Bas Maas

Bas Maas focuses primarily on building new violins, violas, and cellos. In 2003, he won the “Benslow Music Trust Award” for his graduation project. Bas regularly participates in international violin-making competitions, such as the one in Cremona. Bas says of himself: “The relationship between form and sound fascinates me. What are the effects of different designs, curves, types of wood, methods, and varnishes? I carefully weigh the endless list of variables before I begin work on a new violin, viola, or cello. A specific ideal of sound always determines the choices I make. Often rooted in tradition, such as when using Renaissance-era methods. Or, conversely, innovative and off the beaten path, such as when building an asymmetrical viola.”