Darin Varbanov

Mr. Darin Varbanov graduated as a violinist from The State Musical Academy (Sofia, Bulgaria) in 1991 with a Master of Arts, under Prof. Anton Hadjiatanasov. For the next 12 years, he worked as a violin teacher at The National School of Music (Sofia, Bulgaria). Studying and working at both of these institutions has provided him with opportunities to gain and enhance his professional experience, which enabled him to perform as a violinist, since 1978 till now, in many concerts — solo recitals, chamber music concerts and orchestras in different cities in Bulgaria, Greece, Germany, England, Singapore and Thailand. In 1980, he was awarded First Prize at the Cleveland Inter-Tie Competition in Middlesbrough, England, as a member of the violin quartet “Violino”.

 

Darin Varbanov has acquired extensive experience and possesses a wide repertoire as a violin player. Additionally, he has enriched his qualifications in the area of chamber music. In 1997, he completed a two year Chamber Music Master Class under Prof. Maia Patroneva at The State Academy of Music “Pancho Vladigerov” in Sofia, Bulgaria.

 

Darin Varbanov worked as a violin teacher at The National School of Music “Lubomir Pipkov” in Sofia, Bulgaria for 12 years. There, he was responsible for the organization and production of more than one hundred student concerts, which included recitals, orchestra soloists, chamber music and appearances. Moreover, he assisted Lubomir Baharov in teaching the violin at his private violin studio.

 

During this time, he prepared violin students to compete in different violin competitions in Europe, including “Klassisk Musikkonkurrence” in Copenhagen, Denmark, “Kocian International Violin Competition” in Czech Republic, and “Young Music Talents” in Sofia, Bulgaria. He was also co-organizer of The National Contest for children violinists in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria from 1993 until 1996.

 

In 2003, Darin Varbanov was appointed violin teacher at Seimpi School of Music in Singapore, where he taught violin classes till October 2006.

 

In October 2006, he established his own Violin Art Studio, which in November 2008 developed into a music school, named MUSICAL ART STUDIO.

 

Darin Varbanov was a Violin Teacher (Adjunct) at the School of the Arts, Singapore from January 2008 to May 2013.

 

From 2013 to 2015, Darin Varbanov resided in the USA, Virginia, where he taught the Violin at Harmonia School of Music and Art (Vienna, VA) and Harmonic Music Studios (Washington DC), as well as to private students, including students, who take live online violin lessons.

 

In 2015, he moved back to Singapore and resumed his teaching at Musical Art Studio and privately.

 

Darin Varbanov plays a violin which has been crafted by the accomplished Bulgarian violin maker Andrian Andreev, whose inspiration for the design came from an A. Stradivari violin, dated 1715.