Giuseppa Modica is a native of Sicily, born in Vittoria (Ragusa), she earned her violin diploma from the Palermo Conservatory in 1997. Shortly thereafter, she moved to Cremona to attend the “A. Stradivari” International School of Violin Making. She completed her training in 2001 under the guidance of Maestro Maurizio Tadioli and was awarded the “Ferraroni” prize as the school’s top graduate. In 2002, she completed a postgraduate course offered by the Lombardy Region, which included an apprenticeship in the workshop of Maestro Marco Nolli. She later worked for two years in the violin-making atelier of Maestro M. Heyligers. In 2004, she began collaborating with her husband, luthier Giovanni Corazzol, and in the same period, earned a second-level degree in violin from the Parma Conservatory, combining her work as a teacher and violinist with her activity as a luthier. Since 2007, she has lived in Syracuse, continuing to collaborate with Corazzol, and in 2012 she established her own violin-making workshop. In 2014, she was selected to participate in a prestigious violin-making exhibition at the Museo del Violino in Cremona, representing 21st-century Italian luthiers. Since 2015, she has been a member of A.L.I. (Italian Violin Making Association), and in the same year, was invited by the A.C. Monzino Foundation to take part in Le Mani Sapienti, an exhibition and live demonstration of classical violin making held at the Sforza Castle as part of Expo in Città.
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