Ricardo Carrasquilla Grisales was born in 1980 and in 2000 he started to learn the techniques of violinmaking at the workshop of his uncle G. Grisales in Cremona.In 2003 he graduated at the International Violinmaking School in Parma under the direction of masters Elisa and Renato Scrollavezza together with master Marco Imer Piccinotti.Up to nowadays, in his uncle’s workshop he could increase his passion and knowledge for the wonderful world of stringed instruments making. In 2003 he took part in the “Triennale of Stringed Instruments”.