Florian Leonhard MBE (born 1963 in Düsseldorf) is a German-born, London-based violin maker, dealer, restorer and expert.
[1] Florian has dedicated his life to studying, restoring and making violins.
His firm, Florian Leonhard Fine Violins, has restored and supplied instruments by Stradivarius and the Guarnerius family for renowned players including Leonidas Kavakos, Daniel Hope, Julian Lloyd Webber and Alina Ibragimova[citation needed] as well as to competition winners.
[2] Florian Leonhard has appeared on BBC,[3] CNBC,[4] and in The Economist,[5] on subjects relating to investment in instruments[6][7][8] and their preservation.
[9] He was a jury member at the Benjamin Britten, Karol Lipinski, Henryk Wieniawski and George Enescu violin competitions.