Villa Marcello
Via San Giuseppe 13 - 26100 Cremona
Telephone: 037235680 Fax: 037235680
e-mail: marcello@villaviolins.it Web site: www.villaviolins.it
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Marcello Villa was born in Monza on the 21st March 1965, presently living and working in Cremona. He began studying the violin when he was twelve later enrolling in the International School of Violinmaking in Cremona. He obtained his diploma in 1983 under the guidance of masters Giorgio Scolari and Stefano Conia. He obtained the highest possible results in his final year receiving a scholarship of special merits from the Walter Stauffer Foundation.
Working in the prestigious atelier of Stefano Conia he was able to broaden his own experience and began to participate in his first competitions receiving his first awards. Marcello Villa has been awarded the following prizes: finalist in Poznan (1986); gold medal at the Bagnacavallo Young Violinmaker's competition (1986); gold medal at the Baveno competition (1987); gold medal for the quartet presented in the Bagnacavallo Violinmaking Exposition (1990); silver medal at the 6th Violinmaking Triennal in Cremona (1991) and lastly two gold medals for violin and cello in the Bagnacavallo Exposition in 1992.
Marcello Villa makes violins, violas and cellos, particularly favouring Stradivarian models. He also makes a considerable amount of Baroque instruments and above all copies of the decorated Stradivarian instruments such as Hellier and the Greffuhle.
Working in the prestigious atelier of Stefano Conia he was able to broaden his own experience and began to participate in his first competitions receiving his first awards. Marcello Villa has been awarded the following prizes: finalist in Poznan (1986); gold medal at the Bagnacavallo Young Violinmaker's competition (1986); gold medal at the Baveno competition (1987); gold medal for the quartet presented in the Bagnacavallo Violinmaking Exposition (1990); silver medal at the 6th Violinmaking Triennal in Cremona (1991) and lastly two gold medals for violin and cello in the Bagnacavallo Exposition in 1992.
Marcello Villa makes violins, violas and cellos, particularly favouring Stradivarian models. He also makes a considerable amount of Baroque instruments and above all copies of the decorated Stradivarian instruments such as Hellier and the Greffuhle.