THE MUNICH VIOLIN DAYS
After Cremona, Munich is the city with the highest density of violin making workshops.
Every three years, 24 workshops, comprising 22 violin makers and 2 bow makers, present their latest handmade unique pieces at the Munich Violin Days exhibition. This extraordinary event has become an integral part of Munich’s cultural life. It attracts an enthusiastic specialist audience from near and far.
What makes it unique is that it is a hands-on exhibition: violins, violas, cellos and bows can be played by expert visitors during the exhibition hours.
Concerts on the new instruments
Sound tests
Lectures
Our sincere thanks go to Mrs Anne-Sophie Mutter for taking on the patronage!
Concerts
Kirill Troussov, violin
Emiko Yuasa, viola
Prof. Maximilian Hornung, cello
Diogenes Quartett
Goldmund Quartett
Violinissimo Erding
The musicians change instruments and bows several times during the concert so that the audience can hear the instruments in comparison.
During the sound tests, you can hear the instruments directly in comparison. Here, all instruments of a particular type are played one after the other in short passages so that the audience can compare them directly.
Lectures on string technology, violin making and tonewood offer an interesting insight into the work of violin and bow makers.
Lectures will be held in German.
Contemporary string instruments and bows by Munich violin and bow makers
The next Munich Violin Days will take place from 30 April to 17 May 2026 in the Mars-Venus Hall of the Bavarian National Museum.
Bavarian National Museum
Prinzregentenstraße 3
80538 Munich
The exhibition is open Tuesday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
www.bayerisches-nationalmuseum.de
