Emmanuel Carlier

Emmanuel Carlier began his bow-making apprenticeship in 2005 with Gilles Duhaut in Tours. Then he joined for two years the "Maison Bernard" in Brussels and became assistant to Pierre Guillaume with whom he developed his taste for old bows.

In 2010, he opened his own workshop and started to enter competitions. First he won a gold medal (viola bow) and a silver one (cello bow) in the Mittenwald ...Read More competition (Germany).
The following year, he received a grant from Marcel Vatelot foundation to support the development of his workshop.
In 2012, he won three gold medals (violin, cello and double bass) at the VSA competition.
In 2013, he was selected to become a resident of the prestigious Villa Medici, the french academy in Roma.
In 2016, he won a gold medal for a violin bow at the VSA, and the Best Playing Viola Bow Award at the Darling International Bow Making Competition in Amsterdam.
In 2019, he became "Meilleur Ouvrier de France".
In 2024, he received a gold medal for each of the bows he presented at the VSA competition. According to the rules, he therefore received "Hors Concours" certificate, the highest honour the competition can bestow. Read Less

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