Vittorio and Marcello Villa are Italian violin makers. In their workshop in Cremona, Italy, they make violins, violas, cellos, bowed baroque instruments
according to Stradivari, Guarneri, Amati's violinmaking style.
Marcello and Vittorio Villa luthiers have also been teachers at IPIALL, the
violinmaking school in Cremona.
In the world there are many words that indicate the same job: violin maker,
fiddle maker, luthier, geigenbauer, geigenmaker, etc.. The Italian word for
luthier is liutaio. Violinmakers from Italy are considered the best in the
world. Although many people make violins, only few are actually professional
makers of fiddles. Marcello and Vittorio Villa are also well known as makers of
inlaid decorated instruments (violini intarsiati).
Have you ever seen a Villa violin, viola or cello? You can find their violins in
many important classical music places in the world, sometimes even along with
Stradivarius instruments: orchestras, string quartets, music schools and, of
course this web site!
Marcello Villa e Vittorio Villa
violinmakers
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in Cremona Italy
latest update on August 24, 2008
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Vittorio Villa was born in Monza in 1961. He has a Conservatory Diploma in Violin playing and has performed as a violinist with important Italian orchestras. He graduated in 1992 at the International School of Violin-making in Cremona.
Also teacher at the same institute, he furthermore had the opportunity to research the aspects of physical acoustics in the field of bowed instruments. It is due to this background, both as a performer and as a researcher, that Vittorio Villa's instruments are sought after by musicians for their sound quality in addition to their fine workmanship.
Vittorio Villa, finalist in several Italian and international violin making competitions, prefers to base his work on the classic Stradivari, Guarneri and Amati patterns and he also builds reproductions of famous antique instruments. He also at times still plays in local chamber ensembles.
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Marcello Villa was born in Monza in 1965. He graduated in 1983 at the International School of Violin-making in Cremona, obtaining the highest possible merit in his final year.
Marcello Villa was awarded in many violin making competitions as you can read in his web pages.
His instruments distinguish themselves for many reasons: beauty and fine acoustics. For many years he has been dedicated to the reproduction of classical Italian instruments. He has made copies of instruments by Andrea Amati, Nicola Amati, Andrea Guarneri, Francesco Ruggeri, Guarneri del Gesù, Antonio Stradivari, all of which have been particularly appreciated in the U.S.A., Germany and Japan.
Baroque-specialised musicians have shown great interest in his period instruments: viola d'amore, viola da gamba, pochette, lira da braccio, baroque violin, baroque viola, baroque cello.
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