Martin Horvat, Violinmaker

Martin Horvat was born in Vienna in 1969. He received a thorough musical education in Vienna (cello, piano, trumpet, composition). He quickly developed a great interest in the sounds made by musical instruments.

He started his training as a violin maker in Holland, where he made musical instruments within the field of music therapy (Choroi – Holland – Netherlands Schoorl).

Following this, he moved to Cremona, where he graduated as a violin maker from the International violin making School (I.P.I.A.L.L. Antonio Stradivari, Cremona) under the guidance of the masters Maurizio Tadoli and Claudio Amighetti.

During a course organised by the Lombardy Regional government he had the following teachers: Eduardo Gorr, Loeiz Honoré, Bernhard Neumann, Michael Schimpf and Jean -Alexandre Narros. He continued his training by working in the workshops of M.Ardoli – E.Barcellari and Marco Nolli.

In 2004 he opened his own workshop in Cremona in Via Gioconda.

Work
My work is the result of a long journey of research into the issues of resonance, theory and the phenomenology of sound as well as practical experimentation.

I have made a large number of instruments which are prototypes for innovative musical instruments). These experiences have guided me in the construction of new stringed instruments as well as the restoration of ancient instruments.