As you have seen on the previous page, making violins require a creative mind with a subtle swing of fantasy and order, precision and spontaneity: one needs to know the rules, where and why they come from, how to enjoy bending these rules or even - why not - break them, if this gives an extra spice to the design and the sound of the violin, and an extra inspiration to the musicians and the audiences. (If you missed the previous page, go to the introductory note on violin making).

It also requires a complete command of tools, knowledge of wood and acoustics, specially as the latter was addressed by the european predecessors, violin-makers from the end of the 16th century till the end of the 18th century. I do not believe in computers, sophisticated software or hi-tech which anyway did not exist in the period when the violin was born - the Baroque period. I believe in fairly simple hardware, time-tested intelligence expressed in every ancient living craft and human passion for one’s métier.

(If short of time, click here to see more pictures of violins, or read on).

The last, but perhaps the most important, this craft requires an inquisitive and humble mind in order to study and absorb - at least a tiny bit of it - the mother culture which created the violin - the occidental culture thousands years of age. We are tiny and insignificant in comparison with that culture and even with the violin - this culture’s heritage, not just another “consumer product”.

What makes violin a fine violin?

Fine instruments are born from the delicate balance of the opposites - the godly nature of wood and proportions on one side and, on the other side, the human nature - expression contained in the violin outlines, in the chisel marks and brush strokes - all of which can be influenced by a myriad of human factors, classical music and, of course, by the life itself. In a word, fine violins are born from an Idea, like all the rest is, and let us hope there are more good ideas than the bad ones in this world.

All this blah-blah aside, the rest is simple - just do it. In 2012 Badiarov Violins celebrates its 20th anniversary. 20 years of professional violin-making, and 30 years since I first entered to workshop of a master to become his apprentice.

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Some of my clients

Aaron Westman, Akio Obuchi, Ataúlo Antón, Blai Justo, Carlos Albuisech, Cristobal Urrutia del Rio, Diana Roche, François Fernandez, Geraldine Roux, Hatano Masayuki, Johan Van Aken, Kaoru Ouchiyama, Miwa Ogino, Mikio Tsunoda, Mika Akiha, Maartje Geris, Nooi Strynckx, Samantha Montgomery, SeungRock Baek and many others.

Baroque violin

now owned by

Ryo Terakado   

Some testimonies

1. • Dmitry Badiarov is a wonderful, true artist, always in research, never blindly copying anything but following his highest aesthetic standards  based on profound knowledge of the whole culture and spirit of the baroque period (among others). The fantastic Violoncello da Spalla, reborn by him is a great instrumental challenge and musical inspiration for me. Many Thanks, again!-- Sergey Malov, Russia/Germany, 03.10.2011
   

2. • Thank you for your violin. I'm playing  with pleasure , joyfully! -- Miwa Ogino, Japan, 20.03.2011
   

3. • I am having very exciting, happy and joyful days with my violin. I love it so much! I can make lots of colours. I can not explain this, but the violin has very beautiful Baroque sounds. I feel very Baroque!  -- Kaoru Ouchiyama, Japan, 02.03.2009
   

4. • Your new violin is fantastic! -- Ryo Terakado, Belgium, 05.02.2009 
   

5. • Luthier de génie -- Hubert Stoecklin, resmusica.com, France, 29.08.2007
   

6. • It's a Stradivarius! I am totally happy! -- Blai Justo, Spain 
   

7. • Amazing, how well it works! - Sigiswald Kuijken, Belgium
   

8. • I can not explain why, but his instruments have purely Italian character. -- Renato Scrollavezza, Italy
   

9. • We just had our second concert with Schütz / Monteverdi program - it goes very well, the instrumets really convince us, the colleagues and the audience! -- Sigiswald Kuijken, Belgium
   

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