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A Viola by Damián Stoppani

DeSierto de Coahuila, Mexico, 2024

Awarded Gold Medal for Viola Workmanship/Varnish (2025 Violin Makers Association of Arizona International)

$16,000

Damián Stoppani (b. 1984, Villa Constitución, Argentina) is a luthier known for his unique "Lutherie on Wheels" project. After training with Ivan Blascovich and graduating from the violin making school in Tucumán, he began traveling in 2014, operating his workshop and house from an old bus. He traveled across the Americas to Alaska, giving lectures and restoring instruments for musicians and orchestras. He is a member of the VSA and attends Oberlin workshops.

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