luthiers from all over the world come to train in an exceptional school in Mirecourt

Precise gestures that make the prestige of this exceptional school. Every year, enthusiasts from all over the world come to train in French violin making in Mirecourt, in the Vosges. At 20, Yohann Lee made the trip from Seoul (South Korea). “It was one of my dreams, to choose a profession. After obtaining this diploma, there is a chance of being hired by well-known luthiers in France, all over the world”says the student.

In Mirecourt, violins have been made for four centuries, using homemade tools. “They themselves forged the blades, they sharpened them with a grindstone, then with a stone, and they also made the handles”illustrious Étienne Bellanger, lutherie teacher, about the tool “typical and emblematic of Mirecurtienne violin making”. A know-how taught to 12 students each year, out of a hundred candidates. The selection is made on file. The violin has always resounded in the streets of Mirecourt, and is the pride of the inhabitants.