Sean Bishop:
Violas - a dealer’s perspective
Sean Bishop
Violas - a dealer’s perspective
Sean Bishop will be talking about viola history, the Italian schools (models), interesting clients, special violas, what violists want, and more…
After studying viola in Australia and the UK, Sean worked with all the major London orchestras.
Throughout his musical life he has had a passion for string instruments. He was fortunate when growing up to almost live next door to two violin shops and it was this daily contact that influenced him to study all aspects of violin makers and bows as well as pursuing some violin making of his own.
Sean established Bishops in 2004 and in 2020 the business moved to a new space next door to the British Museum. With an extensive collection ranging from the world’s finest contemporary craftsmen to the old masters Stradivari and Guadagnini, his clients include students, amateurs, and professionals of all levels, including orchestral players in the UK and abroad and members of many leading string quartets. In 2019 he was awarded the honour of “Associate of the Royal Academy of Music” (ARAM) for services to music.