Mecatti Michele

Michele Mecatti was born on 7th of January 1964 in Napoli.

In 1982, after finishing school, he attended the International School of Violin Makers in Cremona, studying with Maestro Francesco Bissolotti and graduating in 1986.

In 1988 he moved to France to specialise in restoration, and worked in Rue de Rome, Paris until 1990 with the teachers Pierre Barthel and Bernard Sabatier.

In 1990 in Paris he apprenticed in the maintenance and restoration of bows in the workshop of the Jean Grundberger.

He worked in France until 1997, self-employed from 1991 to 1994 and together with Antoine Laulhère and Giovanna Chittò from 1994 to 1997.

During 1997 he worked for the Musèe de la Musique of Paris, working on some restorations.

In 1998 he moved to Florence and opened the workshop with Maestro Paolo Sorgentone.

As from 2002 he teaches on the Specialization Course in Violin Making, one of the international courses in musical specialization organized by the Music School “Sinfonia” of Lucca.

Besides the construction of new instruments and copies, he works in restoration and maintenance of bows and commerce.

He is member of the Scientific Commitee which has taken care of the editing of the volume “Liuteria in Toscana – I Liutai del Novecento”.

His work is inspired by the work of past violin makers such as Nicola Gagliano, Pietro Guarnieri of Mantova and the brothers A. and G. Amati.