Florian Leonhard (born 1963 in

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) is a London-based violin maker, dealer, restorer and expert.Pithers, Ellie (4 April 2014)
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''. 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 & Sons becoming head restorer.

Career

His firm, Florian Leonhard Fine Violins, has restored and supplied instruments by Stradivarius and the

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family for renowned players including

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and Alina Ibragimova as well as to competition winners. Florian Leonhard has appeared on

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'', on subjects relating to investment in instruments and their preservation. ''

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'' described him as "the world´s leading expert on fine violins" and the as ''

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'' a "world-leading authority on fine violins". He was a jury member at the

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, Henryk Wieniawsky and George Enescu violin competitions.. He was on the jury of the 2012 Israeli Music Competition and Ernest Bloch Music Competition. He is a regular contributor to books and articles and has published the book, ''The Makers of Central Italy''. Florian is also president of the Pisogne Making Competition in Cremona.

Publications

* ''The Makers of Central Italy: Marche and Umbria'', Fantigrafica 2011; Olwell, Greg (March 2012)
"''The Makers of Central Italy'': A new book by a noted violin maker and dealer covers an under-appreciated region of Italy"
* ''Ein Bildband zum 200. Geburtstag von Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume''. Bocholt 1998; (with

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