Construction methods & style

Construction methods & style

Construction methods & style

Hristo personally develops every model with a framework of understanding about the instrument’s acoustics. Every instrument is a fruit of profound analysis of the classical Italian model and its geometrical proportions. Handcrafted in full knowledge and respect to constructive methods of the Italian tradition, the instruments also maintain a sense of creative freedom and personality of the artisan.

He draws his inspiration from the classical Italian tradition while balancing precision in craftsmenship with personal creativity. He prefers the Cremonice models of Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù, Andrea Guarneri, Giuseppe Figlius Andrea, Giovanni Battista Guadagnini as well is attracted by the Venetian and Neapolitan schools

Employed materials

Employed materials

Employed materials

Hristo creates instruments with only discriminating acoustic materials, such as Balkanian maple, available through a reserve from the 1990s. As an expert in tone wood, Hristo dedicates time every year to select the best red spruce trees from Trentino, North Italy. He personally oversees the rigorous and meticulous process of cutting and splitting the trees. For optimum results, he leaves the wood to season near the tree’s origin.

About

About

About

Hristo Todorov was born in a family of luthiers on September 10th, 1986 in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria. During his free time, he loved helping with violin making and spending time in nature. In 2007, he entered at the Cremona International Violin making School “Antonio Stradivari”, in Cremona, Italy.

For 5 years, Hristo specialized in the construction of new string instruments. He worked in the workshops of Masters Alessandro Gambarin and Patrizio Orippi where he perfected his handcrafting skills and knowledge in the classical Cremonese method of violin making.

Later, while working with Master Luca Maria Gallo, Hristo refined his craftsmanship by cultivating the skill of antique varnishing and knowledge about varying styles in the rich italian violin making. In 2013, collaborating with the American Master Robert Brewer Young, Hristo mastered the “cooking” of oil varnish and its use with fidelity.

After years of research and experimentation, Hristo rediscovered and perfected a method of stabilizing the acoustic material based on 18th century documentation. In all of his work, Hristo does not use any modern measuring devices or electronic systems.

He trusts only his mastered craftsmanship’s sensitivity, observations and experience; these personal refinements are rooted in long-established techniques, respecting the classical Italian tradition in its essence and form.

Hristo Todorov lived and worked in Cremona, Italy for over 12 years. Despite his young age, he dedicated himself to the art of constructing unique instruments for musicians from around the world. In his growing path as a violin maker, Hristo has been working closely with professional musicians, testing the sound of every new instrument. His unique sensibility and handcrafting capacity allows him to understand the necessity of the most exigent musicians

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Hristo Todorov

Violinmaker in Cremona

Todorov violins:

handmade instruments created using the best materials

Excellent woods

Instruments created with only discriminating acoustic materials, such as Balkanian maple

Handmade unic instruments

Hristo personally develops every model with a framework of understanding about the instrument’s acoustics

Lifetime Support

Handcrafted in respect to constructive methods of the Italian tradition, the instruments have a lifetime support

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Todorov violins: location

Workshop:
Via del Cistello, 9
26100 Cremona
Italy

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