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Contributors
LORENZO FRIGNANI
(Giuseppe Sgarbi, page 52) is president of the Italian Association of Professional Luthiers (ALI) and has written and edited several publications on classical instrument making and antique plucked instruments. He is currently engaged in research on the conservation and cataloguing of historical instruments.
BOB GILLESPIE
(Teaching adolescents, page 46) is professor of string education and string pedagogy at Ohio State University in Columbus, OH, US. He is a past national president of the American String Teachers Association (ASTA). In 2020 he will receive its Paul Rolland Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to string pedagogy.
CHRISTINE HOOCK
(Technique, page 84) is professor of double bass at the University of Salzburg and president of the International Sperger Society for double bass. She gives masterclasses worldwide, performs at international festivals and releases CDs encompassing repertoire from early music to jazz and modern electronic works.
ALEX LAING
(Books, page 100) is artistic director (music) of the King’s High School in Warwick. He is also the founder and leader of the Darwin Ensemble, coach and conductor for the National Children’s Orchestra of Great Britain, and conductor and tutor for the Benedetti Foundation.
THEO MARKS
(Trade Secrets, page 68) received a masters degree in fine arts in the Netherlands before attending the Scuola di Liuteria in Parma, Italy. He currently builds violins, violas and cellos in Weesp, just outside Amsterdam, and two of his violas are played by members of the city’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
HUGH WITHYCOMBE
(Madder root pigments, page 38) makes and restores violins, violas and cellos in Canberra, Australia. He is a regular participant at the Oberlin Violin Makers Workshop in Ohio, US