Master Luthier Lena Fischer

• 1995 – 1996 Apprenticeship in her luthier father’s violin studio
• 1996 – 1999 Studied at the National Mittenwald School of Violin Making
• 1999 – 2001 Working at Millant/Le Canu in Paris and Caen
• 2001 – 2004 Working in her father’s violin studio
• 2004 Master craftsman exam (practical) in Mittenwald
• 2005 Master craftsman exam (theory) in Weilheim in Upper Bavaria
• 2005 Awarded the Master Luthier Craftsmanship Prize by the Bavarian State Government
• 2010 Member of the Chamber of Handicrafts (HWK) for Upper Bavaria’s Master Craftsman Board of Examiners

Expertise: Making and repairing stringed instruments. Varnishing expert and specialist in creating faithful versions of original instruments (customer references by request)