Where do violins, violas and cellos come from? All over the world!

It’s showtime for a living craft with a rich tradition: the international violin making exhibition VioViva Kronberg is making its debut in parallel to the Kronberg Festival.

40 luthiers, bow makers, string manufacturers and accessories suppliers will come together here to present instruments and bows from their workshops in what promises to be a highly interesting event for everyone, not just professionals!

All visitors will be able to view the masterpieces at close hand, and marvel at the fruits yielded by the labours of modern violin making.

Alfredo Clemente (Köln), Jörg Andreas Franke (Darmstadt), Geigenbau Wolfgang Schnabl (Bubenreuth), Bogenbau Klaus W. Uebel (Markneukirchen), Charles Cousins (Idstein), Christiane von Savigny (Isernhagen), Richard Grünke & Söhne (Langensendelbach), Michael Kaufmann (Bietigheim), C. Jochen Schmidt (Dresden), Robert Stepp (Stuttgart), Thomastik-Infeld GmbH, Thorsten Theis (Gummersbach-Karlskamp), Larsen Strings A/S, Uwe Lüdtke (Herbrechtingen), Pirastro GmbH, Urs W. Mächler (Dautpethal/Holzhausen), Dr. Jörg Kleinalstede (Werther), Stefan Johann Krattenmacher (Münchweiher), Instrumagic (Wald), Maria Strelnikova (Cremona, I), Hans-Peter den Daas Geigenbau (Beesel, NL), Felix Scheit Geigenbauer (Berlin), D‘Addario Europe Orchestral, Christo Marino (Cremona, I), Christian Guidetti (Locarno, I), Gonzalo Piarette (Ehrenkirchen), Rainer W. Leonhardt (Mittenwald), Wolfgang Kury & Caroline Krömelbein (Seeheim-Jugenheim), Anima Nova (Rastatt), Geigenbauerinnen Kollektiv München (München), Julian Dirr (Frankfurt a.M.), Luan Amorim (Cremona, I), Christopher J. Ebersberger (Möhrendorf), Ferdinand Seidl (Fürth), Gabriel Reinhold (Füssen), Sergio Alejandro Chanquia (Paris)

OPEN WORKSHOP: C. Jochen Schmidt (Dresden), Ekkard Seidl (Markneukirchen)