Isabelle Wilbaux Guadagnini model cello, Montreal, 2017 | Metzler Violins
[further details about this instrument are forthcoming]
About the Maker
Isabelle Wilbaux (1965- ) is a contemporary master luthier who was born in Tournai, Belgium and works out of Montréal, Canada. Wilbaux attended the historic Scuola Internazionale di Liuteria (International Violin Making School) in Cremona, graduating in 1988. She went on to study under Philippe Bodart in Besnçon, France, and Jose-Maria Lozano in Madrid. After her apprenticeships, Wilbaux opened her own atelier in Tournai, then Brussels, before moving to Montréal in 1998, where she has worked since. With four decades’ experience in instrument making, Wilbaux’s pieces are sought out by musicians for their warm, lush tone.
Wilbaux has been awarded several accolades for his instruments, including the Silver Medal for Tone from the Violin Society of America, as well as others for tone and workmanship from VSA for her violins, violas, and quartets. She has also earned three prizes, including the Sacconi Prize for Viola, from the Cremona Triennale International, a Bronze Medal for Violin from the Concours International de Lutherie et d’Archèterie in Paris, and Prize for Best Tone for Violin from the Mittenwald International Violin Making Competition. Wilbaux is a member of the American Federation of Violin and Bow Makers, Violin Society of America, Entente Internationale des Luthiers et Archetiers du Canada, and Collectif Lutherie Montréal.
https://wilbauxluthier.com/
Description
[further details about this instrument are forthcoming]
About the Maker
Isabelle Wilbaux (1965- ) is a contemporary master luthier who was born in Tournai, Belgium and works out of Montréal, Canada. Wilbaux attended the historic Scuola Internazionale di Liuteria (International Violin Making School) in Cremona, graduating in 1988. She went on to study under Philippe Bodart in Besnçon, France, and Jose-Maria Lozano in Madrid. After her apprenticeships, Wilbaux opened her own atelier in Tournai, then Brussels, before moving to Montréal in 1998, where she has worked since. With four decades’ experience in instrument making, Wilbaux’s pieces are sought out by musicians for their warm, lush tone.
Wilbaux has been awarded several accolades for his instruments, including the Silver Medal for Tone from the Violin Society of America, as well as others for tone and workmanship from VSA for her violins, violas, and quartets. She has also earned three prizes, including the Sacconi Prize for Viola, from the Cremona Triennale International, a Bronze Medal for Violin from the Concours International de Lutherie et d’Archèterie in Paris, and Prize for Best Tone for Violin from the Mittenwald International Violin Making Competition. Wilbaux is a member of the American Federation of Violin and Bow Makers, Violin Society of America, Entente Internationale des Luthiers et Archetiers du Canada, and Collectif Lutherie Montréal.
https://wilbauxluthier.com/
