Vitalija Glovackyte, violin making

Vitalija Glovackyte, from Manchester, works as a piano technician assistant at the Royal Northern College of Music and runs an independent restoration practice. In 2026 she was awarded a training bursary to fund specialist grand piano servicing and one-to-one regulation training with Doug Chapman at the Royal Academy of Music, alongside a technician masterclass at the C Bechstein Technicians’ Academy in Germany. Vitalija’s bursary was funded by the Dulverton Trust.