JURY

of the Plovdiv International Chamber Music Competition

PRESIDENT:

Solo and Recording Artist, Grammy®-nominated, Award - winning (2017 Gold Medal, Global Music Awards)

Former Concertmaster, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, New York (first ever, and only, woman-concertmaster in MET history, and of a major New York orchestra)

Former Concertmaster, Grant Park Symphony Orchestra, Chicago (first ever, and only, woman-concertmaster of a major Chicago orchestra)

Founder & Leader of New York Piano Quartet, Delphinium Trio, Otero - Darvarova Duo, Quinteto del Fuego, Amram Ensemble

Founder & President, Raina Kabaivanska International Voice Competition

President & Artistic Director, New York Chamber Music Festival

VICE PRESIDENT:

Prof. VASSILY LOBANOV, Piano (Germany/Russia)
Professor of Piano, Kalaidos Musikhochschule, Zürich, Switzerland
Former Professor of Piano, Musikhochschule Köln
Former Professor of Piano and Composition, Moscow Conservatory
Chamber Music Partner of Sviatoslav Richter, Oleg Kagan, Victor Tretiakov, Yuri Bashmet, Natalia Gutman
Founder and Former Artistic Director, Osnabrücker Kammermusiktage (Germany)
Solo and Recording Artist

MEMBERS:

MARIA CHIROKOLIYSKA, Double Bass (France)

Principal Double Bass/ 1st Solo, Supersoliste de l’Orchestre National de France

Principal Double Bass, Les Dissonances, Paris, France

Principal Double Bass, Ravenna Festival Orchestra (under Riccardo Muti)

Winner of International Competitions, including Bottesini Competition (first ever woman winner)

Jury Member, Internationaler Musikwettbewerb der ARD, München

VESSELIN GELLEV, Violin (Great Britain)

Associate Concertmaster, London Philharmonic Orchestra

Guest Concertmaster, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London

Guest Concertmaster, Leipzig Radio Symphony, Germany

Former Concertmaster, Spoleto Festival, Italy

Winner of international competitions

Prof. ANATOLY KRASTEV, Cello (Bulgaria)

Solo and Recording Artist

Professor and Former Vice Rector of the National Academy of Music, Sofia

Founder/Cellist, Trio Kinor;

Leader, “Cellissimo” Ensemble

LUDMILA LAFTCHIEVA, Violin (Italy)

Former Violinist, Teatro alla Scala, Milano, Italy

Former Violinist, Filarmonica della Scala, Milano, Italy

Former Violinist, Cameristi della Scala, Milano, Italy

Former Associate Concertmaster, Teatro La Fenice, Venice, Italy

Prof. Dr. ANNA PRABUCKA-FIRLEJ, Piano (Poland)

Head of Chamber Music Department, Academy of Music "Stanislaw Moniuszko", Gdansk

Board Member, European Chamber Music Teachers' Association

Director, Johannes Brahms International Chamber Music Competition, Gdansk

Director, International Piano Duo Festival, Gdansk

Founder and Member, Gdansk Piano Trio

Solo and Recording Artist

Dr. VANGUEL TANGAROV, Clarinet (USA)

Principal Clarinet, Austin Lyric Opera, Texas

Assistant Professor of Clarinet, Texas State University

Former Principal Clarinet, Sofia Philharmonic

Former Principal Clarinet, Academia Chigiana Symphony, Siena (Italy)

Former Principal Clarinet, Jeunesses Musicales World Symphony, Berlin (Germany)

Prof. Dr. YASSEN TEODOSSIEV, Horn (Bulgaria)

Solo and Recording Artist

Principal Horn, Bulgarian National Radio Orchestra

Principal Horn, Academia Chigiana Symphony, Siena (Italy)

Professor of Horn, National Academy of Music, Sofia

SECRETARY: RAYNA VLAEVA

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of the Plovdiv International Chamber Music Competition

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