Ironico Gianfranco
CONTACTS
Via Bella Chioppella, 13A - 26100 Cremona
+39 392 122 7397
Born on December 25th 1977, in Gioia del Colle county of Bari.
Moved to Cremona, he graduates at Liuthery school IPIALL Antonio Stradivari in 2008, under the guide of Maestro Giorgio Scolari.
On January 2009, he started his activity of crafting and restoration of bowed instruments.
On May 2022, he gets the "Personality prize" at the XIIIº Concorso Internazionale di Liuteria ANLAI of Pisogne. In November of the same year, he gets the 12nd rank with his Violin at the 9th International Liuthery contest of Mittenwald (Germany), in the "Replica" category.
On June 2023, he gets the first prize in the category "Antiqued Cellos", at the XVIIº Concorso Internazionale di Liuteria ANLAI of Pisogne.
He is actually based in Cremona, with his workshop in Via Bella Chioppella 13A, where he crafts his instruments with the traditional Cremonese's methods and techniques.