23 June

BILYANA VUCHKOVA has concertized in Europe, Asia and the USA as a recitalist, chamber musician and soloist with orchestras such as the Munich Chamber Orchestra, the New England String Ensemble, the Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra, and the Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, etc. Her performances have taken her to some of the world most celebrated concert venues in New York, Boston, Tokyo, Taipei and Granada. She is a dedicated chamber musician and strong believer and interpreter of contemporary music. Currently she is a concertmaster of Boston Modern Orchestra Project and member of the Radius, NotaRiotous and DUOKAYA ensembles. Her recently released CD is named Faces. Her musical versatility has let her to the world of improvisation as well and she approaches contemporary classical repertoire with freedom and inspiration. She graduated at the Music School of Sofia, continued her studies at the University of Southern California and received Master degree at the Mannes College of Music in New York.

AGA DZIUBAK was born in a family of musicians. After graduating at the Music Academy in Gdansk she continued her studies at the Boston Conservatory. She won Grand Prix and Special Award - XIII International Chamber Music Competition (Lodz, Poland), first prizes at the contests in Poznan, Gdansk, Toronto as well as the Musical Individuality Diploma at the A. Tansman International Music Competition. While a student she was strongly attracted by the contemporary music. Dziubak’s performing is remarkable for its exceptional sensibility and non-conventional music expression. She has played with the ensembles New England Strings, The Art of Music Chamber Players, Callithumpian Consort, Zwischentone and DUOKAYA. At present she resides in Berlin where she shares her quest for new forms of expression in various project with musicians and artists exploring the relationship between contemporary composition and improvisation.

ROSEN IDEALOV graduated from the Music School in Varna and later from the Music Academy, Sofia. Laureate of national and international competitions, he has an extensive more than 30-year long concert career as soloist and chamber musician in Bulgaria, Europe, USA, China, Korea. His repertoire includes over 400 pieces from the Renaissance to 21st c. He is in demand especially as performer of contemporary music. He has realized world and Bulgarian premieres of more than 250 new works and over 100 of them have been written especially for him. He has been a member of various chamber orchestras, among them Musika Nova Ensemble and has released nine CDs featuring contemporary music. He teaches chamber music and clarinet at the Music School, Sofia. Since 2006 he has been a part-time lecturer at the National Music Academy, Sofia.

MARIO ANGELOV graduated in 1991 at the State Music Academy of Sofia in piano subject. His teachers were the outstanding piano pedagogues Lyudmila Chenkova, Prof. Nikolay Evrov and Prof. Mara Petkova. He has won numerous awards at national and international competitions. His professional career features various appearances on the music stage-recitals, soloist of symphony orchestras, chamber performer, accompaniment player. He has established himself as a performer of contemporary Bulgarian and foreign music with his more than 20 first performances and has an extensive recording activity. Angelov has participated in many festivals in the country and abroad. In 1991 he was appointed as pianist of the Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra.

GALINA BORISOVA graduated at the State School for Choreography in Sofia - classical dances and later she specialized modern dancing techniques. In 1996 she was a scholarship participant in American Dance Festival - International Choreographers’ Residency Program. She worked for Deja Donne. She received the first prize for her performance A Never Ending Story at the International Competition for Choreographers in Groningen (NL) and it was included in the programme of the International Dance Festival July Dance - AeroDance in Amsterdam’98. Since 1992 she has been a lecturer at the New Bulgarian University. In the period 1999-2003 she presented the Bulgarian contemporary dance at the European Dance Organization Aerowaves. In 2000 she took part in the International Atelier of Composers in London - Royal Festival Hall. She has been invited at a number of prestigious festivals. Her solo Juanita Hildegard Bo was awarded with a golden medal at the 30th International Festival of Monodrama and Solo Performers in Belgrade-2005.