Biography of master violin maker Mityo Dimitrov

Mityo Dimitrov was born on the 13th November 1974 in the town of Kazanlak, Bulgaria. He studied the art of making musical instruments at Kremona instrument factory. Afterwards he worked in this sphere and improved his skills working with masters of the handicraft.

He has been designing and building his own musical instruments since 1998, mainly focusing on violins and violas. He works with wood materials having excellent sound qualities found in the Balkan region. Above all, he prefers working with naturally dried maple and spruce of the highest quality. Furthermore, the luthier uses for the production of his instruments self-made alcohol based varnish, mixed from an own recipe. For the models of his hand-made instruments he takes ideas from the works of the great Italian masters like Stradivari, Guarneri and Ornati among others.

Mityo Dimitrov is a member of the regional association of the master-luthier and a member of the chamber of the handicraftsmen in Bulgaria. He has participated in exhibitions and competitions in Bulgaria and abroad.

• At the 11th International Violinmaking Triennal "Antonio Stradivari" Cremona (Italy), Octomber 2006

• At the 12th International Violinmaking Triennal "Antonio Stradivari" Cremona (Italy), Octomber 2009. His violin ranked the 12th of 198 violins from all around the world.

• At the Eufonia 2009 A Competition for Stringed Instruments, Sofia-Brussel, November 2009. His violin ranked the 8th place.

• At the 13th International Violinmaking Triennal "Antonio Stradivari" Cremona (Italy), Octomber 2012

• At the 13th International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Making Competition Poznan (Poland) 8-15 May 2016

• At the IXth International Competition for Luthier Art in Bulgaria, Kazanlak 2th June 2018

Musicians from around the world play on his beautiful hand-made stringed instruments!

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Certificate for master luthier from Kazanlak's Luthier Association - 02.12.1999

Certificate of the National Handicraft Chamber for "Master in the handicraft of luthier" - 8th March 2006

Diploma for participation in the Second National Exhibition of the Lutheran Art "EXPO CLASSIC 2001" Kazanlak

Diploma for participation in the Third National Exhibition of Lutheran Art "EXPO CLASSIC 2004" Kazanlak

Participation-certificate of the "XI Concorso Triennale Internazionale degli Strumenti ad Arco Antonio Stradivari" carried out in Cremona, 9th October 2006

Participation-certificate of the "XII Concorso Triennale Internazionale degli Strumenti ad Arco Antonio Stradivari" carried out in Cremona, October 2009

Diploma for participation in the V Triennial of the Lutheran Art in Bulgaria - Kazanlak 2013

Participation-certificate of the "XIII Concorso Triennale Internazionale degli Strumenti ad Arco Antonio Stradivari" carried out in Cremona, October 2012

Diploma for participation in the 5th National Exhibition of Lutheran Art "EXPO CLASSIC 2016" Kazanlak

Certificate for participation in the 13th International Henrik Wieniawski Contest for the violin making of string instruments Poznan, Poland 8-15 May 2016

Diploma for participation in IX International Competition for Luthier Art in Bulgaria, Kazanlak 2th June 2018