Jamie Marie Lazzara

Jamie Marie Lazzara was born in Urbana, U.S.A in 1959. She graduated from the Florence academy of fine arts in 1981 with a diploma in restoration. Lazzara then studied violin making under Giorgio Scolari at the Scuola di Liuteria di Cremona, where she received her degree in 1985.

Lazzara is mainly inspired by classical cremonese models and techniques she learned studying in Cremona herself. She currently lives in Florence, Italy, where she makes guitars and violas in addition to violins.