Bojidara Kouzmanova

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Bojidara Kouzmanova
Born1977
Origin Plovdiv, Bulgaria
GenresClassic
InstrumentViolin

Bojidara Kouzmanova (born 1977 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria) is a violinist.

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Education

She studied at the National School of Music "Lyubomir Pipkov" [1] in Sofia and at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. She participated in violin courses with Prof. Munteanu (Romania) in 1994, Vanja Milanova (Bulgaria) and Michael Barta (United States) from 1995 to 1999, with José Luis Garcia (Spain) and with Alois Kottmann (Germany) in 1999 and 2000, and with Vladimir Spivakov (Russia) in 2000.

Performances

As a soloist Kouzmanova has played with Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra, Rousse Philharmonic Orchestra, Varna Philharmonic Orchestra, Vratza Philharmonic Orchestra, Vidin Philharmonic Orchestra, Youth Orchestra "Plovdiv", Bohuslav Martunu Philharmonic Orchestra, Sofia Symphonic Orchestra, Bachsolisten (Vienna), Neues Orchester Basel (Switzerland), Kottmann Streicher, Montevideo Symphony Orchestra, Uruguay others.

Kouzmanova has appeared in Australia, Austria, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Uruguay and in the USA.

Several composers (R. Dimitrov, M. Kerer, P. Liakakis, J. Purgina, P. Richter, T. Wally among others) dedicated violin compositions to her, some of which she has premiered. [2] [3]

Recordings

Her first CD recording was in 1996 with Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Nayden Todorov, playing the Bruch Violin concerto No. 1 and Mendelssohn Violin concerto. She has also recorded the violin concerti by Karen De Pastel, Sergei Prokofiev and Erich Wolfgang Korngold and has done several CDs with works for violin and piano, recorded with the violin Stradivarius "Da Vinci" (1725) on loan to her from Dietmar Machold.

Violins

Miss Kouzmanova has played various famous instruments, [4] most of them loaned to her by Dietmar Machold of Machold Rare Violins. She has played Stradivari violins from 1681 ("Reynier"), 1716 ("ex Nachez"), 1717, 1725 ("Da Vinci"), and 1732 ("Red Diamond"); a Pietro Guarneri (1735); a Guarneri del Gesu (1741 "ex Hubermann"), and several newly made violins, including a Gerlinde Reutterer (2004) and a Stefan-Peter Greiner. Since 2008, she has played her own instrument by Matthieu Devuyst. [5]

Awards

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References

  1. "The Youth orchestra "Sofia"". Archived from the original on March 3, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. Bojidara Kouzmanova Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine (German) Source: scenario.ch (PDF-File)
  3. Bojidara Kouzmanova Archived July 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (German) Source: ensemblelux.de
  4. "Violins – Bojidara Kouzmanova".
  5. "Violin Maker Matthieu Devuyst (Violin, viola, cello) - Biography". Archived from the original on 2018-01-10. Retrieved 2018-01-10.
  6. Alois Kottmann Award (German) Source: International Days of Music Hesse Main-Taunus Hofheim
  7. Picture: The Lord Mayor of Frankfurt am Main, Petra Roth, hands the Alois Kottmann Award over to Bojidara Kouzmanova