Stanislav Slawinski

About

Stanislav Slawinski was born in Karviná in 1953 and is the third generation of the Slawinski violin making family from Orlová. His grandfather Jan Slawinski (1889–1945), trained at the Georg Krywalski firm in Těšín, founded a musical instrument workshop in Orlová-Lazy in 1925; his father Leopold Slawinski (1921–1992) was a violin maker and the creator of the renowned Lanostra strings.

From 1968 to 1977 he trained and worked under his father. In 1977 he passed his approval examination in the workshop of Vladimír Pilař in Hradec Králové and was admitted to the Circle of Czech Master Violinmakers. He worked with his father until his death in 1992 and has since run his own workshop independently.

He concentrates mainly on repairing fine string instruments and bows and on restoring old master originals; he makes new instruments on the Guarneri del Gesù model and, like his father, labels them with the eagle of Orlová. With his violins he took part in the international competition in Poznań (1977, 1981), receiving diplomas and awards. His instruments are played by concert artists in Austria, Germany, Finland, Norway and Slovakia, and he works for conservatory and academy students and for members and soloists of orchestras and theatres.