Lutherie
ANATOLY LEMAN
WRITTEN BY YURI POCHEKIN
IN FOCUS A close look at the work of great and unusual makers
Alongside Nikolai Kittel, Anatoly Ivanovich Leman is the most important figure in Russian violin making history. Leman was born in 1859 in Moscow, to a family of hereditary noblemen. He had an excellent education that allowed him to pursue several interests: he was at various times a military engineer, a writer, a practising dentist and finally a luthier.