Viola Prokopova, violin making

Viola Prokopova, from Middlesex, represents the eighth generation of violin makers in her family and has studied violin making both in the family workshop and in the Czech Republic. In 2026, she was awarded a training bursary to fund her first-year tuition fees on the Fundamentals of Violin Making programme at the Newark School of Musical Instrument Crafts. Viola’s bursary was funded by the Dulverton Trust.