Bardella Elena
Via Alfieri Corte de' frati
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Violins, violas, cellos
Repair
Elena Bardella completed her diploma as a Master violinmaker at the International School of Violinmaking in Cremona () under the guidance of M. Giorgio Cè. From 1986 to 1988 she followed a regional violinmaking course with M. Walter Leoni at the F.P. Centre.
In 1982 she won a prize for the youngest participating violinmaker at the Italian Bagnacavallo Competition, and in 1987 she participated in the 3rd Ortona Biennal "Liuteria del Mezzogiorno" (Violinmaking of Southern Italy).Her violin was classified 25th in the 5th International Triennal "A. Stradivari" in Cremona in 1988 and in 1989 her violin arrived in 14th place in the 2nd Baveno Competition. She entered the 6th International Violinmaking Triennal "A. Stradivari" in Cremona with a viola which arrived in the 11th place. In the national Bagnacavallo Competition in 1996 she won second prize with a violin.
Within the Cremonese violinmaking sector she has collaborated in various initiatives and in the organization of several violinmaking journals.
She employs a classical construction technique derived from sixteenth and seventeenth Centuries models, showing in her style contemporary inspiration from the twentieth Century makers.