Thomas Meuwissen

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Thomas Meuwissen (born 25 March 1966, in

Thomas Meuwissen was trained at the British Newark School of Violin Making, later developing his skills in the workshops of Premysl Špidlen in Praag, and Fréderic Chaudière in Montpellier.^{[citation needed]} He now lives and works in Brussels, and has been the ‘violin-maker in residence’ at the Royal Conservatory since 1993. His work is held in private and public collections at Royal Conservatory of Brussels in Belgium,^[1] The Beckett Collection in the UK,^[2] Muziekinstrumentenfonds in the Netherlands,^[3] and Dextra Musica in Norway.^{[citation needed]}

In 2006, Thomas Meuwissen was elected to the International Association of Violin and Bow Makers.^[4]

Rewards

Thomas Meuwissen was awarded at various international violin making competitions:

• Concours de lutherie et d’archèterie de Paris (Brons, 1999)^{[citation needed]}
• Concorso Antonio Stradivarius, Cremona (Distinction, 2002)^[5]
• British Violin Making Association Competition, Londen (Honorary mention, 2004)^{[citation needed]}
• Violin Society of America Competition (Certificate of Merit for workmanship, 2004)^[6]
• Internationaler Geigenbauwettbewerb Mittenwald (Zilver, 2005)^{[citation needed]}
• Strad Cello and Bow Making Competition, Manchester (Zilver, 2007)^{[citation needed]}
• Violin Society of America Competition (Certificate of Merit for sound, 2008)^[7]

References

External links

Media related to Thomas Meuwissen at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website