Milan Oubrecht

About

Milan Oubrecht was born in Mladá Boleslav in 1950 and grew up in Mariánské Lázně. He studied at the violin making school in Luby u Chebu, a town with a long tradition of string instrument making, and worked for the Cremona company (today Strunal Schönbach). He later studied at the teacher-training school in Karlovy Vary and taught at the Luby violin making school from 1977 to 1990, making master bows all the while. At the start of his career he was helped with advice and experience by musicians of the Czech Philharmonic and by old German masters.

Since 1991 he has devoted himself exclusively to master bows in his own workshop in Luby, where his son Luboš works with him. He makes bows to his own model for all string instruments, from fine old pernambuco, and respects each musician’s individual wishes; his bows are valued for their elegance, handling, sound and workmanship. They are played by leading soloists and by members of orchestras and chamber ensembles around the world.

He has been a member of the Circle of Czech Master Violinmakers since 1987 and is listed among the notable figures of the Czech Republic in the “Who’s Who”.