Julia van der Waerden

1994     Matura specialized in Music

1996-1999 Violin Making School in Mittenwald, Germany, and with Rudolf Isler in Glarus. Graduation with destinction.

2000-2001 work with Ulrike Wiebel in Leiden, Holland

2001-2005 work with Christophe Landon in New York, USA, two years as head of his workshop

since 2005 self-employed in Zurich, specialiced in restoring work and new making

2015     move to Zurich-Oerlikon  

2017    organisator of "WERKPLATZ GEIGE 2017" with Simone Escher and Johannes Leuthold

2017    guest exhibitor at "Klanggestalten" in Vienna


Member of the Swiss Association of Violin and Bow Makers, SVGB
Member of the American Violin Society, SVA