1983, Kassel (Germany), international competition。
1986 Poznan (Poland), international competition。
international competition 3rd violin - 1987 Baveno (Italy) national competitior。
international competition: 3rd cello, 4th and 6th violin - 1989 Baveno (Italy)。
lst cello - 1989 Mittenwald (Germany)。
3rd violin - 1990 Moscow (UR.SS), international competition: lst cello, 2nd violin, 2nd viola。
1st prizefor workmanship and sound cello - 1991 Paris (France)。
finalist violin - honorable mention cello - 1991 Cremona (Italy)。
international competition: lst violin, 2nd violin, lst cello, special prize awarded by the Provincial Admini:tration of Cremona for the best workmanship - 1992 Carlisle (USA)。
international competition: lst cello, silver medal violin - 1994 San Francisco (USA), silver medal viola。
Inherited Domenico Montagnana\'s workshop upon his death in 1750. Married Montagnana\'s daughter Antonia Aa.
Giorgio Serafin was the nephew and pupil of Santo, and worked independently from the early 1740s. However, Giorgio did not take over his uncle\'s workshop on the latter\'s retirement in 1744, but worked for Montagnana, who died six years later, in 1750. After their father\'s death, Montagnana\'s three daughters entered into a partnership with Serafin to continue the running of the workshop, and one of the terms of the agreement was that he should marry one of the daughters, Antonia. Serafin seems to have spent much of his time repairing instruments, so his own work is extremely rare. (excerpted from Four Centuries of Violin Making by Tim Ingles.)