master violin maker
Jan Pötzl
Contact
- Address
- Jasmínová 4
360 04 Karlovy Vary
Show on map ↗ - Phone
- +420 353 229 517
- Mobile
- +420 604 465 643
- potzl@centrum.cz
- Website
- www.potzl.cz ↗
About
Jan Pötzl was born in 1946 into a violin making family from Luby u Chebu with a tradition of more than two hundred years. The family was made famous above all by his father Josef Pötzl (1908–1998), an outstanding violin maker and musician and a laureate of competitions in Prague (1954), Poznań (1957), Italy (1959) and Liège (1960). Jan continues his work together with his son David (b. 1975), who has competed in Paris, Mittenwald, Poznań and Cremona.
The Pötzl workshop in Karlovy Vary makes master violins, violas, cellos and bows, repairs and restores old instruments and offers consultancy and court-certified expert opinions. Jan Pötzl has taken part in many international competitions – he won a bronze medal for a quartet in Liège in 1972, competed repeatedly in Poznań (1972, 1977, 1981) and Cremona (1976, 1985, 1988), and placed 3rd at the 1985 Hradec Králové competition. Among others, Petr Rácz refined his craft with him.
