Award Winning Master Violin MakerGunter Lobe |
1977 Apprenticeship as a violinmaker in Bubenreuth and Mittenwald (Germany) 1980 2nd prize in the national "Competition for Young Craftsmen" (Leistugswettbewerb der Handwerksjugend") 1987 Master's degree with a diploma of distinction 1989 Silver medal for a violin at the International Violinmakers' Competition in Mittenwald, Germany 1994 Silver medal for a viola at the 7th International Violinmakers' Antonio Stradivari Competition in Cremona, Italy 1997 Award for a cello at the Triennale Internazionale of string instruments in Cremona, Italy 1997 2nd prize in the category "sound" for a cello in the 3rd International Violinmakers' Competition in Mittenwald 2001 International Violinmakers' Jakobus Steiner Competition: special prize for a Matteo-Goffriller cello 2003 Premiere of a new cello (a copy of one by Domenico Montagnana) at the International Music Fair in Frankfurt (Germany) 2003 Best German violinmaker in the category violin at the Triennale Internazionale in Cremona 2006 Special prize for the second-best violin (Guarneri model) at the 11th International Violinmakers Antonio Stradivari Competition in Cremona, Italy 2008 Elected head of the craft guild of string instruments (Erlangen, Germany) |
Gunter Lobe Master Violin, 2016 Guearneri del Gesu ‘King’ 1735 Include certificate by Gunter Lobe |