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Born in Sofia, Bulgaria in 1970, Dimitri Atanassov started learning the violin at the age of 6. After studying with Professor Anna Ivanova, Dimitri excelled in his studies at the Prague Academy of Arts under the guidance of Professor Vaclav Snitil, completing his Master’s degree in 1994. As a Concertmaster of the Auckland Philharmonia orchestra and a chamber musician he has worked and performed with some leading international artists and conductors such as Shlomo Mintz, Nigel Kennedy, Per Arne Glorvigen, Kiri Te Kanawa, Dmitri Kitajenko, John Nelson, Luciano Pavarotti, Josef Suk, Roy Goodman, Alina Ibragimova, Tasmine Little, Oleg Caetani, Feng Ning, James Ehnes and many others.

Inspired by violin maker Ian Sweetman and the works of the old Cremonese masters Guarneri and Stradivari, Dimitri took up violin making in 2002. He also learned violin making and restoration in the USA, France and Italy. He has also attended violin restoration classes with Jean-Jacques Fasnacht and Iris Carr and bow restoration classes with Lynn Armour.

In 2013 he opened his workshop in Cremona, Italy. It is situated on Corso Garibaldi 133, about 200m away from Casa nuziale di Stradivari.

His instruments have become popular for their superb quality of sound and playability. Currently Dimitri’s violins are played in Europe, USA, Singapore, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand.

In 2010 he exhibited at the “Ole Bull” – Exhibition in Oslo Norway- organized by Christophe Landon, and exhibits regularly at the Shanghai Music Expo and Cremona Mondomusica. In 2011 his instruments were placed 5th and 6th at the International Violin Making Competition in Pisogne, Italy.



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Dimitri Atanassov于1970年在保加利亚索非亚出生，6岁开始学习小提琴。在师从Anna Ivanova教授学习后，Dimitri又在布拉格艺术学院师从Vaclav Snitil教授学习，于1994年以优异成绩取得硕士学位。作为奥克兰爱乐乐团的首席小提琴手和一名室内音乐家，他曾与一些国际上顶级的艺术家和指挥同台演出，例如Shlomo Mintz、Nigel Kennedy、Per Arne Glorvigen、Kiri Te Kanawa、Dmitri Kitajenko、John Nelson、Luciano Pavarotti、Josef Suk、Roy Goodman、Alina Ibragimova、Tasmine Little、Oleg Caetani、Feng Ning、James Ehnes以及其他许多人。

受小提琴制琴师Ian Sweetman（其曾在纽约为Francais和Morel工作过）以及老克雷莫纳提琴大师Guarneri和Stradivari的作品激励，Dimitri 于2002年开始制作小提琴。他曾在美国、法国和意大利学习过制作和修复小提琴，主要指导老师是Jean-Jacques Fasnacht（瑞士）。他还参加过Jean-Jacques Fasnacht和Iris Carr的小提琴修复课程以及Lynn Armour的小提琴弓修复课程。

2013年，他在意大利克雷莫纳开设了自己的工作坊，距斯特拉迪瓦里工作坊仅200米。

凭借着出色的音质和手感，Dimitri制作的小提琴越来越受欢迎，已在欧洲、美国、中国、新加坡、日本、台湾、香港、韩国、澳大利亚和新西兰举办的演奏会上使用。

2010年，他制作的小提琴曾在由Christophe Landon 主办、在挪威奥斯陆举办的“Ole Bull”展览上进行过展出，并经常在中国（上海）国际乐器展览会和意大利克雷莫纳手工乐器展上展出。2011年，他制作的小提琴在意大利比索聂举办的国际小提琴制作大赛上荣获第5名和第6名。

此外，Dimitri还经常在中国（上海）国际乐器展览会、中国（广州）国际乐器展览会、中（北京）国际乐器展览会、日本东京国际乐器展览会、意大利克雷莫纳手工乐器展进行展出。

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