Rainer Beilharz began his violinmaking
career in 1982 at 18 years of age with John Ferwerda in
Melbourne, Australia. Rainers career has been one of continual
search for improvement based on an understanding of the
great masters of violin making in the eighteenth century.
Significant milestones include: |
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Seven years working in Germany,
including two years with Bernhard Franke , and three with
Antoine Muller in Stuttgart. |
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Journeymans certificate, Markneukirchen 1993 |
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Geigenbaumeister, Distinction, Mittenwald
1996 |
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Return to Australia as full time maker of
new instruments, 1997 |
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Co-organiser of the groundbreaking Violin
makers conferences in Guildford in 2003 and 2006. |
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Participation in the Oberlin violin making
workshops, USA, since 2007. |
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Rainer lives and works in Guildford in central
Victoria |
