Vladimir Ivanov was born in 1980. He was fond of music since early age and started playing the piano and the guitar, and later on the violin. At the age of 14 he was fascinated by the idea of making bowed string musical instruments and began studying lutherie. He was taught by the Cremona’s masters: Ernesto Vaia, Massimo Negroni and Maestro Claudio Amighetti.

In 2012 he participated and won the Pisogne competition in Italy with his violin, after specializing in making new instruments. He finds lutherie as a profession in which he can always evolve. A lot of the professional musicians and students from Europe, USA, Japan and China play on his instruments.

Since 2013 he lives and works in Brühl, Germany.

"I was born on July 28, 1980 in Kazanlak. I finished high school in 1999 at the Academic Dechko Usunov Artistic School for Industrial Arts, Kazanlak. In 2000 I began working at the Kremona Bulgaria Ltd. factory in Kazanlak, where I worked until the end of 2001. From 2002 to 2005 I taught luthier making at the Academic Dechko Usunov Artistic School. Since the beginning of 2007 I have been a member of the Regional Luthier Association in Kazanlak. Currently I work at my own workshop crafting from start to finish the “Stradivari” and “Guarneri” violin models and “Gofriller”, “Montagnana”and “Rugieri” cello models. I do all kinds of restoration and repair work."