François Lebeau was born in Chalon-sur-Saône (Burgundy), France in 1966.

As a child, he became attracted to the artistic ways of expressions, through his education, his literary studies and the love for music. Naturally, the link between music, art and craftsmanship led to violinmaking and its city: CREMONA.

In the 80’s, his studies were supervised by Maestro Riccardo BERGONZI, and he obtained his Master Degree from CREMONA’s International Violinmaking School “Antonio STRADIVARI” in 1989.
In the 90’s he opened his workshop in Cremona and continued to train and gather experience around the world.

With all his acquired experience, in 1998, he opened his workshop in Annecy (Savoy) France. There, he creates violins, violas and cellos inspired by the great Italian Masters of the 18th century.