Jan Pawlikowski

Jan Pawlikowski (b. 1943) is a Polish luthier from Maruszyna, a small village in the Podhale region, who runs an atelier in Kraków. He builds violins, violas, cellos, replicas of Baroque instruments and repairs and renovates instruments and bows. Pawlikowski began his career as a violinist, initially pursuing music and luthiery simultaneously in his studies and career. Jan learned violin-making at the Secondary School of Violin Making in Nowy Targ; he also apprenticed with Piotr Kubas in Krakow. Since 1970, Jan Pawlikowski has focused on making instruments exclusively.