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Canadian Bow Maker Michael Vann was trained in
New York City in the shop of the world renowned master Bow Maker William
Salchow. Since embarking on his career in 1975 he has won six
international and more than a dozen Canadian awards for his bows which
have been acquired by such notables as Pinchas
Zukerman, Amanda Forsyth, Pierre Fournier, Ruggiero Ricci, Steven
Dann, James Ehnes, Regis Pasquir, France, Steven Staryk, Canada, Eugene Fodor, USA,
Jessica Linnebach, Canada,
Sidney Harth, USA, Pieter Schoeman, France, Gwen Hoebig, Canada, Gabriel
Magyar, (Hungarian String Quartet), Nikolaj Znaider, Denmark, Lena
Neudauer, Germany, Nikki Chooi, Timmy Chooi, The New Brunswick String Quartet (Canada), The
Franciscan String Quartet (U.S.A.) The Amernet String Quartet, USA, The
Colorado Strings Quartet, (U.S.A.), The Manfred String Quartet.
(France), The St. Lawrence String Quartet, Canada, The Miro String
Quartet, USA, The Daedalus String Quartet, USA, just to name
a few. He was also recently commissioned by a private foundation to make bows for the Royal House of Denmark. His bows are in use by members of symphony orchestras in Amsterdam, Chicago, Montreal, New York, Toronto, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, Vancouver, Los Angeles, Minneapolis-St.Paul, Tokyo, China, Paris, Toulouse, Nice, Taiwan, Dusseldorf, Victoria, and many others. His bows are also being sold in Japan and Europe. He was commissioned to make the quartets of presentations bows for the Banff International String Quartet Competition from 1983 to 2003. He makes conductor's batons for such maestros as Mario Bernardi, Bramwel Tovey. Michael is married to violinist / teacher DOLORES , former concertmaster of the Vancouver Island Symphony Orchestra. They make their home on GABRIOLA, a few minutes from Nanaimo, British Columbia. He also services as "Luthier in Residence" at the Victoria Conservatory of Music in Victoria, B.C. where he opens his on-campus studio each Friday. |
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The 71st edition of the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal Standard Life Competition ended when16-year-old violinist Timothy Chooi was named the Grand Prize winner. He performed Sibelius Violin Concerto twice with the OSM: first as part of an evening concert and earlier the same day, at an open dress rehearsal for a student audience. His bow is a Michael Vann.
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MENGLA HUANG
is congratulated after He earned his gold medal with the aid of a Michael Vann Violin Bow.
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Maestro Pinchas Zuckerman playing He is accompanied by the National
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Inventor of the Bow Badger, a time and labor saving bench-top
tool used in the restoration of worn bow shafts. Currently in use in Australia, Finland, Sweden, Germany, Japan, Switzerland, France, USA and Canada. For full details see bowbadger.com
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Michael Vann