PAOLO SORGENTONE was born in Roseto degli Abruzzi (Teramo) on 26th june 1961.
At the age of seventeen, he moved to Cremona to attend the International School of Violin-Making, where he was awarded a diploma in 1982 under the guidance of Francesco Bissolotti.
He then moved to Gaiole in the Chianti area of Tuscany, where he opened a workshop with Guust François, Paolo Stucchi and Jens Norskov Hansen, focusing mainly on making new instruments in that period.
In 1986, he transferred his business to Florence, extending his field of activity to restoration and the preparation of copies of old and baroque instruments.
To date, he has constructed a total of more than 140 violins, violas, violoncellos and double-basses.
In 1992, he prepared a videocassette on the construction of stringed instruments according to the traditional Cremonese method.
Since 1998, he has been in partnership with Michele Mecatti in a new workshop in Florence, where, in addition to producing new instruments, he is involved in the restoration, adjustment and marketing of old instruments.
Since 2002 he’s teaching at the specialisation courses for violin-makers as a contribution to the international courses in musical specialisation organised in Lucca by the Scuola di Musica Sinfonia.
He is President of Tuscan Violin Makers. He is member of Scientific Committee and coordinator of the book “Violin-making in Tuscany - Violin-makers of 20th century”.
He generally uses classic models..