From 1977 to 1980, Jean-Jacques Rampal learned under Jean-Jacques Pagès, master violinmaker in Mirecourt, the heart of French violinmaking, where he learned the craft of stringed instruments (violin, viola, cello). He then went to Charles Beare’s workshop in London to study high level restoration and expertise of ancient instruments.
In 1983, he returned to Paris for fifteen years, during which he deepened his knowledge under the guidance of…