«Every day is a new start,
another occasion to learn more,
an invitation to surpass oneself.»
« Chaque jour est un recommencement, une nouvelle occasion d’apprendre davantage, une invitation à se surpasser.»
« Le Rachel »
Violin by Philippe Girardin, Milano, 2011, (inspired by the golden period of Antonio Stradivari).
« I can never thank enough Rachel Kolly D’Alba for everything that she has brought and taught me.
This violin is one of the best I’ve ever created. »
“Looking at a violin is like seeing a sculpture….
The artist would like to give ‘everything’ to every movement, to every detail of his instrument, hoping to reach an emotion of beauty.”
“Looking at a violin is like seeing a sculpture….
The artist would like to give ‘everything’ to every movement, to every detail of his instrument, hoping to reach an emotion of beauty.”
« I can never thank enough Rachel Kolly D’Alba for everything that she has brought and taught me.
This violin is one of the best I’ve ever created. »
« Le Ole Bull »
Violin by Philippe Girardin, Neuchâtel, 2010.
(Exact copy of Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù’s Ole Bull from 1744).
« This is the first copy I have built.
The only one and certainly the last.»
« This is the first copy I’ve built.
The only one and certainly the last.»
Violin by Philippe Girardin, Neuchâtel, 2010.
(Exact copy of Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù’s Ole Bull from 1744).
«My philosophy dreams that every instrument created has its own personality, to be unique.»
Violin by Philippe Girardin – Neuchâtel, 2008 (inspired by N. Amati)
Violin by Philippe Girardin – Neuchâtel, 2008 (inspired by N. Amati)