Ornella Ceci

Ornella Ceci was born in Bari, Italy, in 1980. She started her training in instrument making and repair under her father, Arturo Ceci, in 2004. In 2014, she began to study under master luthier Igor Moroder in Turin, Italy. In 2015, she took on an internship under dutch maker and restorer Guust Francois where she fell in love with the dutch workshop style. Since 2015, Ceci has studied with many master restorers including Warren Bealy, Gudrun Kreimier, Iris Carr, and Bas Maas.

In 2018 she started her own workshop near Amsterdam, where she produces wonderful instruments that are beautiful in appearance and tone.