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Nikola Vasić

1896 — 1961 · lived 65 years

Violin designer and crafter. He was born in Zvornik, he was schooled in Novi Sad and then departed for Prague to master his craft. Due to war he would end up in Russia, Japan and then Russia. He would end up in Baltimore (USA), where he open his violin manufacturing store and make global name for himself. The quality of his violins, according to many experts, reached the level of quality of the famous Stradivarius (Stradivarius) from the 18th century. He made violins for some of the biggest names of the 21st century, Misha Ellman, Jasha Heifetz, Fritz Kraisler and others.

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