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Contributors
FANY BOUREL
(Trade Secrets, page 80) is a luthier based in Chemillé-en-Anjou, near Angers, France. She graduated from the Newark School of Violin Making in 2002 and was for many years the assistant of François Denis in Paris.
JORDI PINTO
(In Focus, page 77) is the current director of the Casa Parramon workshop, founded in Barcelona in 1897. His major passion is the study and investigation of Catalan and Spanish violin makers from the 18th century to the present day.
MISHA GALAGANOV
(Yuri Kramarov, page 70) is professor of viola and chair of strings at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, TX, US. In addition to teaching, performing, and writing reviews and articles, he coordinates several string and chamber music programmes and serves on the board of the American Viola Society.
ANDREW RYAN
(Making Matters, page 86) is an American violin maker whose work displays his comprehensive knowledge of the Cremonese tradition, his musical experiences as a violinist, and the practical application of his research into violin acoustics.
MARK PEMBERTON
(Books, page 117) is director of the Association of British Orchestras (ABO), which exists to champion, connect and develop professional orchestras across the UK. He is chair of the National Music Council, which exists to promote the interests of the music sector as a whole.
MARCOS SANTOS
(Technique, page 96) is an educator specialising in psychopedagogy. He graduated from the Instituto de Ensino Superior de Bauru, Brazil, and obtained a doctorate in violin performance from the University of Alabama. He is a professor of violin at the University of São Paulo.