Christophe Landon

〜Message〜

Congratulations on your 100th anniversary.
We express our deepest respect and heartfelt congratulations for the unwavering success built through your tireless efforts.
We sincerely wish your company continued growth and prosperity.

創立100周年、誠におめでとうございます。
長年にわたるたゆまぬ努力により築き上げられた揺るぎない成功に、深く敬意を表すると
ともに、心よりお祝い申し上げます。
御社が今後ますますご発展され、いっそうのご繁栄を遂げられますことを、心よりお祈り申し上げます。

Violin EXPO 2025

Christophe Landon, who made his first violin when he was fifteen, is a prize-winning violin maker, restorer, and a world-renound dealer. Landon is equally skilled in violin and bow making, two exacting and different skills. He won the Gold Medal for the sound of his assymetrical viola in 1983 and the first prize in Maurice Vieux competition in 1986.

Landon also buys and sells very fine Italian instruments and rare old French bows. On a non-stop learning course that began at age fifteen, the luthier spent his summer vacations at the Mirecourt School in France and apprenticed, interned, and was tutored in some of the most revered workshops and ateliers in the world: Jean-Jacques Pages in Mirecourt, Max Möller in Amsterdam, Stephane Tomachot in Paris.

Coming to New York in 1984, he worked with experts Jacques Français and Rene Morel, later opening his own shop in 1986.

Now, across from Lincoln Center on Manhattan's Upper West Side, Christophe Landon Rare Violins names among it's clients members of the New York Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Guarneri String Quartet, and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam.

His space is a popular stop for students from nearby academies, concert violinists, and artists who favor both Landon's modern instruments, (Strings magazine highlighted Landon in a 1996 cover story “Remarkable Instruments — Visionary Makers”), and his indisputable connoisseurship of the world's finest and rare instruments and bows.

15歳でヴァイオリン製作を始めた。製作者・修復家・ディーラーで、弦楽器と弓製作の両方に精通している。ミルクールやパリ、アムステルダムの名工のもとで修業し、1984年の渡米後、1986年にニューヨークで自身の工房を設立。ヴィオラで金賞、Maurice Vieux competitionで1位受賞などの実績を持つ。現在はリンカーンセンター向かいに構える「Christophe Landon Rare Violins」で、世界の一流演奏家に楽器と弓を提供。鑑定にも定評がある。

Instruments & Bows for Tatsunoya 100th Anniversary