Mathijs Adriaan Heyligers (born 1957 in
Naarden, the
Netherlands) is a violin maker living in
Cremona
Cremona (, also ; ; lmo, label= Cremunés, Cremùna; egl, Carmona) is a city and ''comune'' in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po river in the middle of the ''Pianura Padana'' ( Po Valley). It is the capital of th ...
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Italy since 1975. He studied at the International School of Violin Making of Cremona and at the Violin Making School of
Parma under the guidance of Renato Scrollavezza.
Having trained from a very young age also as a
violinist (he studied with the granddaughter of Finnish composer
Jean Sibelius) and continuing to play in public today, Mr. Heyligers has a profound understanding of musicians’ needs in terms of sound quality and playability. His instruments, made in the classic Cremona tradition, can be found worldwide and are especially appreciated in the U.S.A. and Japan.
Mathijs Heyligers has won awards in violin making at the international competitions of
Salt Lake City, U.S.A. and
Kassel
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, Germany and is founding member of the
A. Stradivari Consortium of Violin and Bow Makers of Cremona, where he served as vice-president. Mr. Heyligers has also taught violin making at the
International Violin Making School of Cremona.
References
External links
* Consortium of Violin Makers A. Stradivari Cremon
* E-cremona web magazin
"Counterfeit Heyligers instrument on eBay" in Italian language, May 28, 2008.
* BBC News Europ
"Cremona violins thrill Virtuosi" May 25, 2007.
* Wereld Expa
"Master Violin Maker in the City of Stradivarius" in Dutch language, August 9, 2006.
External links
Official website
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1957 births
Living people
Bowed string instrument makers
Dutch violinists
Male violinists
People from Naarden
21st-century violinists
21st-century male musicians