Jaroslav Kohout

About

Jaroslav Kohout studied string instrument making at the musical instrument school in Luby u Chebu in 1994–1998. He then worked at Strunal in Luby, and in 2001–2002 repaired and set up instruments at the International Conservatory of Shanghai in China.

From 2002 to 2007 he worked in the Špidlen workshop in Prague on repairs, restoration and new instruments, and briefly at the U Zlatého kohouta music shop. In 2008 he founded his own workshop, now in Branžež, and in 2012 he was admitted to the Circle.