Xue Yi violin, 2019, Cremona, with certificate | Metzler Violins european Ernst von Dohnànyi

Ernst von Dohnànyi

He received first place in the Roman National Competition of Contemporary Violinmaking in 1952

and a hand-applied varnish that gives it an authentic look

Made of ebony with mother of pearl eyes

and keys for variety

Xue Yi violin, 2019, Cremona, with certificate | Metzler Violins european Ernst von DohnànyiXue Yi was born in Wuhu (China) in 1980 into a family with a tradition of violin making, with his father one of the first violin makers in China. He took up the study of music from an early age. In 2001, he began studying violin making at the Shanghai Conservatory under Prof Hua Tianreng. Since 2006, he attended the Antonio Stradivari International Violinmaking School in Cremona, where he studied under Maestro Marco Nolli, Ernesto Vaia, Alessandro