Florian Leonhard

Florian Leonhard (born 1963, in Düsseldorf) is a London-based violin maker, dealer, restorer and expert.[1] Florian has dedicated his life to studying, restoring and making violins. After studying in at Mittenwald School of Violin Making, he worked for W.E. Hill and Sons becoming Head Restorer.

Career

His firm, Florian Leonhard Fine Violins, has restored and supplied instruments by Stradivarius and the Guarnerius family for a number of renowned players including Leonidas Kavakos, Daniel Hope, Julian Lloyd Webber and Alina Ibragimova as well as to competition winners.[2]

Florian Leonhard has appeared on BBC,[3] CNBC,[4] and in the Economist,[5] on subjects relating to investment in instruments[6][7][8] and their preservation. The Daily Telegraph described him as "the world´s leading expert on fine violins",[9] the Financial Times "world-leading authority on fine violins".[10] He was a jury member at the Benjamin Britten, Karol Lipinski, Henryk Wieniawsky and George Enescu violin competitions.. He was on the jury of the 2012 Israeli Music Competition & Ernest Bloch Music Competition.[11] A regular contributor to books and articles and having published his book, The Makers of Central Italy. Florian is also President of the Pisogne Making Competition in Cremona.

Publications
  • Makers of Central Italy - Marche and Umbria, Fantigrafica 2011; ISBN 978-88-906383-1-2[12]
  • Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, Bocholt 1998; ISBN 3-00-002088-8 (with Stefan-Peter Greiner)

References
  1. The world of violin maker Florian Leonhard By Ellie Pithers 04 Apr 2014 in The Telegraph
  2. Your Menuhin Winners: Fukuda, Waarts take first in young violinist competition - Arts - The Austin Chronicle
  3. Florian Leonhard speaks on BBC News on YouTube
  4. Alternative Investing - Violins 07 DEC 2010
  5. From tree to concert hall: The sweet sound of nightingales | The Economist
  6. Trader sees profit in violinists playing beyond their means, Business section of The Guardian, Simon Bowers, 25 March 2008
  7. Campbell, R. A. J. "Fine violins as an alternative investment: Strings attached?." Pensions: An International Journal 13.1 (2008): 89-96.
  8. The Stradivarius Hedge: Investors Look to High-End Violins - TIME
  9. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/classicalmusic/10736794/The-world-of-violin-maker-Florian-Leonhard.html
  10. https://www.ft.com/content/aa42d7a8-2024-11e3-9a9a-00144feab7de
  11. 2012 Jury of Israeli Music Competition & Ernest Bloch Music Competition
  12. The Makers of Central Italy: A new book by a noted violin maker and dealer covers an under-appreciated region of Italy. By Greg Olwell posted March 2012
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