Anna Andreu is a luthier trained at the Cremona school with maestro Massimo Negroni between 2001 and 2005 and musicologist.
At the end of 2005 she returned to Sant Cugat del Vallès (Catalonia) and opened his own workshop dedicated to construction and repairing of modern and historical instruments. At the same time, she carries out continuous training stays in other workshops such as Liutarte (Naples, 2003), Luca Gallo (Cremona, 2004-2005 and 2013), Antoine Laulhère et Giovanna Chittò (Paris, 2008), Filippo Fasser (Brescia, 2010), and Francisco Pecchia (Barcelona, 2016-2017).
She has a degree in musicology from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and is collaborating with the Museu de la Música de Barcelona since 2011. She is also the stringed instruments technician at the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya (ESMUC) since 2006 and teaches Organology and Musical Iconography in the Musicology Degree of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona since 2022.
She belongs to the Col·lectiu Música Antiga Sant Cugat, an organization of musicians, musicologists and luthiers that, among other activities, has been organizing the “CONTRATEMPS, músiques històriques, ara!” festival since 2019.
Gerard Díaz is a bowmaker trained in Cremona with maestri Julia Schanzenbach and Paolo Pamiro (2003-2005).
In 2005 he settled in Sant Cugat del Vallès (Catalonia) forming the Artesans Luthiers workshop with Anna Andreu. At the same time, he works with Dirk Loescher (Barcelona, 2005-2006), Pierre Grunberger (Paris, 2009) and Paul Sadka (Truro, UK, 2010 and 2012).
During the first years he dedicated himself mainly to the construction of baroque bows, but now he repairs and restores modern and historical bows in his workshop. In addition he collaborates with the Vidal i Roca workshop (Barcelona) since 2011. He also curates some private collections and collaborates with the Museu de la Música de Barcelona and ESMUC.
He is a founding member of the Col·lectiu de Música Antiga Sant Cugat (and Contratemps festival) and maintains a constant activity as a creator of musical and poetic projects as LA COMPANYIA MINIMSSÍMA and LEUCLUS, that materialize in form of disks, books and multidisciplinar performances.
He holds a Master’s degree in Music as an Interdisciplinary Art from the UB/ESMUC/URV, and has completed his internships at the UB’s Sound Art Laboratory with Dr. Martí Ruiz, working on Baschet sound structures.
