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Spotlight on …. Naël Tripoli

In conversation with Andrea Kirkby

AK: One of the leitmotivs you always hear - and I've been hearing it for at least twenty years - is 'Where are all the young instrument makers?' That made it all the more impressive to find you sharing a stand at Le Son Continu with another young luthier; adding both your ages together, you're still less than half Jon Swayne's age!

So, tell me your story; how did you discover the boha, and get to know the instrument? You won the first prize for pipes at Le Son Continu (as well as the small group prize), on an instrument you'd made, if I remember right?

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