The Geigenbauschule Brienz, the only specialist violin making school in Switzerland, has received the canton of Bern's 2009 Culture Prize. The award is 30,000 Swiss francs (about £18,000).

The school, which is celebrating its 65th anniversary this year, was  awarded a culture prize of 100,000 Swiss francs in 2001 from the city of Bern.

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