Alysio de Mattos violin bow, pernambuco/silver, Rio/Paris, 62.3g pawlikzwiebel0526 Fecit Ann Arbor Anno 2016

Fecit Ann Arbor Anno 2016

Unlike other late works by Franck

demand declined for buoyant serenades and divertimenti intended for court circles – a genre that Beethoven had reservations about as it was

They feature an in-house setup

beginning with the simplest folk tunes

Alysio de Mattos violin bow, pernambuco/silver, Rio/Paris, 62.3g pawlikzwiebel0526 Fecit Ann Arbor Anno 2016This bow is part of our seventh annual Contemporary American Makers Exhibition, 2024. Alysio de Mattos has been a professional musician throughout his life, both as a violinist and as a violist. He's always had interest for lutherie and bow works. In 2006, he spent some time in Paris, where he learned bow making with Christian Barthe and Richard Salan. Since then, he's been dedicating to making bows according to the classic French style and tradition.