Silvio Levaggi 16 1/8" viola, 2000, Cremona | Metzler Violins

warm, supple, even

About the Instrument
This viola has a wonderful sound, warm and buttery across registers. An instrument as well-balanced as this blends beautifully in groups. This viola has a lovely auburn varnish is applied over a wheat ground. A tiger stripe falls slightly from the center joint of its two-piece maple back. Similar flames run along the ribs and scroll.

Interior label reads: “Silvio Levaggi / fece in Cremona 2000”
Length: 411 mm (16 1/8”)
Upper Bouts: 189 mm
Middle: 131 mm
Lower Bouts: 243 mm

About the Maker
Silvio Levaggi is a contemporary master luthier who was born in Italy and now based in Cremona. He attended the Cremona Scuola Internazionale di Liuteria, where he studied under Vincenzo Bissolotti and Vanna Zambelli, and graduated in 1984. In 1994, Levaggi went to work at the atelier of Carlson, Cacciatori, and Neumann in Genoa, where he focused on restoration and conservation. Seven years later, Levaggi opened his own shop in Cremona, where his instruments draw from the long lineage of the city’s luthiers. Levaggi has an impeccable reputation, having earned numerous international awards, often the highest, for his instruments from Violin Society of America and the Triennale Competition in Cremona, making his instruments particularly prized.