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Goran Krivokapic – Montenegro

Goran Krivokapic – Montenegro

Setting new standards with technical virtuosity and his characteristical interpretation of old and new repertoire makes Goran Krivokapić one of the leading guitarists and chamber musicians of the new,...

Atanas Ourkouzounov – Bulgaria/France

Atanas Ourkouzounov – Bulgaria/France

Atanas Ourkouzounov is one of most interesting personalities in the Bulgarian contemporary music. Guitar player and composer with a rich musical background, he is considered one of the main authors in the...

Mie Ogura – Japan/France

Mie Ogura – Japan/France

Born in Japan 1973, Mie Ogura started very early to play piano at age of 3, flute at age 7. In 1994, Mie Ogura moved to France, and graduated with Diplôme from Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique...

Petar Ralchev-Bulgaria

Petar Ralchev-Bulgaria

Petar Ralchev (accordion) is one of the brightest stars on the contemporary Bulgarian music scene. A creator of a unique style that combines virtuosity, melody, rich harmony and improvisation ", he is a source of inspiration for many young accordionists around the...

Nino D’Amico – Italy

Nino D’Amico – Italy

Nino D'Amico (EUROSTRINGS ARTIST 2019/2020), was born in Ottaviano (Naples) on the 6th of May 1997, was graduated in Enogastronomic and began studying classical at the age of 12 directed by his...

Del Padre – Bulgaria

Del Padre – Bulgaria

Del Padre is a flamenco fusion band and the only one in Bulgaria whose musical style is influenced by Spanish music - Spanish traditional flamenco, music from Cuba and Latin America, as well as folklore...

Antoine Guerrero – France

Antoine Guerrero – France

Born in 1996, Antoine Guerrero started his studies in classical guitar at the age of 8 with Argentinian guitarist Rodolfo Lahoz. At the same time, he also developed a strong passion for flamenco...

Stela Miteva-Dinkova – Bulgaria

Stela Miteva-Dinkova – Bulgaria

Born into a family of musicians, Stela Miteva-Dinkova began studying the guitar with her father, Blagoi Mitev. In 1984, she was accepted in the Music High School, Dobri Hristov, located in Varna...

Rossen Balkanski – Bulgaria

Rossen Balkanski – Bulgaria

Rossen Balkanski was born in 1968. In 1995 he was admitted at the State Academy of Music in Sofia in the guitar class of Emil Saev. He worked as a teacher of guitar at a music school and as a teacher of...

Bozhana Pavlova – Bulgaria/Austria

Bozhana Pavlova – Bulgaria/Austria

Bozhana Pavlova was born in Pleven, Bulgaria. From 2003 to 2008 she studied guitar at the National Music School “Ljubomir Pipkov” in Sofia with Prof. Stolina Dobreva. After that she became a student at...

Stolina Dobreva – Bulgaria

Stolina Dobreva – Bulgaria

Stolina Dobreva (Phd) was born in 1970 in Bourgas, Bulgaria. She finished the National School of Music “Lyubomir Pipkov” in Sofia, Bulgaria and graduated guitar and pedagogy in the “Staatliche Hochschule...

Milena Maneva-Valcheva – Bulgaria

Milena Maneva-Valcheva – Bulgaria

  Milena Maneva-Valcheva was born in the city of Dobrich where she completed her secondary education and where she commenced her artistic and teaching career. In the year 1991 she graduated from the...

Sevdalin Stefanov – Bulgaria

Sevdalin Stefanov – Bulgaria

Sevdalin Stefanov was born in 1972 in the town of Dobrich. He started playing the guitar in 1981. After that he studied successively with Trendafil Mihailov from 1983 to 1985; Valentin Valchev from 1985 to 1990 and Lyuben Haralambiev from 1990 to 1992. In the period...

Boyan Doychev Bulgaria

Boyan Doychev Bulgaria

First musical steps at mid school “Marin Drinov” in Stanimir’s Dikov guitar class (Varna). Graduated in national, music school “Dobri Hristov” 1998-2007 in guitar classes of Liuben Haralambiev, Sevdalin...

STUDIO 84 PROJECT – Bulgaria

STUDIO 84 PROJECT – Bulgaria

The group STUDIO84 PROJECT emerged in 2015 as a music project for the creative studio Studio 84 Art and Motion. It unites teachers from the school and friends musicians in the common idea to create...

NINIO – Bulgaria

NINIO – Bulgaria

Born in Sliven, Bulgaria in 1999, Ilin Papazyan comes from a mixed marriage with an Armenian descent from his father's side. Originally, he took up the guitar at the age of 12, but in time his desire...

Thatcher Harrison – USA

Thatcher Harrison – USA

Thatcher Harrison is a guitarist and a composer from the United States. As a composer, Thatcher Harrison tries to expand the boundaries of classical guitar repertoire through what he calls “classical fusion” composition: pieces based in classical composition and...

Kristiyana Stoyanova – Bulgaria

Kristiyana Stoyanova – Bulgaria

Kristiyana Stoyanova started studying classical guitar in 2014, as a student at "LIK" guitar school  - Pleven in the class of Milena Gramova-Mihaylova. In 2016 she continued her studies at the...

Bilyana Lazarova – Bulgaria

Bilyana Lazarova – Bulgaria

Bilyana Lazarova is born on 2004.  Since 2015 she is a student of Nikolay Mihaylov at National school of arts “Panaiot Pipkov”- Pleven.   In 2021 she gets Grand Prix at Sofia Guitar...

Hristo Neychev – Bulgaria

Hristo Neychev – Bulgaria

Hristo Neychev was born in 1996. He began his guitar training at the age of 11. In 2019 completed his higher education with a master's degree in NMA "Prof. Pancho Vladigerov ”, specialty“ pop and jazz...

Alexander Kirov – Bulgaria

Alexander Kirov – Bulgaria

Alexander Kirov was born in 2004 in the town of Svishtov. At the age of 9 he started lessons in classical guitar at the School of Arts "Stefka Filipova" - Svishtov, with teacher Angel Kolev, but...

Miroslav Naydenov-Bulgaria

Miroslav Naydenov-Bulgaria

Miroslav Naydenov is a guitarist, composer and vocalist. He has worked with a number of blues, rock and pop groups in Bulgaria and abroad.He participates in various music projects, including "Georgi Minchev Orchestra", "Gary Moore Tribute Band", "Miro Naidenov Band"...

Ivan Tsenov-Bulgaria

Ivan Tsenov-Bulgaria

Ivan Tsenov is a Bulgarian drummer. He graduated from the Pop and Jazz Department of the National Academy of Music "Prof. Pancho Vladigerov" with a degree in percussion under Prof. Hristo Yotsov. He continues his development by actively playing with various blues,...

Emilio Markholev-Bulgaria

Emilio Markholev-Bulgaria

Emilio Markholev is a musician from Sofia. He grew up in Norway where he began his musical career at the age of 19. He moved to Bulgaria in 2013 and graduated from the National Academy of Music "Prof. Pancho Vladigerov ”with a degree in bass guitar. To date, he is the...

Tsvetan Marinov-Bulgaria

Tsvetan Marinov-Bulgaria

Tsvetan started playing guitar at the age of 12 in his hometown of Byala Slatina. In 2012 he was accepted to study at the National Music School "Lyubomir Pipkov" in Sofia. He graduated with a degree in classical guitar in the class of Tsvetelina Breshkova. During his...

Milen Djurov-Bulgaria

Milen Djurov-Bulgaria

Milen Djurov Guitar PhD student in classical guitar at the National Music Academy "Prof. P. Vladigerov ". Milen Djurov started playing guitar at the age of seventeen under the direction of Banko Bankov, with whom he studied classical music and studied Latin and jazz....

Margarita Kalcheva-Bulgaria

Margarita Kalcheva-Bulgaria

Margarita Kalcheva was born in Pleven, Bulgaria. She graduated from the "Panayot Pipkov" Secondary School with a degree in Irina Petrova and the National Academy of Music “Prof. P. Vladigerov ”in the double bass class of Professor Todor Toshev. She attended master...

Plamen Maslev-Bulgaria

Plamen Maslev-Bulgaria

Plamen Maslev Mandolin He graduated violin at the National Music School and NMA "Prof. P. Vladigerov ". He studied mandolin with his father Ivan Maslev, founder of the Sofia Mandolinists Orchestra. He was a soloist of leading ensembles in Bulgaria - Sofia...

Evdokia Bobotsova-Bulgaria

Evdokia Bobotsova-Bulgaria

Evdokia Bobotsova (mandolin) began studying violin at the age of 7 at the Dobri Hristov Children's Music School in Montana, and later continued with the mandolin. He studied mandolin with Lyubomir Kalchev and Asen Dimitrov - founders and conductors of the first...

Pleven Guitar Ensemble

Pleven Guitar Ensemble

Guitar ensemble at the National School of Arts "Panayot Pipkov", Pleven was founded in 2012. Its artistic director from its inception until today is Nikolay Mihailov - guitar teacher at National school of arts "Panayot Pipkov ”and organizer of the International Guitar...

Ralitsa Haydarska – Bulgaria

Ralitsa Haydarska – Bulgaria

Ralitsa Haydarska was born in 2006 in the city of Pleven. She has been involved in folk singing since she was seven years old. From the 5th grade she studied the same specialty at National school of arts "Panayot Pipkov" in the folk singing class of Silvia Haydarska....

Borislav Kovachev – Bulgaria

Borislav Kovachev – Bulgaria

Borislav Kovachev was born in 2007 in the city of Pleven. At the age of 9 he started attending lessons in the guitar school of Lyubomir Anov and in 2021 in the community center "LIK" with teacher Nikolay Mihailov. In 2019 he won 2nd place at the International Guitar...