Elena Bardella
Elena Bardella was born in Cremona in 1966, she graduated as a Master violin maker at International School of violinmaking in Cremona in 1984, under the guidance of Giorgio Cè. From 1986 to 1988 she followed a lute-building course and she graduated with Teacher Walter Leoni at the Lombardy Region’s Professional Training Center.
In 1982 she won an award as the youngest participant in the National Competition of the city of Bagnacavallo.
It was important for her to meet master Renato Scrollavezza, who in 1988 ,was part of the jury of the International Competition “Antonio Stradivari” ,and thanks to that, she began to attend the workshop receiving valuable advices from the Teacher.
The Teacher Scrollavezza teaches her the vision of the whole, the care and the passion for the softness of the lines without neglecting the decisive trait; over the years, attending the course of that Teacher, she had the opportunity to meet his daughter, Elisa, and his partner, Andrea Zanrè.
She feel great appreciation and admiration towards her Teachers such as Pierangelo Balzarini and Primo Pistoni.
In 1989 she opened her workshop in Cremona participating in various national and international competitions.
At the National Competition of Bagnacavallo in 1996 she won the silver medal with a violin.
From 2004 to 2014 she was a member of the “A.Stradivari” Violinmaking Consortium of Cremona and she participated with her instruments at various events and exhibitions.
Her instruments are present in various orchestras in Italy, Latvia, Japan, Germany, Russia . Thailand, and Brazil.
In 2009 the “Sivis Quartet” performed in concert playing the Quartet in C major op.59 n.3 “Rasumovsky” by Ludwig van Beethoven, with her instruments.
In 2010 she was invited by the International Violin making School”A.Stradivari” of Cremona to preside over the qualification exams, as an external member.
In 2010 she completed the creation of a string quintet.
These instruments belong to Yokohama musicians.
The “Bardella Quintett” quintet
In 2014 she was invited to take part in the jury of the VIII° edition of the National Anlai Competition in Cremona, chaired by the Maestro Antonio Capela.
In 2015 she collaborated to organize the exhibition held in the “Museum of Musical Instruments” in Saint Petersburg, Russia where she exhibited her instruments.
Her instruments are appreciated by the Teachers and the musicians of the Conservatory operating in Saint Petersburg.
She has worked as a Master Tutor for students training at the Civic School of Milan and at the Cologni Foundation for the Arts and Crafts of Milan.
She is also collaborating, actively, on several projects conducted with the Scientific Laboratories of the Cremona Violin Museum, related by various scientific articles and with the School of Violin making of Noceto, in the province of Parma by the Teachers Scrollavezza Zanrè.
Since 2018 she is a member of the Cultural District of violin making.
Since 2021 he collaborates as Maestro-expert with the International School of Violin making “A.Stradivari” In Cremona.
She works in her Atelier in Cremona in Via 11 Febbraio,50.