Michael Vann, Bow Maker


My studio dates at the Victoria Conservatory of Music are the third Friday of each month. Studio 113, VCM, 900 Johnson Street 9:30 am - 5:00p.m. Click here for all my 2008/09 dates For appointment in Victoria, click here
Bows for all instruments of the violin family. Winner of 17 awards. Evaluations, Repair, Rehair. Specialist in all type of restoration on bows by the masters.
	Photo Denese Izzard
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, 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, 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. A recent gold medal winner at 2002 Paganini Competition in Genoa, Italy earned his gold medal with the aid of a Michael Vann violin bow. His bows are also being sold in Japan and Europe. He has made the quartets of presentations bows for the Banff International String Quartet Competition since its inception. He makes conductor's batons for such maestros as Mario Bernardi. 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.

MENGLA HUANG is congratulated after
his decisive first-place win at the
2002 Paganini Competition in Genoa, Italy.

He earned his gold medal with the aid
of a Michael Vann Violin Bow.

Maestro Pinchas Zuckerman playing
his Michael Vann bow at a
performance in Victoria, BC's Royal
Theatre in 2005.

He is accompanied by the National
Arts Centre Orchestra of which he is
resident conductor.

	Member, American Federation of Violin and Bow Makers
	Member, The Violin Society of America

Copyright Michael Vann, 2007