Roberto Collini
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It was a great honour for me to have built an instrument dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the TATSUNOYA company. This opportunity made me incredibly proud, as I consider your company to be a very important global benchmark in the art of violin making. I hope that you will continue to spread this message of art, quality and professionalism, as you have done over the years.
Roberto Collini has devoted himself to the violin ever since he was a child by first playing the violin and then in 1979 attending the “International school of Violinmaking” in Cremona under the guidance of Maestro Giorgio Scolari, were he graduated in 1983 with the maximum score. He then completed his studies as an apprentice in M. Scolari's workshop.
He has been working in Crema (Cremona) since 1983 and for several years continued completing his professional training with two of Italy's most important living makers Maestro Arnaldo Morano and Maestro Gio Batta Morassi were he refined his artistic point of view and acquired greater knowledge of classical Italian Instruments. In the same period he achieved his bo diplomamaking under the guidance of Maestro bow maker Giovanni Lucchi.
Today many famous musicians from the La Scala orchestra, Tuscany orchestra, Fenice Theater, Verona Arena, and the San Remo orchestra.
In 1996 he made a quartet for the Turin quartet.
He has been officially recognized in many violinmaking competitions such as winning gold medal for violin in 1984 Bagnacavallo young violinmakers competition. Eighth position for viola in the 1985 Cremona International Triennal. Prize for best sounding violin in the 1987 Contemporary violinmakers exhibition. Silver medal for violin, silver medal for viola and fifth position for cello in the 1988 Cremona International Triennal. Gold medal for violin at the 1988 thirteenth Bagnocavallo Competition. Bronze medal for viola at the 1989 Baveno Competition. Gold medal for viola at the 1992 Bagnocavallo Competition. Bronze medal for viola at the 1993 International Competition in Mittenwald (Germany). Staffer prize at the 1993 Baveno Competition. Certificate of merit for violin tone at the 1996 twelve Internationl Competition “Violin Society of America” in Albuquerque (New Mexico). Gold medal for violin and cello at the 1997 Baveno Competition. Since the year 2000 Roberto Collini has been a member of Entente International Society of violin and Bow Makers.
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