Mitio 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 Ornate among others.
Mitio 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 "A. Stradivari" Cremona (Italy), Octomber 2006
At the 12th International Violinmaking Triennal "A. 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 Instroments, Sofia-Brussel, November 2009. His violin ranked the 8th place.
Musicians from Bulgaria, Italy, Belgium, the United States, Venezuela, and Japan play on his hand-made instruments.
Certificate for master luthier fromKazanlak's Luthier Association - 02.12.1999
Certificate of the National Handicraft Chamber for "Master in the handicraft of luthier" - 8th March 2006
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
