Fabio Dalla Costa graduated from the International School of Violin Making of Cremona in 1984 and was a student of G.B. Morassi at the CEE School-Workshop until 1989. He took part in the Young Luthiers Competition in Bagnacavallo (Ravenna), receiving many awards. In 1986, he won a Bronze medal for a violin and a special prize for best varnish. In 1988, again, he won a Silver medal for a violin and a viola. In 1990, he was awarded with a Special prize from the Italian Association of Violin Making (A.L.I.). In 1992, he received the First prize for best varnish. At the Baveno Violin Making Competition, he won in 1987 a Bronze medal for a violin, in 1993 a Gold medal for a viola and in 1995 he won the A.L.I. Gold Medal. In June 1994, he participated in the Tchaikovsky International Violin Making Competition in Moscow, where he won second prize with a cello and first prize for best acoustics with the same instrument. At the 1998 edition of the same competition, he received the gold medal for best craftsmanship in the violin-viola category. In June 1993, he was a finalist at the International Competition in Mittenwald, Germany, with a viola. In June 2002, at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, he won the gold medal for best craftsmanship with a violin. In 2005, after a four year long study of Giuseppe Guarneri “del Gesù” models, he presented his “Torcolato” model violin, which received enthusiastic praise from many violinists for its outstanding sound quality. In September 2005, he was invited by Ferrari in Maranello to give a lecture on the theme of lightness as applied to the violin. In 2011, he was invited by LUISS University in Rome to speak on the topic of “Homo Faber.” In April 2006, he was a finalist at the first edition of the “Violino Arvenzis” International Competition in Slovakia with a violin. In 2022, he was selected as a judge for the eighth edition of the same competition.
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