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Dmitry Badiarov Luthier

1 February 2009 1,492 views 3 Comments

Dmitry Badiarov is a violin maker and violinist.  He Lectures part time at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and teaches violin making at Daikanyama School of Music, Tokyo.  He is a fascinating convergence of violin making, teaching and professional playing.   It must be quite exhilarating to play music for people on an instrument that you took from a log to a work of art.    Dmitry says, “On one hand, I am devoted to the highest level of craftsmanship, on the other, I do not consider it the purpose: craftsmanship is at the service of the sound and music.”

Dmitry also makes and plays a violoncello da spalla which is essentially a big violin played on the shoulder but looks as much like a little cello played on the shoulder.  A fascinating and beautiful sounding instrument.  Check out Dmitry’s website with some great video, and the violincello da spall after the jump

This is a wonderful video. Check out his blog for more!

Dmitry’s great blog can be found here with more great video

his maker site

and http://dmitrybadiarov.com/

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  • Mechanic IQ » Tim Brockman, Auto Mechanic, Guitar Luthier said:

    [...] Sonata Allegro » Blog Archive » Dmitry Badiarov Luthier [...]

    # 16 February 2009 at 8:47 pm
  • GIles said:

    I’m a huge fan of Dmitry’s! He’s quite the oddball: have you listened to any of the YouTube videos where he interviews himself (running his voice through some kind of effects to make it sound a bit different when asking the questions)?

    On the subject of his violoncellos da spalla — it looks like Sigiswald Kuijken (violinist of La Petite Bande and Early Music luminary) has just released a recording of Bach’s Cello Suites played on one of them; I’ve only seen it in the German and French Amazon.coms so far, hoping it will migrate to the English-speaking world soon.

    # 20 February 2009 at 1:50 pm
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    # 13 June 2009 at 5:49 am