mittenwald in Germany, Italy Cremona, but also at home in the Czech Republic, for example in Náchod, where he gained another new experience.
The tonal quality of his violins, violas, cellos he consults with professors of the Prague Conservatory and members of the Dvorak Quartet.
His master instruments set out around the world. In the Czech Republic the violinists Anna Skálová, Jan Macečko, Jakub Junek, Margaret Dominikusová and other great young musicians play his instruments.
Since 2008 he has been a member of Artists' Circle of violin makers.
For the construction of violins he mostly uses the models of Stradivari, Guarneri del Gesu and in case of a specific request a different model can be built as well.
In 2009 and 2011 he devoted his instruments to the Violin Academy of Vaclav Hudeček for the best student, which is annually announced at the closing Gala concert in Luhačovice. In March 2012 he was admitted to the encyclopedia of personalities Who is Who Word Society Corporation.
Petr Rácz is a native of Luby, a small town in West Bohemia with its rich tradition of violin making. It was an interest in the construction of musical instruments that brought him after finishing elementary school to the violin school in Luby. Here in 1993 under the leadership of Charles Zadražil and Emil Lupač - master violin makers – Petr Rácz successfully completed and became the best student of a four-year graduate study ...
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