Barnes Ziegler, B.A. - Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung - Preußischer Kulturbesitz

2023
M.A. Degree in conservation and restoration of modern materials and industrial cultural heritage at Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin (University of Applied Sciences)

2021
B.A. Degree in conservation and restoration of wooden Objects at Fachhochschule Potsdam (University of Applied Sciences)

2020
Self-employed as violinmaker and restorer, freelance work on different restoration projects

2019
Internship at the Royal Academy of Music, London and different violinmaking and restoration workshops.

2017
Pre-university work placement at Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz (SPK)

Until 2017
Apprenticeship in violinmaking at Istituto di istruzione Secondaria Superiore “Antonio Stradivari”, Cremona

Premio “Flavio Smerieri” 2017 for a thesis on the reconstruction of the historical setup of the Violas by Antonio Stradivari for the graduation at the Violinmaking School in Cremona.

23.11.2021: Die Kopie als Alternative zur Restaurierung? Die Rekonstruktion des bauzeitlichen Zustands historischer Streichinstrumente, presentation at the Forschungskolloquium (Research colloquium), Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung on copies as alternative to restoration of historical musical instruments.

2022: Wie „echt“ ist das Beethoven-Streichquartett? Exhibition on the history and documentation of string-quartet-Instruments owned by Ludwig van Beethoven. Musikinstrumenten-Museum, Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung.

Olga Adelmann: Geigenbauerin, Restauratorin, Forscherin. Oder wie internationale Zusammenarbeit zur Wiederentdeckung vergessener Meisterwerke führte, Research Newsletter of the SPK (Online:https://www.simpk.de/museum/sammlung/restaurierungund-konservierung/olga-adelmanngeigenbauerin-restauratorin-forscherin.html)

(Together with Thea-Olivia Beger) Wie echt ist das „Beethoven-Streichquartett“?
(Online: https://www.simpk.de/museum/sammlung/projekte/beethovens-quartett/herkunftsgeschichte-des-beethoven-streichquartetts.html)

• Theory, Ethics and History of Conservation
• Preventive Conservation
• Methods for the documentation of historical musical instruments
• Violinmaking history and techniques
• Artist’s techniques and materials
• History of violinmaking in berlin
• History of technology
• Originals – Copies – Fakes