Instrument
violin bow
Rüdiger Pfau
Plauen,
2005
played by
Plen Meuwissen, Hoofd Facilitair & Productie
Plen Meuwissen, Hoofd Facilitair & Productie
bouwer
Rüdiger Pfau
*1966 , Eberswalde
Rüdiger Pfau studied French horn from 1978 to 1984 at the Spezialschule für Musik in Berlin and then from 1984 to 1987 at the Hochschule für Musik “Hanns Eisler.” After completing his horn studies, he decided to pursue a different path and began his training as a bow maker in Markneukirchen in 1987; in 1994, he earned his master’s degree from the Fachhochschule für Instrumentenbau. He then apprenticed with Pierre Guillaume in Brussels.
Workshop(s)
Markneukirchen, 1996-1998
Plauen, 1998-heden
In 1996, he opened his first workshop in Markneukirchen. In 2005, Pfau won a gold medal for a modern viola bow at the fifth international competition for instrument and bow making in Mittenwald. In 2013, he and a colleague founded the con-Takt platform: a collaboration of violin and bow makers in Germany and beyond to lend high-quality instruments free of charge to talented children. The collective builds ½ and ¾-size instruments and bows specifically for children.
In 2016, Pfau became an instructor in bow repair at the Berufsfachschule für Instrumentenbau. Since 2024, Pfau has also been an instructor in bow making at the Westsächsische Hochschule Zwickau in Markneukirchen.
- Auteur
- Iefke Wang