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 Violin Master/Bow Maker, Xiantong Zhu
 Awarded First Place in the Violin Making Workmanship category from The Violin Makers Association of International Competition in 1997, Arizona.  Awarded First Place in the Violin Making Workmanship category from The Violin Makers Association of International Competition in 1997, Arizona.  Awarded First Place in the Violin Making Tone category from The Violin Makers Association of International Competition in 1997, Arizona.  This award was
received from the Markt Mittenwald German Competition held in Mittenwald,
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About Xiantong Zhu Winner of 2 Gold Medals and 1 Silver Medal
Xiantong Zhu, the owner of Resonance Violins began his career as a professional violinist with the ZheJiang State Symphony Orchestra in Hangzhou, China. Later, he developed an interest in violin making and thereafter attended The School of Violin Making at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. Following graduation, he returned to The Zhejiang State Symphony and remained there as the residence restorer and repairer. In 1990, Mr. Zhu came to the United States and began
his studies with Mr. Kotz, a famous violin & bow maker who has won 9 Gold Medals for violin and bow making from Cremona,Italy and VSA in the U.S
(The Violin Society of America). After Mr. Zhu acquired the Italian
traditional violin making style from Mr Kotz, his skills
enhanced tremendously and thereafter won a Silver Medal from the
VSA International Violin Making Competition -one of the most
prestigious violin making competitions in the world. In 1997, Mr. Zhu entered another competition-The Violin Makers Association of Arizona International Competition,during which Mr. Zhu was the only participant to be awarded 2 Gold medals in the category of both Tone and Workmanship. Shortly after, Mr. Zhu also received an award from the Markt Mittenwald German International Competition held in Mittenwald, Germany. In addition to violin making, Mr. Zhu also studied restorations at the workshop in
Oberlin College with Vahakn Nigogosian, a famous violin making and
restoring artist who has worked on hundreds of authentic Stradivarious at the world-renowned Sacconi Violin Shop in New York City. Mr. Zhu has worked at several violin shops before opening his own shop. He has over 30 years of experience and has done countless repairs and restorations for professional musicians and students. In recent years, Mr. Zhu devoted much of his time in bow making. He has traveled across the globe and studied under many world-renowned bow makers including Swiss born bow maker Pierre-Yves Fuchs (winner of many gold medals in the U.S and France), French gold medal bow maker Jean Grunberger,and well-known American bow maker and professor Lynn Hannings.
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