Mr. Darin Varbanov graduated as a violinist from The State Musical Academy-Sofia, Bulgaria in 1991 (MA-Violin), under Prof. Anton Hadjiatanasov. For the next 12 years, he worked as a violinteacher 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” – Sofia, Bulgaria. Currently, he plays on a violin, which has been crafted by the accomplished violin maker Andrian Andreev, whose design inspiration came from an A. Stradivari violin, dated 1715.

As a violin teacher at The National School of Music “Lubomir Pipkov”, Sofia, Bulgaria, Darin Varbanov was responsible for the organization and production of more than one hundred students’ 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, as “Klassisk Musikkonkurrence” – Copenhagen, Denmark, “Kocian International Violin Competition”, Czech Republic, Young Music Talents- Sofia, Bulgaria. He was a co-organizer of The National Contest for children violinists – Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria from 1993 till 1996.

In 2003 Darin Varbanov was appointed violin teacher at a private music school in Singapore, where he set up and taught violin classes till 2006. In October 2006, he established his own Violin Art Studio, which in November 2008 developed into music school, named MUSICAL ART STUDIO. Concurrently, he held the position of 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 private students, including students, who take live online violin lessons.

In 2015 Darin moved back to Singapore and resumed his teaching at Musical Art Studio.