Ryosuke Ito

Japanese luthier, based in Cremona

joined BdA in 2022

Ryosuke Ito was born in Osaka Japan in 1980.

He has loved music and crafts since childhood.

He started working at a musical instrument workshop in 2003 while studying English and music abroad in Ireland.

During his time in Ireland, he made and repaired guitars, mandolins, bouzoukis, hurdy-gurdys and other instruments. However, he wanted to start studying violin making from scratch and enrolled in an Italian school in 2008.

He learned instrument making from Wanna Zambelli and repairs from Allesandro Voltini and Claudio Amighetti. After graduating from the school in 2012, he frequented Davide Sora‘s workshop for advice. In order to improve his restoration technique, he attended a violin and Bow restoration course and completed it in 2017. He studied violin restoration from Luca Baratto and Barthélemy Garnier and bow restoration from Emilio Slaviero and Lorenzo Lazzarato in addition he studied stringed instruments such as guitar and mandolin with Bob van de kerckhove.

After completing the course, he trained at the workshop of Mr Alberto Giordano, who is also known as the manager of Cannone, and later he started working as a restoration manager at the workshop of Jens G Jhohanson in Cremona. He uses his experience in restoring old violins when making new instruments.

When making musical instruments he does not just imitate the old masters but thinks about what kind of musical instruments they would make if they possessed current tools and modern knowledge. He also makes his own varnishes, pigments and purfling etc. to create his ideal instrument.

He is interested in folk music as well as classical music, and he produces instruments from not only the violin family but also nyckelharpa, mandolin etc. in his own style using the technique of violin making.

Piore Pielaszek – ‘Il Triennale’

Silver medal at the 16th Triennale Violin Making Competition in Cremona. Bespoken for BdA, in 2021

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Piotr Pielaszek – ‘Selva‘

Silver medal at the 14th International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Making Competition Bespoken for BdA, in 2020

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Piotr Pielaszek – ‘Dali‘

Gold medal at the 14th International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Making Competition Bespoken for BdA, in 2020

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Prizes

2021

2^ndprize with a viola at 8^th National Violin making Competition A.N.L.A.I, 2014

1^stprize with a viola at 9^th National Violin making Competition A.N.L.A.I, 2015

3^rdprize with a violin at International Violin making Competition Citta` di Roma 2016

Honable Mention Diploma with violin and viola at Malta International Violin Making Competition 2017

The Best Articulated Responding Sound Viola at Malta International Violin Making Competition 2017

2^nd prize with a viola at 8^th International Violin Making Competition Sesto Fiorentino 2017

3^rdprize with a viola in professional category at International Violin making Competition “Andrea Postacchini-Alessandro Riccucci” 2019

2^nd prize with a viola in professinal category at at10^th International Violin Making Competition Sesto Fiorentino 2019

Finalist(5th position) and Special prize of Polish Union of Artist violin makers “The Luthier’s Art in Poland” for the best non-polish Finalist at 14^th International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Making Competition 2021

3^rdprize with a cello in professional category at 12th International Violin making Competition “ANLAI Pisogne” 2021

In today’s international violin making competitions, the performance of Asian luthiers is unique, among them, the performance of Asian luthiers who have lived in Cremona for a long time is even more outstanding. Asian luthiers have their own unique advantages. In Cremona, atmosphere of long-term influence, as well as the guidance of famous Maestro, in recent years, the performance is very eye-catching.

Under the guidance of two famous Maestro, the level of Ryosuke Ito’s work is very high. He studied in the studio of Davide Sora, the famous contemporary maker of Cremona, for three years. After that, he practiced in the studio of Alberto Giorndano – gardian of Paganini’s Famous Guarneri “Il Cannone”.

Ryosuke Ito not only has the delicacy and meticulousness of Asian luthier, but also absorbs Davide Sora’s unique style and a lot of classical traditional knowledge from Alberto Giorndano.

Ryosuke Ito is a young luthier who is willing to experiment with new technologies and materials. Many of the latest techniques, you can find on his instruments. A special sound box closing derived from the Milanese school; The built-in carbon fibre reinforcement used to hold the Angle of the neck, the special protective covering of the soundpost area on the panel, and so on, can be found in his instruments. These techniques and techniques do not change the appearance of the instrument but contribute greatly to the sound and durability of the instrument.

Making his own lack colours

Nyckelharpa

Ryosuke Ito, Made in 2018

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Ryosuke Ito’s work was done by him alone. This also includes cooking the varnish and natural lake extracted by himself, etc.

He is interested in folk music as well as classical music, and he produces instruments from not only the violin family but also nyckelharpa, mandolin etc. in his own style using the technique of violin making

How does it sound

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Recording from 14th International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Making Competition, Poznań

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Violin DALI - Piotr Pielaszek (Poland) - luthier | Stage 3, concert hall

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Violin SELVA - Piotr Pielaszek (Poland) - luthier | Stage 3, chamber hall

Agata Szymczewska plays the DALI violin made by Piotr Pielaszek (Poland), awarded the 1st prize

Violin DALI - Piotr Pielaszek (Poland) - luthier | Stage 3, chamber hall

Violin SELVA - Piotr Pielaszek (Poland) - luthier | Stage 3, concert hall

Agata Szymczewska plays the SELVA violin made by Piotr Pielaszek (Poland), awarded the 2nd

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Two consultants

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Long term maintenance

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